The National Resources Conservation Service awarded North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University a $250,000 cooperative agreement from September 2022 to August 2023 under the Soil and Water Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 10.902). Through this award, North Carolina A&T will implement activities to increase enrollment and retention in its Biological Engineering program with a focus on natural resources and agricultural engineering. This will directly support the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $12,673,562 Formula Grant under the Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University program (CFDA 10.205) to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T). The grant will support agricultural research, extension, and educational activities across critical areas including food security, environmental sustainability, agricultural productivity, and community...
This $150,000 project grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Integrated Programs (CFDA 10.303) supports North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) in building a regional organic farming network for small-scale, minority, and underserved farmers in the Southern U.S. The project aims to address the unique challenges faced by these farmers, such as poor soil quality, weed and pest pressure, and limited access to...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310), will fund a $657,689 initiative to provide 50 undergraduate students with 10-week internships combining applied agricultural research and county extension programming over a five-year period. The "Extension/Plant Sciences Initiative Internship Program" is a collaborative effort between...
This $999,979 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Integrated Programs (CFDA 10.303) supports a collaborative research project between North Carolina State University and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The objectives are to: 1) evaluate the agronomic and soil fertility impacts of substituting enhanced rock weathering (ERW) for lime in organic row crops and small-scale organic vegetable production, 2) estimate carbon...
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) was awarded an $18.11 million Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals program (CFDA #10.237). Under this five-year award beginning June 1, 2023, NC A&T will deliver a comprehensive program to strengthen the educational pipeline and career...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) provides $1,250,000.00 to enhance the partnership between NRCS and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T), a historically black college and university (HBCU). The award aims to provide on-the-job training and employment opportunities to encourage black engineering students to pursue...
This cooperative agreement award of $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) will support North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) in delivering conservation technical assistance to private landowners, conservation districts, tribes, and other organizations. The project aims to promote sustainable agriculture practices and help conserve natural resources like soil, water, air, and wildlife habitats through...
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) will receive $575,865 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083). The grant will support research to enhance the resilience of unmanned aerial vehicle navigation systems against novel adversarial attacks that attempt to misguide vehicles by making small changes to sensed data. The University will investigate different types of adversarial attacks...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities Program Project Grant, with CFDA Number 47.083, will enable the University of Alabama to develop a new research approach called "socio-agroclimatology" that links social processes influencing farmer choices on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices with land-atmosphere interactions and changing regional climate. The $524,566 grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, will be used to identify leverage points for scaling up CSA...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $999,944 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T). The grant, titled "Creating Climate-Resilient Opportunities for Plant Systems (NC)," aims to build an innovation ecosystem that enhances climate resilience for small and underserved farms in North Carolina. The project will develop a regional agricultural technology (AgTech) corridor to mobilize research, accelerate product commercialization, and train the workforce needed to support sustainable agricultural practices among farmers in the state. As part of this effort, NC A&T has issued a $260,487 sub-award to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to provide strategic planning and stakeholder engagement support to accelerate the ecosystem development. The award commenced on March 1, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by February 28, 2026.