The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded Purdue University $2,729,261 under the Cooperative Agreement to develop surveillance tools and strategies for the rapid detection and characterization of new SARS-CoV-2 variants through May 2025. This funding supports research under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025) to create a molecular detection method and user-friendly dashboard for SARS-CoV-2...
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...
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 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 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 University of Connecticut received a $287,870 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the agency's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this award is to assist the University in meeting its responsibilities as a designated laboratory under the 2023 National Animal Health Laboratory Network agreement. Funding will support increasing the...
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 University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $2.26 million 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 purpose of the August 2023 to August 2025 award is to develop pan-coronaviral vaccines that can be administered to domestic and wild animals via oral baits or nasal spray to limit transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and...
The University of South Florida received a $2,995,370 five-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) to study the future dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in animal communities. The project aims to advance predictive modeling for future zoonotic variants, identify mammalian host species, and build a framework to understand transmission patterns in wildlife populations. Key efforts include developing AI-driven predictions, empirically...
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...