OpportunityTitle: Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard 2022-2023 Cooperative Agreements
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 1. State departments of agriculture2. Offices of the chief animal health official of a State  3. Nonprofits 4. Institutions of higher education5. State or national livestock, poultry, or aquaculture producer organizations with direct and significant economic interest in livestock, poultry, or aquaculture production6. State, national, allied, or regional veterinary organizations or specialty boards recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association7. Tribal entities
Description: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS) is announcing the availability of up to $3 million in funds in the Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard (AMR Dashboard) to support projects in the topic areas listed below.Topic 1. Develop antimicrobial resistance dashboard tools that can securely track the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistant microbes in domesticated animals. The dashboard tool must also include the following elements:a. Ensure similar confidentiality protections to the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act.b. Must be able to track phenotype and/or genotype of microbes.c. This could include dashboards that help us identify new research questions and perspectives on antimicrobial resistance in domesticated animals.Topic 2. Identify and/or develop methods for protecting confidentiality of data related to antimicrobial resistance in domesticated animals.a. This could include developing statistical approaches to improve confidentiality of antimicrobial resistance data in domesticated animals.Topic 3. Identify data user needs and preferences for antimicrobial resistance dashboard tools.2a. This could include necessary elements for using antimicrobial resistance dashboard tools to monitor trends in antimicrobial resistance patterns in domesticated animals.b. This could include preferences for visualizing antimicrobial resistance data in domesticated animals for different intended audiences, such as domesticated animal owners/producers, veterinarians, diagnostic laboratories, or the general public.Topic 4. Explore aspects of data management for antimicrobial resistance dashboard tools.a. This could include data acquisition, data transfer, data flow, data storage, data aggregation, and data analysis.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: For questions about the AMR Dashboard program and applying to this funding opportunity
GrantorContactText: Chelsey Shivley, AMR Coordinator &lt;br/&gt;chelsey.b.shivley@usda.gov &lt;br/&gt;970-593-8132