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Farmed Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease Management and Response Activities Funding Opportunity FY 2026 is sponsored by USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). This funding opportunity from APHIS aims to control and prevent chronic wasting disease (CWD) in farmed cervids (e. g.
, deer and elk). The grants support projects that help states, tribes, universities, and other entities in managing and responding to CWD.
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Opportunity Listing - Chronic Wasting Disease Cervid Management and Response Activities 2026 Chronic Wasting Disease Cervid Management and Response Activities 2026 Agency: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Assistance Listings: 10. 025 -- Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Last Updated: May 15, 2026 View version history on Grants.
gov Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) attached or the CWD Funding Opportunity website for additional information and hyperlinks to the work plans and the financial plan templates.
ezFedGrants Opportunity USDA-APHIS-10025-WSNWRC00-26-0001 Proposals may include, but are not limited to, the development and implementation of wild cervid CWD surveillance, testing, management, and response activities, including further development and evaluation of techniques and strategies to prevent or control CWD in wild cervids.
Wild Cervid – Tribal Nations Only: $500,000 ezFedGrants Opportunity USDA-APHIS-10025-WSNWRC00-26-0002 Proposals may include, but are not limited to, the development and implementation of wild cervid CWD surveillance, testing, management, and response activities, including further development and evaluation of techniques and strategies to prevent or control CWD in wild cervids on lands owned or managed by Tribal entities.
Farmed Cervid: $6,050,0004 ezFedGrants Opportunity USDA-APHIS-10025-VSSPRS00-26-0007 Proposals may include, but are not limited to, the development and/or implementation of CWD surveillance, testing, management, and response activities.
Proposals can include the use of funds for the indemnification and removal of CWD-affected farmed cervid herds and CWD-exposed cervids, as part of an overall CWD management plan and in accordance with 9 CFR Part 55. 2. If assistance is needed with locating application materials, please reach out to VS.FiOps.
ASC. Agreements@usda. gov for farmed cervid or APHIS-WS.
CWD_Agreements@usda. gov for wild cervid and wild cervid Tribal Nations, at least 72 hours prior to the application deadline .
All applicants are required to register in SAM prior to submitting a proposal for this funding opportunity, provide a valid unique entity identifier (UEI) in the application, and maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during the application process and award period of performance (2 CFR Part 200. 206).
All proposals must be completed and received electronically through ezFedGrants no later than June 15, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time . The electronic date and time stamp from ezFedGrants will be used to determine whether proposals were received before the deadline. Proposals received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered for funding.
Submissions through Grants. gov will not be accepted.
Private institutions of higher education Public and state institutions of higher education Federally recognized Native American tribal governments This competitive opportunity is open to the following entities: State departments of agriculture; State animal health agencies; State departments of wildlife or natural resources; Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments and Native American Tribal organizations or universities representing Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments; and research institutions and universities.
State agencies and Tribes, or in the case of Native American Tribal organizations, the Native American Tribal governments they are representing, must have regulatory oversight or direct responsibility for farmed cervids to be eligible for the farmed cervid opportunity, or regulatory oversight or direct responsibility for wild cervids to be eligible for the wild cervid opportunities.
Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments are listed on the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior; Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs website. Universities include the 1994 Tribal colleges and universities, the 1890 land-grant institutions, land-grant colleges and universities, and other accredited universities.
Research institute is an establishment founded for conducting research that has published peer reviewed articles in the field and that currently employs one or more investigators who will work on the project with relevant experience in applied research on the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
Grantor contact information For administrative questions pertaining to farmed cervid applications, required documents, or the ezFedGrants application process, please contact VS.FiOps. ASC. Agreements@usda.
gov, Stephanie Kozar, (970) 494-7374 For programmatic questions regarding the farmed cervid CWD program, please contact the following APHIS VS Cervid Health Team: VS.SP. Cervid. Health@usda.
gov, Tracy Nichols, (970) 494-7380 For administrative questions pertaining to wild cervid or wild cervid Tribal Nation only applications, required documents, or the ezFedGrants application process, please contact APHIS-WS. CWD_Agreements@usda.
gov For programmatic questions regarding the wild cervid or wild cervid Tribal Nations only CWD program, please contact the following primary point of contact: Tim Linder, Staff Biologist, WS National Wildlife Disease Program, Timothy. J. Linder@usda.
gov , (O) 970-266-6217, (C) 970-420-5309 VS.FiOps. ASC. Agreements@usda.
gov File name Description Last updated aphis-fy26-cwd-cervid-funding-opportunity-announcement. pdf Notice of Funding Opportunity CWD May 15, 2026 07:06 PM UTC SF-LLL_Lobbying_Form. pdf Lobbying Form for award requests greater than $100,000 when activities to disclose May 15, 2026 07:06 PM UTC certification_regarding_lobbying.
pdf Certification Regarding Lobbying for award requests greater than $100,000 May 15, 2026 07:06 PM UTC FY26_CWD_Financial_Plan_Template. xlsx Financial Plan Template May 15, 2026 07:06 PM UTC APHIS_WS_FY26_Wild_Cervid_CWD_Work_Plan_v2. docx WILD Cervid Work Plan Template May 15, 2026 07:06 PM UTC APHIS_WS_FY26_Tribal_Nations_Wild_Cervid_CWD_Work_Plan_v2.
docx Tribal Nations WILD Cervid Work Plan Template May 15, 2026 06:02 PM UTC FY26_Farmed_Cervid_Work_Plan_Template. docx FARMED Cervid Work Plan Template May 15, 2026 06:02 PM UTC FY26_Farmed_Cervid_Predictive_Genetics_Work_Plan_Template.
docx Genetics FARMED Cervid Work Plan Template May 15, 2026 06:03 PM UTC Link to additional information Funding opportunity number : USDA-APHIS-10025-ASBVSWS00-26-0001 Cost sharing or matching requirement : Funding instrument type : Opportunity Category Explanation : Category of Funding Activity : Your account requires additional identity verification.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: States, Tribes, universities, and other entities involved in chronic wasting disease management and response activities. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The published deadline was June 15, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Farmed Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease Management and Response Activities Funding Opportunity FY 2026 is funded by USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
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