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Agave
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Apricot
Aquatic plants
Arboreta and botanical gardens
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Bees, honey, and other pollinators, general
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
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
Endangered species
Experimental design and statistical methods
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
Filbert
Finfish
Fish habitats
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
Grasslands, 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
Marketing, processing, and supply firms other than cooperatives
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
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 Pollinators
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 Agricultural Research Service - American Type Culture Collection Biological Repository Partnership
item Applied Epidemiolgoical 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 Developing Collaborative Research Partnerships with the BSL4 Zoonotic network (BSL4Znet): Responding to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
item Development of a Biosafety/Biorisk Management Graduate Certificate Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)
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 Short-term Opportunities for Experience in High Containment Research Animal Support Careers
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 Effects of Arbovirus Infection on Insect Feeding Behavior
item Effects of Environmental Temperature on Arbovirus Vector Competence of Various Mosquito Species
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 Epidemiological Workforce Development in Support of the National Agro and Bio-Defense Facility
item Establish, Develop and Coordinate a Network of BSL-3 and BSL-4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
item Evaluation of Novel Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Vaccine Candidates with Broad Breadth of Protection - Phase II
item Foot-and-Mouth Disease Epidemiology in Asia and Africa
item Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Surveillance in Kenyan Livestock by Sampling at Animal Concentration Points
item Generation of Replication Competent Adenovirus Type 5 Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine with Increased Efficacy
item Genetic Characterization and Diagnostic Detection of Emerging Vesicular Stomatitis Virus in North America
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 Increasing the Efficacy of the Ad5-FMD Vaccine Using a Multi-Gene Delivery System
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 Memorandum of Understanding Between the USDA, Agricultural Research Service and the USDA, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
item Natural History Studies of Henipaviruses and Emerging Bat Borne Viruses
item Polyphenol-Rich Foods and Promotion of Intestinal Health
item Prediction of Viral Zoonoses and Reverse Zoonoses Using Next Generation Serodiagnostics (NGSeroDx)
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 Supporting Workforce Development for the National Bio-Agro Defense Facility: Development of Novel Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus...Candidates
item Research, Development, Testing, and Technical Services to Advance the Technology Transfer of Veterinary Medical Countermeasures at the NBAF
item Simulation Modeling of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Livestock in the U.S.
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 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 Transmission Dynamics of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
item Understanding Cross-Reactive Responses Between Heterologous Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Strains in the Bovine Model
item Understanding Pathogenesis and Epidemiology for Controlling Foreign Animal Diseases
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