Fiscal Year 2010 Cooperative Agreements for Advancing Animal Disease Traceability

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	Federal Grant Title:	Fiscal Year 2010 Cooperative Agreements for Advancing Animal Disease Traceability
	CFDA Number:	10.025
	CFDA Description:	Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care
	Federal Agency Name:	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Agriculture
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-GRANTS-030510-001
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 05, 2010
	Creation Date:	Mar 05, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 01, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 01, 2010
	Archive Date:	May 01, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	65
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$5,783,440
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Territory Governments
Grant Description: Established in 1883, the Veterinary Division of USDA was USDA's first regulatory program. Created to address animal health and pertinent public health issues, USDA APHIS continues to build upon 127 years of experience in cooperating with States/Tribes/Territories, industry, and the public at large. Integral to past and future efforts for safeguarding animal health are interoperable information systems that can efficiently determine specific animals for inclusion, or exclusion, in an epidemiological investigation. The associated data elements for identifying specific animals, locations and points in time an animal(s) was at a specific location are critical for documenting the absence of disease and for coordinating and conducting a scaleable disease response at the local, regional, within a State/Tribe/Territory, or national level. Due to the increasing diversity and changing dynamics of livestock agriculture in the United States, USDA initiated focused efforts in the 1990's to explore ways to advance animal disease tracing capability. By continuing the partnership with industry and State/Tribes/Territories, and using compatible information systems to more quickly access fundamental traceability data, USDA in 2004 offered a set of animal disease traceability standards designed to better support animal disease surveillance and investigation activities. Because of the likelihood of animal movement activity at some time in an animal's production cycle and the nature of animal disease movement through time and space, relevant information sharing when needed among those responsible for documenting, assessing, and mitigating animal disease threats in animal populations is essential. The strength of a national animal disease traceability network in the United States is based upon sound and effective animal disease traceability systems within States, Tribes, and Territories. This funding opportunity is offered to advance animal disease traceability by supporting the search ability of standardized animal disease traceability data within and among States, Tribes, and Territories. Priorities for FY2010 funding will be 1) maintenance of established animal disease traceability infrastructure within States, Tribes, and Territories; 2) outreach to producers, accredited veterinarians, livestock markets, and harvest facilities; and 3) advancement of animal disease tracing capability by increasing the amount and search ability of animal disease traceability data collected via APHIS/VS State-Federal Cooperative Disease program activity, interstate certificates of veterinary inspection, and other similar approaches. Animal disease traceability implementation cooperative agreement applications for Native American Tribal government support are available as part of this announcement, but will be coordinated through the Federal Area-Veterinarian-in-Charge (AVIC), the APHIS/VS Tribal liaison, and APHIS/VS Region personnel. Approved applications for funding must provide objective data documenting current animal disease traceability capability; provide objective performance measures by which animal disease traceability will be advanced with the proposed work plan for this funding announcement; and provide performance measures for addressing other proposed objectives within the application. Satisfactory quarterly and final accomplishment reports must provide objective data points commensurate with the objectives and performance elements within the application. This funding opportunity does NOT include funds for conducting or supporting pilot projects by the applicant or any subcontractor associated with this award. Similarly, funds are not to be used for the purchase, development, support, or maintenance, including licensing, of information systems.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/mrpbs/fmd/announcements.shtml
Grant Announcement Contact: Eileen Berke Management Analyst Phone 301-734-8330

Email for technical issues [eileen.m.berke@aphis.usda.gov]
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