Formula Grant F26AF00288

This $2.5 million project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4, under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608), will increase diagnostic capacity at the Auburn University Southeastern Cooperative Fish Parasite and Disease Laboratory and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Health Center. Personnel from Auburn University and the Fish Health Center will collaborate on fish disease diagnostics to support state...

This $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) federal grant program aims to enhance capacity and infrastructure for fish disease diagnostics, fish health research, environmental DNA (eDNA) studies, and natural resource management genetics in the Southeastern United States. The award will directly benefit state fisheries agencies in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North...

This $200,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) supports the development of rapid detection methods for novel fish diseases that may emerge due to the growth of intensive aquaculture systems. The primary objective is to enable effective response and recovery measures to protect food security. The award recipient, Washington State University, has a...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH) at Iowa State University, funded 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 develop a free, online, mobile-friendly field guide for aquatic animal diseases. The cooperative agreement, valued at $341,763 and awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for...

This $389,782 Cooperative Agreement award from the United States 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), aims to develop highly specific and validated TaqMan assays for the simultaneous detection of two critical shrimp diseases: Hepatopancreatic Microsporidiosis (HPM) caused by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) and Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) caused...

This $167,717 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) aims to enhance veterinary services and training to support the aquaculture industry in the Pacific Islands region. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year award include: Establishing a supported training program for veterinarians in Hawaii to receive...

The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) will provide science support and coordination services totaling $300,000 under a three-year Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant falls under the Adaptive Science program (CFDA 15.670), which supports the Service's adaptive framework for broad-scale fish and wildlife conservation. Specifically, AFWA will facilitate communication and collaboration on priority fish and wildlife health and...

This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), focuses on advancing knowledge and developing solutions to address disease and health management challenges in the growing U.S. aquaculture industry. The $649,995 award, spanning from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, supports research to study the mechanisms of immune response and...

This $899,961 Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (CFDA 11.427 Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program) will support a research project at Stony Brook University to address knowledge gaps related to factors that can impact disease development and mortality in a major local fishery in the Northeast region. The project aims to provide information on the distribution of the parasite, as well as...

This Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $234,256 in funding to Conservation Fisheries, Inc. (CFI) to implement a 3-year demonstration project. The project aims to transition priority endangered fish propagation and reintroduction activities from CFI to National Fish Hatcheries (NFHs) in the Southeast region. This will increase the capacity of the U.S. Fish and...