Homeland Security Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense

The summary for the Homeland Security Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Department of Homeland Security, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Homeland Security Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense: The two HS-Centers are intended to bring the intellectual capital of our educational institutions to bear for the purpose of helping to ensure the biosecurity and safety of the nation?s food supply. Accordingly, this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) invites eligible institutions and groups of investigators to form consortia capable of mounting a sustained and innovative research and education effort in specific areas of agricultural security, food security and animal health and diagnostics, with an emphasis on threats resulting from the intentional introduction of disease or contaminants to the food supply and associated agricultural systems. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is particularly interested in receiving proposals that focus on the areas of foreign animal diseases (FAD) and high consequence zoonotic diseases, and on issues related to food contamination, primarily deliberate acts. Two HS-Centers will be established: one in FAD and zoonotics, and one concentrated on post-harvest food security. CONTACT: Inquiries may be sent to: [email protected]