APHIS Wildlife Services is offering cooperative agreement funding in 2024, allocating approximately $5,500,000 to combat Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in wild cervid populations. This grant is specifically designed to support comprehensive efforts aimed at controlling and preventing the spread of CWD. Funding will facilitate the development and implementation of critical activities, including CWD surveillance programs, diagnostic testing, strategic management interventions, and robust response protocols. The precise amount of available funding will be determined by the FY24 Congressional appropriations language and directions, ensuring alignment with national wildlife health priorities. This initiative underscores the department’s commitment to protecting the health of wild cervids through targeted disease management.
Opportunity ID: 353471
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-APHIS-10028-WSNWRC00-24-0004 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Wild Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease Management and Response Activities 2024 Cooperative Agreements |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Agriculture |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 10.028 — Wildlife Services |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 09, 2024 |
| Last Updated Date: | Apr 09, 2024 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 10, 2024 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 10, 2024 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 10, 2024 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This competitive opportunity is open to the following entities: State departments of agriculture; State animal health agencies; State departments of wildlife or natural resources; Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments and Native American Tribal organizations or universities representing Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments; and research institutions and universities. State agencies and Tribes, or in the case of Native American Tribal organizations or universities, the Native American Tribal governments they are representing, must have regulatory oversight or direct responsibility for wild cervids to be eligible. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
| Description: |
In this 2024 announcement, APHIS WS will make around $5,500,000 in cooperative agreement funding to control and prevent chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild cervids, including the development and/or implementation of CWD surveillance, testing, management, and response activities. The amount available will be based on the FY24 Congressional appropriations language and directions. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Tim Linder, Staff Biologist
Timothy.J.Linder@usda.gov Email:APHIS-WS.CWD_Agreements@usda.gov. |
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Folder 353471 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> fy2024-wild-cervid-cwd-funding-opportunity-announcement.pdf
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