Year Awarded 2026
FFAR award amount $149,969
Total award amount $299,938
Location Davis, CA
Program Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research
Matching Funders University of California, Davis
Grantee Institution University of California, Davis
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) continues to cause major losses for poultry farms around the world, killing millions of commercial and wild birds, disrupting food supplies, and increasing concerns on transmission among multiple animal species. University of California, Davis researchers are identifying and harnessing natural disease resistance in chickens as a new tool to combat avian influenza.