Opportunity Title:
Zoonotic Disease Initiative - Tribes
Opportunity Number:
F23AS00139
Description:
This new federal assistance program is designed to increase readiness for wildlife agencies to
protect against future pandemics and encourage them to coordinate their efforts across
jurisdictions in a seamless manner. Assistance will be available for a range of activities with the goal of the program being to strengthen the foundation of an inter-jurisdictional landscape-level wildlife health and disease network to protect wildlife, ecosystems, economies, and the American public. This goal will be supported through the following objectives:
1. Wildlife managers have a current, evidence-based wildlife disease plan which
considers:
Disease surveillance and techniques for surveillance strategies
Diagnostic pathology, microbiology, virology, parasitology, toxicology,, and biosafety
Outbreak response
Wildlife population management
Regulatory and policy response
Data management
Risk assessment and decision support
Training
Communication plans so that key stakeholders receive and understand information about wildlife diseases in a timely manner.
2. State, territorial, and Tribal managers in the same regions are connected in an inter-jurisdictional network of practitioners, including public health and veterinary services.
3. Wildlife managers have access to diagnostic services for wildlife disease.
4. Wildlife managers have capacity to manage wildlife health data, data sharing, and communication.
Eligibility:
Native American tribal governments and organizations
Total Amount Available:
$4,500,000
Maximum Award:
$775,000
Minimum Award:
$75,000
Application Deadline:
April 20, 2023
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