Project Grant 720FDA19IO00102

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Kansas State University $650,000 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to develop improved vaccines for bovine respiratory disease complex. With funding through May 2026, the university aims to generate new knowledge needed to design vaccines capable of protecting calves against multiple strains of Bovine parainfluenza virus 3 and Bovine viral diarrhea virus. Researchers...

The US Agency for International Development awarded a $1.49 million project grant to the International Livestock Research Institute to assess the impact and cost-effectiveness of livestock vaccination programs conducted in response to humanitarian crises in West, East and Southern Africa. The grant also supports an evaluation of participatory disease surveillance methods in Mongolia. Funded under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA #98.001), the International...

The University of Missouri System, under a $650,000 project grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, is developing safe and effective live attenuated swine influenza vaccines using Newcastle disease virus (NDV) as the vector. The project aims to address the challenges with current swine influenza vaccines, which often fail to provide cross-protection against diverse virus strains. The key products and...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $299,941 Project Grant to Texas A&M Agrilife Research under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant will fund research from March 2022 to February 2025 to evaluate the timing of bovine viral diarrhea virus and bovine herpesvirus vaccinations in cattle herds. The research aims to determine the optimal interval between vaccination and the start of breeding seasons...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $300,000 grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to Oklahoma State University (OSU) to develop a novel single-cycle vaccine against bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV). The project aims to pioneer the development of two single-cycle BRSV vaccine prototypes: an 'MNull' vaccine that lacks the essential matrix protein, and a 'PRef' vaccine with a modified fusion protein. OSU will evaluate the immunogenicity...

The North Carolina State University will receive $1 million from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to establish the Predict and Protect Against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus system from July 2022 to June 2026. The project aims to develop two integrated technologies to proactively mitigate outbreaks of the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory...

This federal Project Grant award of $186,254.00, provided by the Fogarty International Center's International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989), aims to investigate the feasibility and implementation of synchronized dog vaccination campaigns in Africa to improve coverage and cost-effectiveness compared to traditional team-led approaches. The research will be conducted by the Ifakara Health Institute, a non-profit research organization in Tanzania, over a 5-year period from...

This $800,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports research to address the spread of Influenza D virus (IDV) in cattle and other livestock. The grant funds a collaborative effort led by the University of Pittsburgh, working with scientists from South Dakota State University, to develop new diagnostic tests to monitor IDV and an innovative nasal...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $820,000 Cooperative Agreement under the CDC Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283) to World Vision Inc. to strengthen routine immunization and vaccine equity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Brazil. The program, titled "Strengthening Routine Immunization and Vaccine Equity (STRIVE)", aims to 1) achieve high, sustainable, and equitable immunization coverage rates; 2) control,...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $530,000 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to develop a trivalent vaccine that protects against Marek's disease, Newcastle disease, and infectious laryngotracheitis in poultry. With a completion date of April 30, 2026, this Project Grant will fund research at the Agricultural Research Service's Southeast Area location in Stoneville, MS to design a single vaccine using...