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USDA-APHIS-10025-ASBVSWS00-26-0001: Chronic Wasting Disease Cervid Management and Response Activities 2026

Closed Closed June 15, 2026 Opportunity USDA-APHIS-10025-ASBVSWS00-26-0001 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP) FY 2027 State Preparedness Funding Opportunity (USDA-APHIS-10025-VSSP0000-27-0002). Status: Closes January 7, 2027 (61 days left). It is in our archive of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service notices from 2026.

• Award ceiling$250,000
• Award floor$10,000
• Total funding$12.1 million
• Expected awards55
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Other

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.

• State governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Private institutions of higher education
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This competitive opportunity is open to the following entities: State departments of agriculture; State animal health agencies; State departments of wildlife or natural resources; Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments and Native American Tribal organizations or universities representing Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments; and research institutions and universities. State agencies and Tribes, or in the case of Native American Tribal organizations, the Native American Tribal governments they are representing, must have regulatory oversight or direct responsibility for farmed cervids to be eligible for the farmed cervid opportunity, or regulatory oversight or direct responsibility for wild cervids to be eligible for the wild cervid opportunities. Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments are listed on the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior; Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs website. Universities include the 1994 Tribal colleges and universities, the 1890 land-grant institutions, land-grant colleges and universities, and other accredited universities. Research institute is an establishment founded for conducting research that has published peer reviewed articles in the field and that currently employs one or more investigators who will work on the project with relevant experience in applied research on the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Animal Disease and Animal Care awards averaged $283,499; this notice allows up to $250,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (52% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

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.

Category: Agriculture.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, USDA-APHIS-10025-VSSP0000-27-0002, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.