The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center is providing a grant through the CESU to develop a real-time avian influenza (AI) risk assessment tool for poultry producers. This tool aims to help in implementing biosecurity measures to combat the devastating impacts of transboundary diseases like AI, which can affect wildlife, livestock, and human populations, along with economies. The grant supports creating a publicly available web tool for personalized AI risk assessments, vital for preventing and reducing the spread of AI and its economic and ecological consequences.
Opportunity ID: 318196
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G19AS00098 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.808 — U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 09, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jul 09, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 26, 2019 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 26, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 09, 2019 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $111,038 |
| Award Ceiling: | $111,038 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU¿s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The The U.S. Geological Survey¿s (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner to assist with developing a near real-time avian influenza (AI) risk assessment tool that is publicly available on the web, and which can be used to provide current and future ¿personalized¿ AI risk assessments to aid large and small poultry producers in implementing effective and efficient biosecurity measures. Transboundary diseases at the livestock/wildlife interface, where pathogens are exchanged between wild and domestic species, can have significant impacts to wildlife, domestic animal and human populations. Additionally, these diseases can often create devastating effects on economies at multiple scales. AI is a transboundary disease that can have particularly overwhelming impacts, as demonstrated by the recent highly pathogenic (AI) outbreak in 2014¿2015, which cost US tax payers $950 million dollars, with an overall economic impact estimated at $3.3 billion. Additionally, low pathogenic AI outbreaks in poultry facilities occur annually with associated economic effects, and transmission of novel viral types from poultry to wild birds has negatively impacted wild populations. Therefore, preventing and reducing the impacts of transboundary diseases is of critical importance from an ecological and societal perspective. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.grants.gov/ |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Faith Graves 703-648-7356
fgraves@usgs.gov Email:fgraves@usgs.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 318196 Full Announcement-FUNDING OPPORTUNITY -> FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Faith Graves 703-648-7356 fgraves@usgs.gov Email: fgraves@usgs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.808 | G19AS00098 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests | PKG00252743 | Jul 09, 2019 | Jul 26, 2019 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
318196 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
318196 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
318196 SF424A-1.0.pdf
318196 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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