Cooperative Agreement AP26WSNWRC00C002

This federal Cooperative Agreement award 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) provides $146,577.00 to Texas A&M Agrilife Research to develop and deliver two one-week training courses for state animal health officials (SAHOs/state veterinarians). The goal is to enhance the emergency management competencies of SAHOs and increase readiness of the U.S....

This $344,942 Cooperative Agreement awarded by 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) will support the development and field testing of "Prepare2Respond" online train-the-trainer learning modules for tabletop exercises focused on animal disease outbreak response. The project, led by Washington State University, aims to build a nationally available...

This Cooperative Agreement award 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) will allow Washington State University (WSU) to develop a communications online learning module. The $191,924 award, effective August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2026, will support the creation of this new module to enhance communications capabilities for fair and exposition professionals...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service received a $1.25 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028), effective June 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Under this agreement, the awardee will conduct wildlife biosecurity assessments and wildlife abundance surveys throughout Texas to identify and implement management...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $247,319 Cooperative Agreement under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025) to New Mexico State University (NMSU). The purpose of the "ADPROS: Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Training for Law Enforcement Officers and Emergency Stakeholders" project is to update and deliver training curricula related to foreign animal disease...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $183,809 cooperative agreement to Texas A&M Agrilife Research under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025) to develop and pilot a foreign animal disease prevention and response training program for U.S. livestock producers. The goal is to help producers feel more familiar with and involved in the foreign animal disease response process as well as...

The Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) received a $683,697 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Zoonotic Disease Initiative (CFDA No. 15.069) program. The award will fund a 3-year project focused on four key areas: 1) Developing a fish and wildlife health database to enhance disease surveillance, monitoring, and forecasting; 2) Creating a wildlife health communication plan to improve information dissemination...

Cooperative Agreement Summary Texas A&M University-Kingsville received a Cooperative Agreement award of $249,903.01 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2027. The award funds the development of neonatal cervid models for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) research, with a specific focus on investigating the genetic influence on CWD dynamics through...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $249,987.10 cooperative agreement to Colorado State University from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023 under the Wildlife Services federal grant program (CFDA 10.028). The award will support Colorado State University's enhancement of existing and development of novel diagnostic tools for Chronic Wasting Disease. As the designated place of performance is Colorado, the university will likely focus on advancing early...

The $152,393 Cooperative Agreement awarded by 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 Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025) aims to strengthen state and regional capacity for preparedness and response to livestock disease outbreaks. The funding supports a 3-day training course for state animal agricultural responders from Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania....