15.069: Zoonotic Disease Initiative

15.069

Active

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) [DOI]

April 12, 2022

April 12, 2022

Assistance will be available for a range of activities with the focus of the program being on strengthening the foundation of an interjurisdictional landscape-level wildlife health and disease network to protect wildlife, ecosystems, economies, and the American public. Funding will be used to establish and enhance Tribal, State, and Territorial fish and wildlife agencies’ capability to effectively address health issues involving free-ranging terrestrial, avian, and aquatic wildlife and minimize the negative impacts of health issues affecting free-ranging wildlife through surveillance, management, and research to protect the public against zoonotic disease outbreaks. Allowable activities include research and extension activities to strengthen early detection, rapid response, and science-based management to address wildlife disease outbreaks before they become pandemics and strengthen capacity for wildlife health monitoring to enhance early detection of diseases that have capacity to jump the species barrier and pose a risk in the United States.

B - Project Grants (Discretionary)

State - Any agency or instrumentality of the fifty States and the District of Columbia excluding the political subdivisions of State, but state designated Indian Tribal governments. Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government - The governing body or a governmental agency of an Indian tribe, Nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community (including any Native village as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) certified by the special programs and services provided through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. U.S. territory or possession - Any agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, and the Mariana Islands.

Not Applicable

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