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Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award New Mexico State University (NMSU) received a $100,000 cooperative agreement from the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Plant Materials for Conservation program (CFDA 10.905), effective August 5, 2025, through July 31, 2030. This award funds coordination and cooperation activities between NMSU's Agricultural Science Center and the NRCS Plant Materials Center to advance conservation research and land management practices. The...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954) provides $626,384 to the Center for Plant Conservation, Inc. to support rare plant species conservation efforts in the Intermountain West region. The project aims to assemble ex situ plant collections from wild populations, creating seed and gene banks as well as botanical garden living collections. These off-site conservation efforts are intended to support...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) provides $210,000 to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU AgCenter) to support activities related to the National Clean Plant Network for Sweetpotato (NCPN-SP). The primary objectives are to provide clean sweetpotato cultivars and breeding lines from LSU AgCenter...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954) will provide $3,355,000.00 to the Center for Plant Conservation, Inc. to further the mission of the National Park Service in natural and cultural resource conservation, protection, and environmental sustainability. The agreement will leverage the organization's expansive network of botanical professionals to collect and propagate plant materials such as seeds,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $506,139 Cooperative Agreement to North Carolina State University (NC State) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The primary purpose of this 1-year agreement, effective September 1, 2024, is to maintain and enhance the North Carolina Clean Plant Center programs for berries and sweet potatoes. Under this award, the NC Clean Plant...

This $550,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), will fund the development of a Paiute Native Plant Center in Utah. The Center will include greenhouse nurseries, seed processing facilities, and research areas, while providing native plant workforce training opportunities for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and rural communities in southern Utah and...

This $159,887 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) supports the operations of the MSU-Pontotoc Branch Center of the National Clean Plant Network (NCPN) Sweet Potato Center. The key objectives are to: 1) Maintain and test existing nuclear stock sweet potato plant materials, 2) Perform pathogen elimination and testing on...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Center for Plant Conservation Inc. received a $479,120 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312), awarded September 1, 2026, with a completion date of August 31, 2029. The organization will develop a national framework for reconciling plant taxonomy by establishing a consensus-building process in partnership with botanical and biodiversity data organizations. Primary...

This cooperative agreement between the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas will provide $586,432 to continue building capacity at the Arkansas Clean Plant Center. The Center will deliver diagnostic services for seven berry companies, running 20 high-throughput sequencing runs, 6,000 polymerase chain reaction tests, and 12,000 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays annually over the two-year...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Mississippi State University received a $164,998 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. The MSU-Pontotoc Branch Center will serve as part of the National Clean Plant Network (NCPN) Sweet Potato Center, delivering healthy, disease-free sweet...