Chronic Wasting Disease Management and Response Funding Opportunities
APHIS provides millions of dollars each year to State and Tribal governments, universities, and others to control chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild and farmed cervids, such as deer and elk.
Funded projects address CWD research, management, and response activities. They support one or more priorities:
- Improving management of CWD-affected farmed and wild cervid populations
- Improving management of CWD-affected areas or premises
- Researching amplification assays and other new test methods
- Researching the application of or implementing a whole genome predictive genetics CWD management plan for farmed cervid herds
- Developing and delivering educational materials or programs
Find specific information about CWD in farmed cervids and wild cervids.
Open CWD Funding Opportunities
Accomplishments and Funded Projects to Fight CWD
APHIS has invested over $41 million for projects to research, manage, and respond to CWD. For details, view our lists and summaries of funded projects below.
- 2025 Spending Plan: Farmed Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (210.06 KB)
- 2024 Recipient Summaries: Farmed Cervid CWD Cooperative Agreement (722.02 KB)
- 2024 Spending Plan: Farmed Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (195.62 KB)
- 2023 Spending Plan: Farmed Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (167.84 KB)
- 2022 Spending Plan: Farmed Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (216.43 KB)
- 2022 Project Executive Summaries: Farmed Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (344.77 KB)
- 2021 Spending Plan: Farmed Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (199.06 KB)
- 2025 Spending Plan: Wild Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (196.49 KB)
- 2024 Recipient Summaries: Wild CWD Cervid Cooperative Agreement (597.23 KB)
- 2024 Spending Plan: Wild Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (207.64 KB)
- 2024 Project Executive Summaries: Wild Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (423.72 KB)
- 2023 Spending Plan: Wild Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (222.6 KB)
- 2022 Spending Plan: Wild Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (198.06 KB)
- 2021 Spending Plan: Wild Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (200.28 KB)
- 2021 Project Executive Summaries: Wild Cervid CWD Management and Response Activities (315.51 KB)
- 2024 Spending Plan: Tribal Nations Wild Cervid CWD Opportunities (158.2 KB)
- 2024 Recipient Summaries: CWD Tribal Nations Wild Cervid CWD Cooperative Agreement (324.26 KB)
- 2024 Project Executive Summaries: Tribal Nations Wild Cervid CWD Opportunities (175.89 KB)
- 2023 Spending Plan: Tribal Nations Wild Cervid CWD Opportunities (151.96 KB)
- 2022 Spending Plan: Tribal Nations Wild Cervid CWD Opportunities (180.88 KB)
- 2021 Spending Plan: Tribal Nations Wild Cervid CWD Opportunities (225.69 KB)
- 2021 Project Executive Summaries: Tribal Nations Wild Cervid CWD Opportunities (215.55 KB)
Did You Receive CWD Funding?
Find out more about managing your award at the APHIS Agreement Services Branch.
Contact Us
If you have questions about farmed cervid funding, email us at vs.sp.cervid.health@usda.gov.
For questions about wild cervid funding, email us at aphis-ws.cwd_agreements@usda.gov.