COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND EXTENSION
SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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.
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.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:
Formula Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
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.
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.
Pre-application 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 as implemented by 7 CFR Part 3019.
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.
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.
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: In accordance with the provisions of OMB
Circular No. A- 133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local
Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," non federal entities that
expend financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a
single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal
entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt
from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No.
A-133.
Records: Maintained by project. Retain payment
documents 3 years.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Account Identification: 12-1500-0-1-352.
Obligations: (Grants) FY 01 $4,756,934; FY 02 est
$4,756,638; and FY 03 est $4,756,638.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $1,586
to 408,854. Average: $65,515.
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.
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.
INFORMATION 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. Telephone: (202)
401-4329.
