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Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Apricot
Aquatic plants
Arboreta and botanical gardens
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Baitfish (minnows and shiners)
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Berries and cane fruits, other
Biological Cell Systems
Blueberry
Broadleaf forests of the South
Canola
Carrot
Catfish
Cheese
Chemurgic Crops
Cherry
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Clothing and textiles, general
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Conifer forests of the North
Conifer forests of the South
Conifer forests of the West
Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue)
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cranberry
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Cut flowers, foliage, and greens
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Date
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Deciduous tree fruits, other
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Domestic and community water supply facilities and systems
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Duck and goose, live animal
Durum wheat
Economy, general/other
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Eggplant
Eggs
Experimental design and statistical methods
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
Filbert
Finfish
Fish habitats
Flax
Florist crops, other
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Forage legumes, other
Freshwater shrimp
Fungi (includes yeast)
General Commodity
General technology
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Grapefruit
Grapes, other
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Ground covers
Guayule
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Herbs and spices
Honey bees
Hops
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Kenaf
Kiwi
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lemon
Lentil
Lesquerella
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Mango
Marine shrimp
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Milk
Mint
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Mixed conifer-broadleaf forests
Mountain grasslands, meadow, and alpine
Mushrooms and other edible fungi
Narcotic plants
Nectarine
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Nonfarm structures and related facilities, including those used in
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Onion, garlic, leek, shallot
Orange
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other animals, general
Other beef cattle products
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other cultured finfish
Other dairy cattle products
Other non-bee pollinators, general
Other poultry products
Other swine products
Oysters
Papaya
Paper and pulp derived products
Parks and urban green space
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Pear
Peas (dry)
Peas (fresh, fresh-processed)
Pecan
People and communities, general/other
Peppers
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Pineapple
Pinyon-juniper
Plant research, general
Plum
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry meat
Poultry, general/other
Protozoa
Raisin grapes
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Rangelands, other
Raspberry
Red clover
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Research equipment and methods, general/other
Research on research management (not research management per se)
Rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, and root crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Rice
River basins
Rubber, gum, and resin plants, other
Rye
Salmon
Seeds and other plant propagules
Sewage and waste disposal facilities and systems
Sheep and wool, general/other
Sheep, live animal
Shellfish
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solanaceous and related crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Solar radiation
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Striped bass
Structures, facilities, and equipment, general/other
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sugar crops, general/other
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
Table grapes
Taro
Tea
The family and its members
The farm as an enterprise
Tilapia
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Trout
Tung
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viroids, mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas, etc.
Viruses
Walnut
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Wildlife habitats
Wine grapes
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Wood and wood products
Wool fiber
Animal research, general
item Achieving Data Quality and Integrity in Maximum Containment Laboratories Training Course
item Addressing Agricultural Biorisk Evidence Base Gaps with Applied Research
item Addressing Agricultural Biorisk Evidence Base Gaps with Applied Research
item Agricultural Research Service - American Type Culture Collection Biological Repository Partnership
item Antibody Production and Optimization
item Applied Epidemiological Approaches to Evaluate the Progressive Control Pathway for Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Endemic Regions
item Assessment of CCHV in Ugandan Cattle Corridor and Kenyan Arid North Tick Populations
item Assessment of the Immune Response to Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in Small Ruminant and the Influence of Other Viral Diseases Susceptibility
item Biological Safety Level 3 (BSL-3) Training Program for Research Support Personnel
item Building Foundations for E. Ruminantium Vaccine Development
item CCHFV Prevalence Outside the Ugandan Cattle Corridor
item Characterization of Emerging Zoonotic Threats
item Collaborative Support for NBAF ARU Training and Research Program
item Comprehensive Mapping of Livestock B Cell Receptor Repertoire Using Single-cell Sequencing to Enhance Vaccine Development
item Delivery of FMDV Protein Antigens Using a Programmable Transdermal Microneedle System
item Detection from Relevant Matrices on Sherlock Disposable Molecular Platform
item Determining Immune Cells Draining to Lymph Nodes and the Factors Affecting the Cell Drainage
item Developing Collaborative Research Partnerships with the BSL4 Zoonotic network (BSL4Znet): Responding to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
item Developing Detection and Modeling Tools for the Geospatial and Environmental Epidemiology of Animal Disease
item Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic Assay for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Virus Like Particles (VLPs)
item Development and Evaluation of Diagnostics for High Consequence Pathogens
item Development and Evaluation of Nipah Virus Diagnostic Assay
item Development and Evaluation of Nipah Virus Vaccine in a Baculovirus Expression System
item Development and Evaluation of Virus Like Particles (VLPs)for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Expressed in Multiple Expression Systems
item Development of a Biosafety/Biorisk Management Graduate Certificate Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)
item Development of a High Throughput System for Testing of Adjuvants for Toxicity and Efficacy
item Development of a Novel Epitope-based Vaccine Candidate for FMDV
item Development of a Population Genetics Pipeline for Characterizing Viral and Vector Population Diversity
item Development of Agriculture Model Capabilities for Emerging Disease Threats
item Development of LAMP Based Diagnostics for Emerging Disease Threats
item Development of Multiplex Species Agnostic Diagnostics
item Development of Reagents to Risk Group 4 Pathogens for Development of Diagnostic Capacities
item Development of Short-term Opportunities for Experience in High Containment Research Animal Support Careers
item Development of Swine Models for High Consequence-emerging Zoonotic Threats
item Diversity and Cross-species Spillover of High-risk Zoonotic Viruses in Padma River Basin of Bangladesh
item Diversity and Cross-species Spillover of High-risk Zoonotic Viruses in Padma River Basin of Bangladesh
item Ecological and Epidemiological Investigations of High-consequence Zoonotic Pathogens at the Livestock, Wildlife and Human Interface
item Ecological Investigations of Emerging High-consequence Zoonotic Viruses at High-priority Livestock, Wildlife, and Human Interfaces
item Ecological Surveillance of Emerging High-consequence Zoonotic Viruses using Novel Assays
item Ecology of Nipah Virus in Bangladesh
item Effects of Arbovirus Infection on Insect Feeding Behavior
item Effects of Environmental Temperature on Arbovirus Vector Competence of Various Mosquito Species
item Emerging Coronaviruses Gap Analysis Workshop
item Endemic Ecology and Molecular Epidemiology of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Asia and Africa
item Enhancing Biodefense Through Geospatial and Epidemiological Approaches
item Enhancing Boar Fertility in the Face of Climate Change through the Mitigation of In utero Heat Stress
item Enhancing Capacity for Veterinary Pathology
item Establish, Develop and Coordinate a Network of BSL-3 and BSL-4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
item Exploring Next Generation Modeling Solutions to Enhance Preparedness for FMD Outbreaks in USA
item Expression of Rift Valley Fever Virus Proteins for Diagnostic Assay Development
item Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Surveillance in Kenyan Livestock by Sampling at Animal Concentration Points
item Foundational Tools and Methods for Geosaptial and Environmental Epidemiology
item Generation of Replication Competent Adenovirus Type 5 Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine with Increased Efficacy
item Headquarters Cooperative Programs - Animal Production and Protection (APP)
item Headquarters Cooperative Programs - Food Nutrition, Safety, and Quality (FNSQ)
item Immersive Internship Experiences for Federal Agency Careers
item Immersive Internship Experiences for Federal Agency Careers
item Impact of Specialized Lipid Mediators Derived from EPA and DHA On Gut Microbiota
item Improving Lifetime Productivity in Swine using Systems Biology and Precision Management Approaches
item Infectious Disease Research Supporting Workforce Development for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility
item Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)
item Intervention Strategies to Respond, Control, and Eradicate Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV)
item Investigation of Henipaviruses and Other Viral Spillover Events
item Investigation of Nipah Virus Pathogenesis
item Investigation of the Risk of Zoonotic Spillovers
item Investigation of the Spillover of High Consequence Agriculture Pathogens from Periodomestic Mammals in Latin America
item MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry as an Additional Tool for Vector-borne Disease Surveillance
item Memorandum of Understanding Between the USDA, Agricultural Research Service and the USDA, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
item Multi-Country Ecological Surveillance of High-Consequence Zoonotic Pathogens
item Natural History Studies of Henipaviruses and Emerging Bat Borne Viruses
item Nipah VLP Vaccine for Pandemic Preparedness
item Nipah VLP Vaccine for Pandemic Preparedness
item Prediction of Viral Zoonoses and Reverse Zoonoses Using Next Generation Serodiagnostics (NGSeroDx)
item Production of GMP-compliant Master Seed Virus (MSV) for Development of Vaccine Against African Swine Fever (ASF)
item Production of Master Seed Virus for Development of Vaccine Against African Swine Fever
item Quantitative Analysis of the Fomite Transport Risk Reduction Provided by Shower Out Practices in Various Containment Settings
item Rational Development of Recombinant Vaccines for African Swine Virus and Classical Swine Fever
item Research Training for the Geospatial and Environmental Epidemiology of Plant and Animal Disease
item Research, Development, Testing, and Technical Services to Advance the Technology Transfer of Veterinary Medical Countermeasures at the NBAF
item Support for Phase 3 of the RAV3N Partnership Between NBAF and Texas A&M University
item Support Research Collaboration Efforts Between USDA/ARS and International Scientists Working on Priority Research Projects of Mutual Interest
item Support Research Collaborations, Scientific Trainings, and Conferences for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item The Bat Cave: Viral Diversity and the Factors Driving Cross-species Transmission
item The Development of Software to Design and Validate Multiplex PCR primer sets for Sensitive and Low-Cost Viral Genome Sequencing
item The Soil Health Nexus: Biochar Use for Improving Soil Health and Limiting PFAS Movement in Soils
item Training a New Generation of Epidemiologists in Support of the NBAF Mission
item Training the Biodefense Research Workforce for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF)
item Training Veterinarians to be Entomologists
item Transmission Dynamics of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
item Uncovering Zoonotic Viral Threats: A Bioinformatic Approach to Pathogen Monitoring in Kenyan Environments
item Uncovering Zoonotic Viral Threats: A Bioinformatic Approach to Pathogen Monitoring in Kenyan Environments
item Understanding Pathogenesis and Epidemiology for Controlling Foreign Animal Diseases
item Use of Gene Knockout Pigs to Understand Reproductive Development in Swine
item Using Transcriptomics and Proteomics to Understand Arbovirus Effects on Midge Sensory Function
item Viral Ecology of Henipaviruses in Endemic Settings and Intervention Strategies to Prevent their Spread to Domestic Animals
item Waste Water Surveillance for the Detection of Zoonotic Spillover Event
item Whole Slide Imaging Analysis Using AI
item Zoonotic Biosurveillance: Novel Approaches to Pathogen Monitoring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo