Project Grant HDTRA12210034

The Office International DES Epizooties (OIE) received a $594,762 project grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to support the World Organization for Animal Health's first global conference on emergency management. The conference aims to stimulate collaborative efforts for combating weapons of mass destruction, as outlined under the Training and Support – Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction program (CFDA 12.501). The OIE will use the grant funding to deliver the conference in France...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded $266,000 under the Veterinary Diagnostics - Infrastructure Funding to the National Animal Health Laboratory Network Laboratories to Increase Capacity and Capabilities to Respond to an Adverse Animal Health Event Cooperative Agreement. The funding supports infrastructure improvements at laboratories within the West Virginia State Department of Agriculture's Administrative Services division to increase diagnostic...

The Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative (CFDA 10.304) to Washington State University's Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL) for FY2024. The objectives of this award are for WADDL to: (1) meet all responsibilities as a Level 1 member laboratory in the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN), and (2) expand NAHLN's capabilities and capacity to...

This $222,508 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), funded under the CFDA 10.028 Wildlife Services program, supports the Wadsworth Center (WC) Rabies Laboratory in performing testing and analysis to aid the USDA Wildlife Services' Oral Rabies Vaccination (ORV) campaign. The ORV program aims to control and surveil terrestrial rabies outbreaks in wildlife by distributing rabies vaccine baits in targeted...

This $256,300 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) will provide annual infrastructure support to all National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 laboratories. The purpose is to assist these laboratories in meeting their designated responsibilities under the 2024 NAHLN...

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...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory a $399,834 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 10.025: Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care) effective February 2, 2026, through January 31, 2028, to enhance the surge testing capacity of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN), the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD), National Poultry...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $1,122,000 Cooperative Agreement to Washington State University (WSU) on November 15, 2023 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care (CFDA 10.025) program. The purpose of this award is to fund the strategic placement of a scientist at a National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) laboratory who will be responsible for evaluating local and regional diagnostic...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $256,300 Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University (OSU) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this 1-year award, effective June 1, 2024, is to provide annual infrastructure support to all National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) Level 1, 2, and 3 laboratories. This funding will assist OSU's laboratory in...

The Ohio Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL) will provide enhanced animal disease testing capabilities and capacity to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through a $250,000 cooperative agreement award under the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative (FADI) federal grant program. As a Level 1 laboratory within the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, the ADDL supports early detection, rapid response, and recovery efforts for high consequence animal diseases. Funding...