Project Grant 20237043239559
Award Date
5/1/23
Completion Date
4/30/26
Dollars Obligated
$800K
Federal Agency
Institute of Food Production and Sustainability
Federal Grant Program
10.310
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
College Station, TX 77843, USA
Similar Awards
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Louisiana State University a $799,371 project grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (AFRI, CFDA 10.310). The grant will fund research from June 2023 through May 2026 to investigate the pathogenicity, transmission, and spillover potential of deer-adapted SARS-CoV-2 viruses in cell cultures and wildlife. Specifically, the university will analyze the effect of deer...
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. a $649,991.65 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program to conduct the Extensive Deer Genomic Surveillance (EDGES) project from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026. The EDGES project will test and sequence the SARS-CoV-2 virus in thousands of farmed and wild deer, as well as other animals interacting with deer, in Texas. The goal is to...
The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded the University of Maryland, College Park a $3.64 million cooperative agreement under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care (CFDA 10.025) federal grant program. The award will fund a project to expand knowledge of species susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 and improve understanding of potential roles or routes of transmission between humans and white-tailed deer in urban areas surrounding...
The University of Pittsburgh has been awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to develop cost-effective molecular methods for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in agricultural animals, particularly farmed deer and cattle. The project aims to create two new detection methods: 1) a reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) test with solid-state nanopore sensing, and 2) an amplicon-based sequencing approach called...
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to the University of Illinois on May 1, 2023 for completion by April 30, 2026. The grant aims to establish a partnership to conduct SARS-CoV-2 surveillance and evolutionary characterization in captive and wildlife animals. Sub-awards were provided to the Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo and Oklahoma State University to support product...
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 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...
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) provides funding of $205,913 to Texas A&M AgriLife Research. The project aims to develop a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) herd management option for CWD-positive white-tailed deer herds, without requiring full herd depopulation. The approach involves removing CWD-positive deer...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $358,524 Formula Grant under the Animal Health and Disease Research (AHDR) program to Texas A&M AgriLife Research. The grant, spanning from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, supports animal health research across the land-grant university system and veterinary schools. Texas A&M AgriLife Research will use these funds to develop novel vaccines, minimize antimicrobial resistance in cattle,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) provides $113,975 to Texas A&M AgriLife Research to develop and deploy innovative tools and enhanced management practices that reduce the prevalence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in farmed white-tailed deer and mule deer. The project aims to leverage recent...