Animal Health and Disease Research

The purpose of this funding is to increase animal health and disease research activities at accredited public or private veterinary schools or colleges, or state agricultural experiment stations conducting animal health and disease research.

The purpose of this funding is to increase animal health and disease research activities at accredited public or private veterinary schools or colleges, or state agricultural experiment stations conducting animal health and disease research activities designed to do the following: 1. Meet expenses of conducting animal health and disease research, publishing, and disseminating the results of such research and contributing to the retirement of employees, subject to the provisions of the Act of March 4, 1940 (54 Stat. 39-40, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 331); 2. For administrative planning and direction; and 3. Purchase of equipment and supplies necessary for conducting such research.

This program is open to eligible accredited school, college of veterinary medicine, or State agricultural experiment station that conducts animal health and disease research in accordance with NARETPA section 1433(c) (7 U.S.C. 3195). The annual NOFO includes a list of eligible institutions. Award recipients may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply provided the subcontracts are necessary for the conduct of the project. Failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the time of application deadline may result in the application being excluded from consideration or, even though an application may have been reviewed, will preclude NIFA from making an award.

Eligibility is restricted to the following public nonprofit institutions having demonstrable capacity in animal disease research: (1) Schools and Colleges of Veterinary Medicine; and (2) State Agricultural Experiment Stations. Funds are appropriated by Congress for distribution to States and eligible State institutions according to the statutory formula stated in the Act.

Funds for the Capacity and Infrastructure Program Part (a) of the Continuing Animal Health and Disease, Food Security, and Stewardship Research, Education and Extension Program (aka Animal Health and Disease Research or AHDR) may be used to assist all states in carrying out program of research activities designed to do the following: 1.) Meet expenses of conducting animal health and disease research, publishing, and disseminating the results of such research and contributing to the retirement of employees, subject to the provisions of the Act of March 4, 1940 (54 Stat. 39-40, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 331); 2.) For administrative planning and direction; and 3.) To purchase of equipment and supplies necessary for conducting such research.

AHDR funds are expected to be fully expended in the fiscal year of appropriation; however, up to 100 percent of funds may be carried over for up to one year after the end of the year for which they were appropriated. No prior approval is required.

All Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) are published on Grants.gov. Applicants must complete the Grants.gov registration process. Application packages complement, rather than duplicate, the information collected via the Plan of Work (POW) system and the Research, Extension, and Education Project Online Reporting Tool (REEport), and together satisfy all legislative and regulatory pre-award requirements.

NIFA will review submitted documents to determine if all program, financial, and administrative requirements are met and are current. Missing or incomplete information within an application may require additional submittals and deletion of application(s) already submitted.

Within the limit of funds available for such purpose, the NIFA awarding official shall make grants to those responsible, eligible applicants After the award is finalized, a formal notification in the form of a Notice of Award (NoA), signed by the Authorized Departmental Officer, will be provided to the applicant organization for successful applications. The NoA is the authorizing document and will be sent via email to the recipient's Authorized Representative. The NoA will provide pertinent instructions and information including, at a minimum, the information described in 2 CFR 200.211 (see NIFA's Terms and Conditions). Funds will be released on a quarterly basis to the institutions.

AHDR funds are expected to be fully expended in the fiscal year of appropriation; however, up to 100 percent of funds may be carried over for up to one year after the end of the year for which they were appropriated. No prior approval is required.