Deadline: 19-May-25
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service invites applications for its funding opportunity to support high-value and high-impact projects that explore vaccines, therapeutics, research, and other strategies to combat avian influenza, lower egg prices, and protect the U.S. poultry industry.
Priority Topics
- Topic 1. Develop novel vaccines to protect poultry from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) that are safe, potent, and efficacious across multiple avian species and against current circulating clades.
- Topic 2. Develop novel therapeutics to address HPAI in poultry, including preventing, controlling, or eliminating HPAI virus, characterizing genomic targets for disease resistance, and supporting poultry health.
- Topic 3. Conduct research to further understand avian influenza in poultry and to improve response strategies.
Funding Information
- APHIS anticipates that most agreements awarded will not exceed $2,000,000. Proposals exceeding $2,000,000 will be considered.
- Period of Performance: Projects should be completed within 3 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- HPAI Poultry Innovation Grand Challenge eligible applicants are:
- For-profit organizations, non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign organizations) and non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. organizations will require additional review and approval processes
- Colleges and universities, including university research foundations
- State, national, allied, or regional producer organizations with direct or significant economic interest in poultry production
- State, national, allied, or regional veterinary organizations or specialty boards recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Federal agencies
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS status, other than Institutions of Higher Ed
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS status, other than Institutions of Higher Ed
- State departments of agriculture
- State emergency agencies
- Small businesses
For more information, visit Grants,gov.