Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA APHIS 10025 OA000000 26 0001
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is offering up to $100 million through the New World Screwworm (NWS) Grand Challenge to combat the spread of this dangerous livestock parasite. This funding opportunity is part of an aggressive national plan to protect U.S. livestock health, following the Agriculture Secretary’s announcement made on August 15, 2025.
The initiative aims to support both immediate and long-term solutions to contain and eliminate NWS. Projects may focus on enhancing the production of sterile NWS flies (a core strategy in controlling the pest), developing improved traps and lures, creating or expanding treatments or therapeutics for animals affected by NWS, or designing new tools to boost preparedness and response capacity.
Up to $5 million is available per project, but proposals that significantly address multiple priority areas or offer major advancements in controlling the pest may receive more. Applications are due by February 23, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET. Awards will be issued to selected applicants between May 1 and June 1, 2026, with funded projects expected to be completed within two years. Entities applying must have an active Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and be registered on SAM.gov.
This funding is especially critical as APHIS ramps up its sterile fly production capacity, aiming for 300 million sterile flies per week by March 2029. Successful proposals will serve either as interim responses while that capacity is scaled up or as durable innovations to support long-term animal health efforts.
Details on priority topics and application requirements are available via the NWS Grand Challenge webpage or by contacting NWS.Grand.Challenge@usda.gov.Apply for USDA APHIS 10025 OA000000 26 0001
- The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "New World Screwworm Grand Challenge" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.025.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2026-01-21.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-02-23. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.
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