Purdue University received a $185,495 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The award will support Purdue's development of surveillance tools and strategies for the rapid detection and characterization of new SARS-CoV-2 variants to prevent or limit future outbreaks. Specifically, Purdue will convert a validated...
The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $2,156,152 Cooperative Agreement to South Dakota State University to develop surveillance tools and strategies for the rapid detection and characterization of new variants of SARS-CoV-2. The purpose of this award is to support an early warning system that can prevent or limit future SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks. This award is funded under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care grant...
The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded Iowa State University a $998,881 cooperative agreement under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The university will develop surveillance tools and strategies for the rapid detection and characterization of new SARS-CoV-2 variants to support an early warning system. Specifically, Iowa State University will convert a validated targeted next-generation...
The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University $4,997,658 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025) on June 1, 2023 for a project period ending May 31, 2025. The university will use mathematical modeling, field sampling, genomic surveillance, biochemical analysis, and immunological studies to expand knowledge of species susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2....
The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded Oregon State University a $908,732 Cooperative Agreement under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). Through this award, Oregon State University will test approximately 1,600 wild animal specimens in Oregon for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. If any samples test positive, the university will fully sequence the viral genome. The university...
The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $2,225,835 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Florida to address gaps in surveillance and investigation activities for SARS-CoV-2 in animals, including farmed animals, captive wildlife, free-ranging wildlife, and companion animals, with a focus on the enrollment of working dogs. This effort under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025) will involve...
The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $2,408,770 cooperative agreement to Texas A&M University-Kingsville's Office of Research & Sponsored Programs to address gaps in SARS-CoV-2 surveillance and investigation activities in animals under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). Through the two-year award beginning August 1, 2023, the university will use minimally-invasive techniques to...
The University of Pittsburgh has been awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to develop cost-effective molecular methods for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in agricultural animals, particularly farmed deer and cattle. The project aims to create two new detection methods: 1) a reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) test with solid-state nanopore sensing, and 2) an amplicon-based sequencing approach called...
The Ohio State University was awarded a $1.5 million cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to expand knowledge of species susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 and better characterize the potential for zoonotic transmission. Under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025), the University will test the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 evolution through an animal host can lead to...
Tufts University School of Medicine received a $640,165 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this award is to address gaps in surveillance and investigation activities for SARS-CoV-2 in animals, including farmed animals, captive wildlife, free-ranging wildlife, and companion animals. Specifically, Tufts...