Critical Issues: Emerging and New Plant and Animal Pests and Diseases

The program is designed to provide one-time seed funding to help initiate work requiring immediate attention until other longer-term resources can be secured to address the issue. CSREES will be soliciting proposals on an as-needed basis during the year to address specific new or emerging issues. For this particular solicitation CSREES is requesting proposals that address specific aspects of the following issues: Johne's Disease Vaccination Modeling and Porcine High Fever Disease (PHFD)

Who Is Eligible to Apply

1862 Land-Grant Institutions

1890 Land-Grant Institutions

1994 Land-Grant Institutions

State Agricultural Experiment Stations

More Information on Eligibility

See Request for Applications for more information.

Request for Application (RFA) | Apply: Electronic

Solicitation Date (Opening)	September 25, 2007
Letter of Intent Due Date	None
Due Date (Closing)	June 18, 2008
Anticipated Award Date	None
Estimated Total Program Funding	$500,000.00
Range of Awards	$0.00 to $200,000.00
Percent of Applications Funded Last Fiscal Year	80%
Cost Sharing Requirements	None
For More Information Contact	Gary B. Sherman
Funding Opportunity Number	USDA-CSREES-OP-001054
CFDA Number	10.200 Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants
Contact for Electronic Access Problems	webcomments@csrees.usda.gov

Last Updated: May 5, 2008