Chronic Wasting Disease Management and Response Activities 2020 Cooperative Agreements | USDA APHIS 10025 VSSPRS00 20 0124

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The "Chronic Wasting Disease Management and Response Activities 2020 Cooperative Agreements" opportunity is a discretionary USDA grant program run through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to strengthen on-the-ground efforts to manage and respond to chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids. APHIS set aside up to $3,500,000 total to support projects that expand or improve CWD surveillance and testing as part of broader, organized management plans. Beyond routine monitoring, the program also allows funding for work that develops, pilots, or evaluates techniques and strategies intended to control CWD, meaning applicants can propose practical management approaches as well as applied research and evaluation tied to real response needs.

A key feature of the program is that it is jointly administered by two APHIS components with different but complementary roles: Wildlife Services (WS) and Veterinary Services (VS). VS concentrates on the regulatory side of CWD as it relates to captive cervids (such as farmed deer or elk), while WS focuses on wildlife damage management and issues involving wild deer populations. Because CWD management often requires coordinated actions across captive and wild settings, APHIS designed the selection process so that WS and VS collaboratively make project and funding decisions, aiming to balance priorities and interests across both sectors rather than letting one dominate the overall portfolio. APHIS also states an explicit intent to pursue roughly equal funding between projects focused on wild cervids and those focused on captive cervids, which signals that strong proposals in either area are expected and that the final mix of awards will be managed for balance.

This funding is offered as cooperative agreements rather than standard grants, which typically indicates closer involvement by the federal agency during project implementation (for example, coordination, technical input, or shared planning). The funding opportunity number is USDA APHIS 10025 VSSPRS00 20 0124, and it is associated with CFDA number 10.025 under the Agriculture activity category. The posting lists an expected 30 awards, with no stated award ceiling (listed as 0), which usually means individual award sizes may vary based on project scope and available funds rather than being capped at a specific published maximum. Eligibility is not fully specified in the excerpt beyond "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," so applicants would need to consult the full notice for the exact eligible entity types.

The opportunity was created on July 9, 2020, and applications were due August 14, 2020. Submission was required through ezFedGrants, and the deadline was strict: applications had to be received by 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time on the closing date, with late packages not reviewed or considered. Overall, the program is structured to push practical CWD management forward by funding surveillance, testing capacity, response planning, and development or evaluation of control strategies, while deliberately balancing support between wild deer management needs and the regulatory and disease-control challenges associated with captive cervid operations.

• The Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Chronic Wasting Disease Management and Response Activities 2020 Cooperative Agreements" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.025.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 09, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 14, 2020 Application packages must be received by August 14, 2020 at 1159 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time through ezFedGrants. Application packages received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered for funding.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 30 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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