University Of Tennessee

University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, a unit of the University of Tennessee system based in Knoxville, Tennessee, operates as a federal grant recipient in animal health research, veterinary education, and agricultural disease mitigation, holding 40 prime federal grants (77% of its recent award footprint) and 12 sub-awards across USDA, FEMA, the Department of State, and the Department of Health and Human Services.

The College serves as prime recipient on USDA NIFA formula grants under the Animal Health and Disease Research Capacity Program (Section 1433), which fund veterinary research, graduate education in veterinary medicine and biomedical sciences, and animal health outreach. Recent NIFA awards include a $650,000 project grant from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability (CFDA 10.310) effective February 2026 through January 2029 to study reproductive dysfunction in livestock under infection and nutritional stress, and recurring formula grants (October 2025 through September 2027, and prior years) supporting the College's research mission in infectious disease, diagnostic testing, parasitic and vector-borne disease, genomics, cancer biology, regenerative medicine, and immunology. The College also holds a $1,000,000 FEMA project grant under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005) running through August 2024 supporting participation in the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, and a $402,211 Department of State cooperative agreement (CFDA 19.033) from October 2022 through December 2023 addressing chemical and biological weapons prevention and mitigation.

The College functions as a sub-recipient on NIH research awards, including a five-year R01 on geospatial modeling of Rickettsia spp. in ticks led by the University of South Carolina (Dr. Brian Herrin serving as co-investigator), CDC/NIOSH collaborative research on transition support for veterinary students led by Kent State University, and Tribal First Responder trainings and diagnostic work supporting federal preparedness initiatives. The College also provides technical assistance and training under sub-awards from the Tennessee Department of Health and serves as a diagnostic resource on moose disease ecology and foot-and-mouth disease epidemiology sub-awards.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which anchors the award footprint with 13 awards across formula and project grant mechanisms. FEMA, CDC, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development each account for three awards. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $8.2 million against a combined potential value of $90 thousand, reflecting the College's receipt of mature, obligated cooperative agreements and formula grants rather than new commitments. Two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete opportunity in USDA NIFA formula funding cycles. The College operates exclusively as a grant recipient and sub-recipient; it does not hold federal contracts or sit on IDIQs or GWACs.