RCSA, USDA fund 7 team projects in Mitigating Zoonotic Threats

January 11, 2023 — 

Projects include identifying neutralizing antibodies against the African swine fever virus; impact of climate in forecasting highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the USDSA have awarded seven multidisciplinary teams of early career scientists in the second year of the Scialog: Mitigating Zoonotic Threats initiative.

The 18 individual awards of $50,000 each in direct costs will go to 16 researchers from a variety of institutions, including two USDA agencies working together at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility -- the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Agricultural Research Service.

The funded projects include five new partnerships among USDA and academic scientists.

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[Source: National Hog Farmer 4 Jan 2023]