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The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,262 Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Project Grant to IF, LLC of Stoughton, WI for the period of January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2022. The grant supports the development of an Automated Continuous Varroa Mite Monitor for Honeybee Hive Health under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through fostering innovation in engineering research and education....

This three-year, $753,407 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Marquette University to understand how honeybees collectively manage thermal fluctuations. The principal investigator will study the physiological, genetic, behavioral and neural mechanisms that allow honeybee colonies to effectively regulate temperature through fanning behavior. The research aims to determine how social interactions shape fanning responses, uncover neural gene networks associated with...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $372,442 to Kansas State University to develop an automated bee identification and data sharing platform. The key objectives are: Creating a large, expertly-labeled image dataset of at least 1,000 North American bee species to train computer vision algorithms. Developing an AI-based classification model using convolutional neural networks to identify bee species from images....

Field Data Services LLC was awarded a $165,685 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The funding will support a Phase I SBIR project to determine the technical feasibility of using newly available light detection and ranging (LiDAR) on a chip technology to detect insect pollinators and characterize...

This $649,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports Farmsense, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, in developing novel sensor technologies for precise insect pest monitoring and surveillance in agricultural settings. The project aims to create a system inspired by how bats detect and discriminate between different insects, allowing for tracking of insect pests down to the...

This $305,007 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will support the development of a research hub for automated bee identification, data sharing, and citizen science using computer vision technology. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Creation of a large, expertly-labeled image dataset of at least 1,000 North American bee species to train an AI-based bee classification model...

Optera, L.L.P. was awarded a $255,748 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will fund an investigation and optimization of a novel, pheromone-based tool for measuring honey bee colony pest and disease resistance from January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2022. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and innovation. This...

The National Science Foundation Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities awarded $149,947 to George Mason University under Project Grant FW-HTF-P to support data science research and tools to benefit beekeepers from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The award is being used to develop data science solutions under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to save bee populations and transform the future work of beekeepers through monitoring and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Obeewan Technologies Inc. received a $305,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), with an award date of June 1, 2025 and completion date of May 31, 2026. The company is developing a bio-acoustic technology system designed to locate queen honey bees within managed hives by mimicking naturally occurring queen bee piping sounds to trigger predictable behavioral responses. This...

This federal Project Grant award of $200,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to develop innovative biomimetic swarm-based remote sensing technology for environmental monitoring in hard-to-reach areas. The project, led by the University of New Mexico, focuses on creating a swarm of lightweight sensors inspired by the natural dispersal mechanism of dandelion seeds. These sensors will utilize wind currents...