Cooperative Agreement Summary

Purdue University received a Cooperative Agreement award of $278,950 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The award, effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026, provides annual infrastructure support to National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 laboratories. This funding supports the critical mission of protecting U.S. agriculture from economically injurious plant and animal diseases and pests by ensuring that diagnostic and surveillance laboratories maintain operational capacity and necessary infrastructure.

The cooperative agreement leverages Purdue University's established expertise in agricultural research and diagnostic services to strengthen the national laboratory infrastructure supporting disease detection, prevention, and response activities. By providing infrastructure support to NAHLN facilities at multiple classification levels, the award contributes to the broader federal objective of enhancing biosecurity, disease surveillance, and emergency preparedness across the agricultural sector. This infrastructure investment ensures continued capability for animal health testing, diagnostic development, and surveillance activities essential to protecting livestock, poultry, and agricultural resources from emerging and endemic disease threats.