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Eligible: Agriculture, Businesses, Education, Local Government, Nonprofits, State Agencies

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$0 - $5,000,000

New World Screwworm Grand Challenge

From US Department of Agriculture

This funding opportunity supports plans to combat New World screwworm (NWS) with up to 100,000,000 available. Projects focus on enhancing sterile fly production, developing traps and lures, understanding therapeutics/treatments for animals, and other preparedness and response tools. Awards typically do not exceed 5,000,000 but may in exceptional cases. Projects must address funding priorities and be completed within 2 years.

  • Overview

    • Type

      Competition

    • Title

      New World Screwworm Grand Challenge

    • Source

      US Department of Agriculture

    • Federal or State

      Federal

    • Total Amount

      $100,000,000

    • Number of Awards

      20

    • Award Range

      $0 - $5,000,000

    • Cost Share

      No

    • Status

      Active

  • Topics

    Agriculture
    Resilience

  • Eligibility

    • Audience

      Agriculture, Businesses, Education, Local Government, Nonprofits, State Agencies

    • Sector

      Agriculture, Resilience

    • Activity

      Program Management

    • Eligibility

      Eligible Entities

      1. Colleges and universities, including university research foundations
      2. State, national, allied, or regional producer organizations with direct or significant economic interest in the control of NWS
      3. State, national, allied, or regional veterinary organizations or specialty boards recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association
      4. Federal agencies
      5. Non-profits with or without 501(c)(3) IRS status, other than Institutions of Higher Ed
      6. State Departments of Agriculture
      7. State emergency agencies
      8. Small businesses
      9. For-profit organizations other than small businesses
      10. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign organizations) and non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. organizations

      Eligible Activities

      Projects must address one of the following priority topics:

      Topic 1: Enhance sterile NWS fly production.
      Topic 2: Develop novel NWS traps and lures.
      Topic 3: Develop and increase understanding of NWS therapeutic/treatments for animals and that could be stockpiled and used in animals should NWS reach the United States.
      Topic 4: Develop other tools to bolster preparedness or response to NWS.

    • Location

      National

  • Application Process

    • Application Link

      Apply Now

    • Pre-Application?

      No

    • Requirements

      Applicants must comply with document submission instructions, address one of the priority topics, and meet screening criteria.

      Each application package must contain one topic/project focus only. Applicants can submit more than one application package.

    • Disbursement Method

      Unspecified

  • Important Dates

    • Application Open Date

      Jan 21, 2026

    • Application Close Date

      Feb 23, 2026

    • Application Close Time

      12:00 AM PST

    • Period of Performance Start

      May 1, 2026

    • Publish Date

      Jan 21, 2026

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