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10.207:  Animal Health and Disease Research

Objectives:  To support animal health and disease research at eligible Schools and Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, and State Agricultural Experiment Stations whose purpose is to improve the health and productivity of food animals and horses through effective prevention, control or treatment of disease, reduction of losses from transportation and other hazards, and protect human health through control of animal diseases transmissible to people.

PROGRAM AND AWARD	FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS	FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO.
APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS	INFORMATION CONTACTS
RELATED PROGRAMS	ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS
PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS	POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

10.207 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility:  Eligibility is restricted to the following public nonprofit institutions having demonstrable capacity in animal disease research: 1) Schools and Colleges of Veterinary Medicine; and 2) State Agricultural Experiment Stations. Funds are appropriated by Congress for distribution to States and eligible State institutions according to the statutory formula stated in the Act.

Beneficiary Eligibility:  Eligibility is restricted to the following public nonprofit institutions having demonstrable capacity in animal disease research: 1) Schools and Colleges of Veterinary Medicine; and 2) State Agricultural Experiment Stations. Funds are appropriated by Congress for distribution to States and eligible State institutions according to the statutory formula stated in the Act.

Credentials/Documentation:  The current capacity in food animal health and disease research must be documented annually by eligible institutions. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.

10.207 APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination:  All eligible institutions must file a current, certified list of animal health and disease research capacity prior to the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102 and E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure:  No application is necessary, but payment of funds is contingent on the approval of an annual plan for programs to be conducted. Funds can be expended only on projects approved by CSREES. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110.

Award Procedure:  The release of funds to eligible institutions is contingent upon the filing of an approved Program of Research and the certification that required nonfederal funds are available to meet matching requirements. Funds can be expended only by the recipient institution and only on research having had prior approval by The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES).

Deadlines:  None.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:  Not applicable.

Appeals:  Not applicable.

Renewals:  Not applicable.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals:  Not applicable.

Examples of Funded Projects:  Not applicable.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance:  $1,586 to 408,854; $65,515.

10.207 RELATED PROGRAMS:

• 10.001 Agricultural Research: Basic and Applied Research;
• 10.025 Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care;
• 10.200 Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants; ;
• 10.203 Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act;
• 10.205 Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University;
• 10.206 Grants for Agricultural Research: Competitive Research Grants;
• 10.219 Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research;
• 10.250 Agricultural and Rural Economic Research;
• 10.500 Cooperative Extension Service;
• 10.652 Forestry Research.

10.207 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Example of accomplishments include: Researchers developed the J-5 vaccine to prevent coliform mastitis infections in dairy cattle. This preventive strategy also reduces use of antibiotics protecting consumers from possible drug residues.

10.207 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

Federal Agency:  COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND EXTENSION SERVICE, (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE )

Type of Assistance:  Formula Grants.

Obligations:  (Grants) FY 99 $4,769,514; FY 00 est $4,765,894; and FY 01 est $4,782,024.

Budget Account Number:  12-1500-0-1-352.

Authorization:  National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, Section 1433, Public Law 95-113, as amended; Section 1429, Public Law 97-98; Public Law 99-198; Public Law 101-624; Public Law 104-127; Public Law 105-185.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature:  Administrative Manual for the Continuing Animal Health and Disease Research Program, August 1982; 7 CFR Part 3015, USDA Uniform Federal Assistant Regulations; 7 CFR Part 3017, Government wide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Government wide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants); 7 CFR Part 3018, New Restrictions on Lobbying; and 7 CFR Part 3019, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations.

10.207 INFO CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office:  None.

Headquarters Office:  Deputy Administrator, Plant and Animal Science, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Phone: (202) 401-4329. (Home Page)

(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)

10.207 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements:  The Act provides that the Secretary in consultation with the Animal Health Science Research Advisory Board shall distribute 48 percent of the funds to the States on the basis of livestock value and income as determined by the U.S.D.A. data. Forty-eight percent of the funds shall be distributed on the basis of animal health and disease research capacity of eligible institutions. Distribution of a State's allocation among its eligible institutions is made on the basis of the animal health research capacity of these institutions. Animal health research capacity is measured by the annual expenditures (excluding Section 1433 funds) and scientist year equivalents in animal health and disease research in eligible institutions. The Act limits the annual Federal payment a State may receive in excess of $100,000 to that amount made available and budgeted from nonfederal sources for expenditures on animal health and disease research.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:  Funds must be expended or obligated in the year for which the appropriation was made. Unliquidated obligations must be paid in the fiscal year following the year of appropriation. Funds are released quarterly as needed to finance current operations.

Uses and Use Restrictions:  Research on animal health and disease of food animals and horses conducted in eligible institutions under the following categories: 1) Infectious diseases; 2) internal and external parasites; 3) noninfectious diseases, toxins, poisons, transportation losses, predators and other hazards; 4) diseases and parasites of wildlife transmissible to food animals and horses; and 5) diseases and parasites of animals transmissible to people.

10.207 POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports:  Fiscal year annual plan of work due August 15 of each year for the fiscal year starting in October. Annual program financial report due December 1; Annual progress report due February 15; Certification of Offset and Entitlement due prior to October 1; Past year Obligations by Project due December 15.

Audits:  Audits will be conducted in accordance with guidelines established in the revised OMB Circular No. A-133, "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," and implemented in 7 CFR Part 3052, "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations."

Records:  Maintained by project. Retain payment documents 5 years.