OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes &#8211; Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. &#160;CESU&#8217;s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. &#160;Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes &#8211; Northern Forest CESU, contain an AVMA-accredited veterinary college.
Description: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for disease research, data collection and technical assistance in wildlife anatomic pathology. In addition to investigating wildlife diseases and their pathogeneses, veterinary wildlife pathologists also investigate zoonotic wildlife diseases of concern to human health and help to provide key information on the links between wildlife, domestic animal and human disease. Given the dearth of information on existing wildlife diseases and the need to identify emerging diseases, it is important to engage partner support for these efforts. The USGS National Wildlife Health Center investigates wildlife morbidity and mortality events, in part to uncover their etiology. On-going research studies to further elucidate the pathology of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus, Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2, White-Nose Syndrome, Snake Fungal Disease and emerging diseases of amphibians, among others, are supported by wildlife pathologists.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: fgraves@usgs.gov
GrantorContactText: FAITH GRAVES&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.