…and products that replace fossil carbon-based products. This challenge area supports three types of projects: research, education or extension projects; integrated projects; and food and agricultural science enhancement grants. Applications…
$6.3 Million in Funding Available for Resilient Agroecosystems-July 13 Deadline
…management. Projects may investigate the consequences of land-use changes, such as increased productivity, greenhouse gas emissions and/or other climate feedbacks. Projects may look at how agricultural and forestry systems responds…
USDA Seeking to Advance Modernized Pork Slaughter
…slaughter capacity. Like the system already implemented in the chicken industry, the pork version, also a result of the years-long Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points Inspection Models Project, currently…
State Water Project Deliveries Increased
With record rainfall in the Northern Sierra and the snowpack still building, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) increased its estimate of this year’s State Water Project (SWP) supply to…
$21.8 Million to Combat Citrus Disease
…new resistant varieties using the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tool. In another project, the Regents of the University of California project will design and identify HLB bactericides based on both natural…
100 Percent Water Allocation for CVP
…first year in a decade where Central Valley Project agriculture contractors will get their full allocations. From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation announced an update to the…
Funding to Support Disaster Preparedness
…than $3 million through SLSNCGP. Examples of previously funded projects include Preventing Outbreaks of Avian Influenza Science through Timely Dissemination of Practical Science Based Information, a University of Maryland project…
Funding to Foster a Diverse Agricultural Science Workforce
…details. Previously funded projects include a Purdue University mentoring program for women and minority graduate students in the College of Agriculture. A Tarleton State University project recruited women and minority…
USDA Announces $150.2 Million in Funding through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
…operations. These two projects were funded through Critical Agricultural Research and Extension (CARE), an AFRI Foundational program supporting fast-track projects on urgent agricultural problems. A Texas A&M project investigated the…
USDA Announces $1.2 Million to Support Aquaculture Research Projects
…2014, NIFA has invested more than $3.6 million through this Aquaculture Research Competitive Grants Program. Previously funded projects include an Auburn University project to identify closely linked genetic markers controlling…
$1.9 Million for Alfalfa and Forage Research
…nationals. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2017. See the request for applications for details. Previously funded projects include a University of Wisconsin project to validate a new lab…
New Funding Opportunities for Higher Education
…The deadline for applications is May 30, 2017. See the request for applications for details. Previously funded projects include a Texas Tech University project to develop and disseminate new curriculum…
Guayule: Past Meets Future
…supplement current guayule germplasm collections with plants that have important traits such as drought and disease resistance. In a separate project with Cornell University, McMahan’s team sought guayule types that…
Funding Available for Youth Farm Safety
…project. It will provide funding for three types of projects: SAY National Clearinghouse Project: up to $100,000 per year for up to four years to continue efforts made to date…