Project Grant 201051300216412

This cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will provide $235,488 to Washington State University from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2025. Under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program, WSU will compile diagnostic outcomes from the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory's small ruminant cases over the past 10 years. WSU will then develop interactive webinars, conference...

This $227,569 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 develop guidance documents and conduct training activities to support livestock movement decisions during a foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak, such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). The project, led by New Mexico State University, will adapt guidance...

The Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH) at Iowa State University received a $315,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. The award supports development of practical, science-based disinfection guidance and training materials designed to help livestock owners prevent, control, and recover from...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $119,443 cooperative agreement to the Agriculture Department to build capacity of livestock compost subject matter expertise from March 1, 2021 through December 1, 2022. This award was made under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025), which aims to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious plant and animal diseases and pests. Through this...

This $117,047 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 host-specificity testing of the biological control agent Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris. This parasitic wasp is being evaluated as a potential long-term control option for the South American tomato pinworm, an invasive pest that poses a significant threat to...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Tennessee's UT AG Research Division received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), awarded February 1, 2026, with a completion date of January 31, 2028. The research addresses parasitic infections in sheep, particularly barberpole worm infestation, which causes significant economic losses to U.S. sheep producers through...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Maryland, College Park, received a $499,897 Cooperative Agreement from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. Under this award, the University will develop a vaccine against Haemonchus contortus, a gastrointestinal nematode that represents one of the most severe diseases affecting...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded Oregon State University a $152,429 cooperative agreement from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The award will support research to develop biocontrol methods for slugs. As part of its mission to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious pests, the program aims to advance non-chemical controls....

The University of Florida Division of Sponsored Research received a $498,663 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, effective May 15, 2026 through May 14, 2028. The award supports the development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models to predict withdrawal intervals for ivermectin and doramectin in food-producing animals affected by New World Screwworm (NWS) infections....

The University of Maine System, through its University of Maine division, was awarded a $400,802 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the "Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care" (CFDA 10.025) grant program. The goal of this two-year project is to train 75 animal agriculture sector responders on carcass disposal and waste management techniques, particularly through the use of...