National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program Fiscal Year 2024

The National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP) is a funding opportunity provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to support projects that help prevent the introduction and spread of foreign and emerging animal diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture. The program is authorized under Section 12101 of the 2018 Farm Bill and has a total available funding of up to $17,000,000. Eligible applicants include state departments of agriculture, offices of the chief animal health official of a state, land-grant universities, colleges of veterinary medicine, and other entities. The program has nine priority topics, including developing and exercising state and tribal animal disease outbreak emergency response plans, supporting livestock and poultry biosecurity measures, and enhancing aquatic animal disease preparedness and response. • The program aims to support high-value projects that address significant gaps, problems, and areas of concern related to prevention, preparedness, and response for foreign animal disease outbreaks. • The program will prioritize funding to proposals that focus on preparedness and response for emerging and foreign animal disease outbreaks. • The program will also prioritize projects that build on scientifically based innovation, existing tools and techniques, and findings from projects previously funded by NADPRP. • The program has a competitive review and award process, and the number of awards is contingent on the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.