The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS) is announcing the availability of around $400,000 in cooperative agreement funding to further develop and implement wild cervid chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance, testing, management, and response activities, including further development and evaluation of techniques and strategies to prevent or control CWD in wild cervids on lands owned or managed by Tribal entities.
Donor Name: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/14/2022
Grants Size: $400,000
Details:
The overall objective of the funding opportunity is to control and prevent CWD in wild cervids. Through this funding opportunity, APHIS WS is soliciting collaborators who will further develop and implement wild cervid CWD surveillance, testing, management, prevention, and response activities, including the use of funds for providing the information or tools needed to control and prevent CWD. Funds may also be provided to further develop and evaluate techniques and strategies for controlling CWD in wild cervids.
Eligible applicants are encouraged to develop project proposals that directly support at least one of the five funding priorities described below:
- Improve the management of CWD-affected wild cervid populations.
- Improve the management of wild cervid CWD-affected areas.
- Conduct research on amplification assays in wild cervids and other new test methods.
- Development and/or application of predictive genetics for wild cervids.
- Develop and/or deliver educational outreach materials or programs to wild cervid stakeholders or Tribal entities
Funding Information
In this 2022 opportunity, APHIS WS will make available around $400,000.
Eligibility Criteria
This opportunity is open to the following entities, provided they have regulatory oversight or direct responsibility for wild cervids: Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
