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F22AS00309: Zoonotic Disease Initiative - States and Territories

Closed Closed June 27, 2022 Opportunity F22AS00309 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$775,000
• Award floor$75,000
• Total funding$4.5 million
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments.

• State governments
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Governments of US Territories

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Zoonotic Disease Initiative awards averaged $625,336; this notice allows up to $775,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (59% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The American Rescue Plan provides financial assistance “for research and extension activities to strengthen early detection, rapid response, and science-based management to address wildlife disease outbreaks before they become pandemics and strengthen capacity for wildlife health monitoring to enhance early detection of diseases that have capacity to jump the species barrier and pose a risk in the United States.” Funding will be used to establish and enhance Tribal, State, and Territorial fish and wildlife agencies’ capabilities to effectively address health issues involving free-ranging terrestrial, avian, and aquatic wildlife and minimize the negative impacts of health issues affecting free-ranging wildlife through surveillance, management, and research to protect the public against zoonotic disease outbreaks. This new federal assistance program is designed to increase readiness for wildlife agencies to protect against future pandemics and encourage them to coordinate their efforts across jurisdictions in a seamless manner. Assistance will be available for a range of activities with the goal of the program being to strengthen the foundation of an interjurisdictional landscape-level wildlife health and disease network to protect wildlife, ecosystems, economies, and the American public. This goal will be supported through the following objectives: Wildlife managers have a current, evidence-based wildlife disease plan which considers: Disease surveillance and techniques for surveillance strategies Diagnostic pathology, microbiology, virology, parasitology, toxicology,, and biosafety Outbreak response Wildlife population management Regulatory and policy response Data management Risk assessment and decision support Training Communication plans so that key stakeholders receive and understand information about wildlife diseases in a timely manner. 2. State, territorial, and Tribal managers in the same regions are connected in an interjurisdictional network of practitioners, including public health and veterinary services. 3. Wildlife managers have access to diagnostic services for wildlife disease. Wildlife managers have capacity to manage wildlife health data, data sharing, and communication. Project length is one to three years. Applicants must fill out a survey at the beginning and end of their project.

Category: Natural Resources.

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