Chronic Wasting Disease Cervid Management and Response Activities 2026

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Opportunity number
USDA-APHIS-10025-ASBVSWS00-26-0001
Agency
Applications due
Award size
$10,000 to $250,000

Opportunity facts

Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Category
  • Agriculture
Eligible applicants
  • Other
  • Higher Education Inst. (Public)
  • State Governments
  • Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
  • Higher Education Inst. (Private)
Full announcement

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About this opportunity

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The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking cooperative agreements to develop and implement chronic wasting disease (CWD) control and prevention activities in both farmed and wild cervid populations. This opportunity solicits proposals for surveillance, testing, management, and response activities, including development and evaluation of prevention and control techniques, with particular emphasis on amplification assays, predictive genetics applications, and educational outreach to stakeholders and tribal entities. Eligible applicants include state governments, tribal governments, higher education institutions, and nonprofit research organizations; research institutions must demonstrate published peer-reviewed articles and relevant expertise in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Projects will be evaluated based on alignment with five priority funding areas, feasibility of success, performance parameters, availability of required resources, anticipated impact of outcomes, and cost effectiveness. The application deadline is June 15, 2026, at 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time, with all submissions required through ezFedGrants; proposals received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered.

APHIS is allocating approximately $12.05 million in total funding across three separate opportunities: Wild Cervid ($5.5 million), Wild Cervid - Tribal Nations Only ($500,000), and Farmed Cervid ($6.05 million), with up to $2 million of the farmed cervid funds available for non-competitive cooperative agreements to address CWD outbreaks. Individual cooperative agreements are anticipated to range from $10,000 to $250,000, with APHIS expecting to award approximately 55 agreements total; applications for farmed cervid activities may request additional indemnification funding beyond the $250,000 cap for depopulation of CWD-affected or exposed herds. The performance period will commence on or before September 30, 2026, and must be completed within 12 months, with a one-time extension opportunity of up to 12 additional months available. Projects may be conducted at various locations where cervid populations exist or are managed, with performance sites including state wildlife and agriculture facilities, university laboratories, tribal lands, and farmed cervid operations across multiple states and regions.

Synopsis

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS) and Wildlife Services (WS) is announcing the availability of around $12,050,000 in cooperative agreement funding to control and prevent CWD in farmed and wild cervids of which up to $2,000,000 may be awarded through non-competitive cooperative agreements as needed to address CWD outbreaks in farmed cervids. The amount available is based on the fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Congressional appropriations language and directions. Applications must be submitted through ezFedGrants using the funding opportunities highlighted below.


Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) attached or the CWD Funding Opportunity website for additional information and hyperlinks to the work plans and the financial plan templates.


Wild Cervid: $5,500,000

ezFedGrants Opportunity USDA-APHIS-10025-WSNWRC00-26-0001

Proposals may include, but are not limited to, the development and implementation of wild cervid CWD surveillance, testing, management, and response activities, including further development and evaluation of techniques and strategies to prevent or control CWD in wild cervids.


Wild Cervid - Tribal Nations Only: $500,000

ezFedGrants Opportunity USDA-APHIS-10025-WSNWRC00-26-0002

Proposals may include, but are not limited to, the development and implementation of wild cervid CWD surveillance, testing, management, and response activities, including further development and evaluation of techniques and strategies to prevent or control CWD in wild cervids on lands owned or managed by Tribal entities.


Farmed Cervid: $6,050,0004

ezFedGrants Opportunity USDA-APHIS-10025-VSSPRS00-26-0007

Proposals may include, but are not limited to, the development and/or implementation of CWD surveillance, testing, management, and response activities. Proposals can include the use of funds for the indemnification and removal of CWD-affected farmed cervid herds and CWD-exposed cervids, as part of an overall CWD management plan and in accordance with 9 CFR Part 55.2.


If assistance is needed with locating application materials, please reach out to VS.FiOps.ASC.Agreements@usda.gov for farmed cervid or APHIS-WS.CWD_Agreements@usda.gov for wild cervid and wild cervid Tribal Nations, at least 72 hours prior to the application deadline.


All applicants are required to register in SAM prior to submitting a proposal for this funding opportunity, provide a valid unique entity identifier (UEI) in the application, and maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during the application process and award period of performance (2 CFR Part 200.206).


All proposals must be completed and received electronically through ezFedGrants no later than June 15, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time. The electronic date and time stamp from ezFedGrants will be used to determine whether proposals were received before the deadline. Proposals received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered for funding. Submissions through Grants.gov will not be accepted.

Files

File Type Posted
FY26 Farmed Cervid Predictive Genetics Work Plan Template.docx DOCX document
FY26 Farmed Cervid Work Plan Template.docx DOCX document
APHIS WS FY26 Tribal Nations Wild Cervid CWD Work Plan_v2.docx DOCX document
APHIS WS FY26 Wild Cervid CWD Work Plan_v2.docx DOCX document
FY26 CWD Financial Plan Template.xlsx XLSX spreadsheet
certification_regarding_lobbying.pdf PDF
SF-LLL Lobbying Form.pdf PDF
aphis-fy26-cwd-cervid-funding-opportunity-announcement.pdf PDF

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