Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA APHIS 10025 VSSP0000 23 0003
The Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard 2022-2023 Cooperative Agreements opportunity is a USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS) discretionary funding program that makes up to $3 million available to support projects that strengthen how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) information is handled, protected, and communicated for domesticated animals. The focus is on building and improving practical dashboard-based tools and the supporting methods behind them so stakeholders can better understand where resistant microbes are emerging, how they spread, and what trends look like over time, while still protecting sensitive data.
A major emphasis of this opportunity is the development of AMR dashboard tools that can securely track the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistant microbes in domesticated animals. Proposed dashboards are expected to incorporate strong confidentiality protections comparable to those associated with the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act, signaling that applicants should treat AMR data as potentially sensitive and design systems that prevent inappropriate disclosure. The tool must be able to track microbial phenotype and/or genotype, meaning it should be designed to handle resistance information observed through lab testing (phenotypic resistance patterns) and/or genetic markers (genotypic indicators of resistance). USDA also signals interest in dashboards that do more than display data, such as tools that help reveal new research questions or provide new perspectives on AMR in domesticated animals.
Beyond building dashboards, the program supports work on confidentiality itself. A second topic area invites applicants to identify and/or develop methods to protect the confidentiality of AMR-related data in domesticated animals. This can include statistical methods or other approaches that reduce re-identification or inference risks while still preserving enough utility for monitoring and analysis. In practical terms, projects might address how to share trend information without exposing farm-level or facility-level details, how to handle small sample sizes, or how to design reporting thresholds and aggregation rules that balance privacy with usefulness.
A third topic area targets the human side of dashboard design by asking applicants to identify data user needs and preferences for AMR dashboard tools. This includes defining the essential elements users need to monitor trends in AMR patterns in domesticated animals and exploring how different audiences prefer to see and interact with the information. USDA explicitly names varied intended users such as animal owners and producers, veterinarians, diagnostic laboratories, and the general public. That suggests projects can focus on user research, requirements gathering, usability testing, or designing visualization approaches that communicate uncertainty, context, and trend signals appropriately for each group.
A fourth topic area addresses the underlying data management required to make any dashboard work reliably. USDA is interested in projects that explore data acquisition, transfer, flow, storage, aggregation, and analysis. This points to end-to-end system thinking: how AMR data would be collected from relevant sources, moved securely, standardized, stored with appropriate controls, transformed into analytic datasets, and then summarized into outputs suitable for dashboards. Work here could also include governance, documentation, interoperability, and processes that help ensure data quality and consistent interpretation across sources.
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means USDA expects substantial involvement during the project period (for example, coordination, technical input, or shared decision-making), rather than operating as a hands-off grant. The opportunity is listed under CFDA number 10.025 and the funding opportunity number USDA APHIS 10025 VSSP0000 23 0003. The original closing date for applications was February 20, 2023, and the opportunity was created on November 21, 2022.
Eligible applicants include a range of organizations that are positioned to work with animal health and agricultural data. Specifically, eligibility covers state departments of agriculture; offices of a state chief animal health official; nonprofits; institutions of higher education; state or national livestock, poultry, or aquaculture producer organizations with a direct and significant economic interest in production; state, national, allied, or regional veterinary organizations or AVMA-recognized specialty boards; and tribal entities. This mix suggests USDA is looking for applicants that can combine practical animal health knowledge with data stewardship, analytics, and communication capabilities, ideally in ways that translate into usable tools and methods for real-world AMR monitoring in domesticated animals.Apply for USDA APHIS 10025 VSSP0000 23 0003
- The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard 2022-2023 Cooperative Agreements" 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 2022-11-21.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-02-20. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard 2022-2023 Cooperative Agreements (USDA APHIS VS) - FAQs
1) What is the Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard 2022-2023 Cooperative Agreements opportunity?
It is a USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS) discretionary funding opportunity that supports projects to strengthen how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) information for domesticated animals is handled, protected, and communicated. A major focus is the development and improvement of practical, dashboard-based tools and the methods that support them, so stakeholders can better understand where resistant microbes are emerging, how they spread, and how trends change over time, while protecting sensitive data.
2) How much funding is available?
Up to $3 million is available under this opportunity.
3) What is the primary goal of the program?
The primary goal is to support tools and approaches that improve AMR monitoring and communication for domesticated animals, especially through secure dashboards and the data management and confidentiality methods needed to make those dashboards trustworthy and useful.
4) What is meant by an "AMR dashboard" in this opportunity?
An AMR dashboard refers to a dashboard-based tool designed to track and communicate information about antimicrobial resistant microbes in domesticated animals. The dashboard is expected to help users understand emergence, spread, and trends over time, and it should be built with strong confidentiality protections to prevent inappropriate disclosure of sensitive information.
5) Are applicants expected to include confidentiality protections?
Yes. A major emphasis is that proposed dashboards incorporate strong confidentiality protections comparable to those associated with the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act. This signals that AMR data should be treated as potentially sensitive and systems should be designed to reduce the risk of inappropriate disclosure.
6) What kinds of AMR data must the tool be able to track?
The tool must be able to track microbial phenotype and/or genotype. That means it should be designed to handle resistance information observed through lab testing (phenotypic resistance patterns) and/or genetic markers (genotypic indicators of resistance).
7) Does USDA encourage dashboards that do more than display data?
Yes. USDA signals interest in dashboards that go beyond displaying data, such as tools that help reveal new research questions or provide new perspectives on AMR in domesticated animals.
8) What are the main topic areas supported by this opportunity?
The opportunity describes four topic areas:
- Developing AMR dashboard tools that can securely track emergence and spread of resistant microbes in domesticated animals.
- Identifying and/or developing methods to protect confidentiality of AMR-related data in domesticated animals (including statistical or other approaches).
- Identifying data user needs and preferences for AMR dashboard tools, including essential elements for monitoring trends and how different audiences prefer to interact with the information.
- Exploring data acquisition, transfer, flow, storage, aggregation, and analysis needed to support dashboards reliably (end-to-end data management).
9) What kinds of confidentiality work is supported (beyond building dashboards)?
The opportunity supports projects that identify and/or develop methods to protect the confidentiality of AMR-related data in domesticated animals. This can include statistical methods or other approaches intended to reduce re-identification or inference risks while maintaining enough data utility for monitoring and analysis.
10) What are examples of confidentiality challenges projects might address?
The opportunity points to practical challenges such as sharing trend information without exposing farm-level or facility-level details, handling small sample sizes, and designing reporting thresholds and aggregation rules that balance privacy with usefulness.
11) What does the opportunity mean by "user needs and preferences"?
It refers to work focused on understanding what different audiences need in order to monitor AMR trends in domesticated animals and how they prefer to see and interact with dashboard information. This can include defining essential dashboard elements and conducting activities such as user research, requirements gathering, usability testing, or developing visualization approaches that communicate uncertainty and context appropriately.
12) Who are the intended users of the dashboards?
USDA explicitly names a range of intended users, including animal owners and producers, veterinarians, diagnostic laboratories, and the general public.
13) What kinds of data management work is supported?
USDA is interested in projects that explore the underlying data management needed for reliable dashboards, including data acquisition, transfer, flow, storage, aggregation, and analysis. The description suggests end-to-end system thinking, including how data are collected from sources, moved securely, standardized, stored with appropriate controls, transformed into analytic datasets, and summarized into dashboard outputs.
14) Does the opportunity mention anything related to governance or interoperability?
Yes. The data management topic area indicates work could include governance, documentation, interoperability, and processes that support data quality and consistent interpretation across sources.
15) What is the funding instrument and what does it imply?
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement. This typically means USDA expects substantial involvement during the project period, such as coordination, technical input, or shared decision-making, rather than a hands-off approach.
16) What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed is 10.025.
17) What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is USDA APHIS 10025 VSSP0000 23 0003.
18) When was the opportunity created and when was the application closing date?
The opportunity was created on November 21, 2022. The original closing date for applications was February 20, 2023.
19) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants include:
- State departments of agriculture
- Offices of a state chief animal health official
- Nonprofits
- Institutions of higher education
- State or national livestock, poultry, or aquaculture producer organizations with a direct and significant economic interest in production
- State, national, allied, or regional veterinary organizations or AVMA-recognized specialty boards
- Tribal entities
20) What types of organizations does USDA appear to be looking for?
Based on the eligible applicant list and the topic areas, USDA appears to be looking for organizations that can combine animal health and agricultural domain expertise with data stewardship, analytics, confidentiality protection, and communication capabilities, with an emphasis on producing usable tools and methods for real-world AMR monitoring in domesticated animals.
21) What animals are the focus of this program?
The focus is on AMR information for domesticated animals.
22) What is the program trying to help stakeholders understand?
The program aims to help stakeholders better understand where resistant microbes are emerging, how they spread, and what trends look like over time, while still protecting sensitive data.
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