- Author: Kathleen P Nolan
Dear Colleagues,
The Pew Charitable Trust's antibiotic resistance project works to promote antibiotic stewardship in both human medicine and animal agriculture. Pew seeks to support research studies that can help inform strategies and efforts to reduce the use of antibiotics without harm to animal health, and guide future scientific studies.
Through two forthcoming Request for Proposals, Pew is committed to supporting research that will survey the existing scientific literature and address three key questions.
Is Antibiotic Use Effective to Prevent Disease in Food-Producing Animals?
- First, what scientific evidence is available to show the impact of different practices on disease prevalence and the need to use medically important antibiotics in food animals? The research should focus on one or more of the major food-producing animal species in the U.S.
- Second, what key data gaps exist in the scientific evidence, and how do they impede the ability to make animal management decisions that are grounded in science?
- And third, what research is needed to fill those gaps?
What Practices Reduce Antibiotic Use in Food Animals?
- First, what scientific evidence is available to show a demonstrated animal health benefit from different preventive uses of medically important antibiotics?
- Second, what key data gaps exist in the scientific evidence, and how do they impede the ability to make a determination about the efficacy of preventive uses of antibiotics?
- And third, what research is needed to fill those gaps?
UC ANR has expressed interest in the Pew Charitable Trust's antibiotic resistance funding opportunity. In response, the Pew will distribute the full RFP with additional details on timing, evaluation and proposal criteria, terms and conditions. Upon receipt, the full RFP will be made available on the OCG Calendar of Funding Opportunities.
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)