Cooperative Agreement 5980428002F
- This cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will provide $219,718 to the University of Maryland, College Park through April 30, 2023. The funding supports survey, sampling, and diagnostic analysis to examine the relationship between in-colony wax varroacide residues and varroa mite resistance. Specifically, the University will utilize the USDA's existing honey bee health surveillance program to collect beeswax and varroa mites...
- This $100,000 cooperative agreement awarded by 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 Ramsey Research Foundation's work to collect and study honey bee pests from the Tropilaelaps genus. The project aims to address gaps in knowledge that prevent effective emergency response planning for pest incursions in the U.S. by determining how to better detect...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research received a $718,938 project grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective December 15, 2025, through December 14, 2028. The project addresses unsustainable losses in managed honey bee colonies by developing novel anti-Varroa mite technologies that inhibit mite feeding and pathogen transmission....
- This cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service will fund the development and validation of fungicide resistance monitoring tools for Botrytis species in specialty crops. Michigan State University will receive $133,735 to enhance fungicide resistance management through improved detection and monitoring of resistance development. Specifically, the university will develop molecular markers for fungicide resistance to FRAC groups 2, 7, 9, 11, and 12,...
- This $241,419 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into the protective symbiosis mechanism of honey bees at the University of Michigan from October 2022 to October 2023. The goal is to characterize how a bacterial symbiont protects honey bee brood from fungal pathogens by investigating its antifungal properties. Researchers will use microbiology, genetics, genomics, chemistry and bee rearing to determine how the trait evolved and identify the antifungal metabolite...
- This cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service provides $602,652 to Bioprodex, Inc. to gather data for the registration of Verticillium nonalfalfae as a bioherbicide to control tree-of-heaven weed (Ailanthus altissima), a key host plant for the regulated pest spotted lanternfly. The award period is from May 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023. The work supports the agency's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal...
- The Bee Informed Partnership, Inc. will receive a $142,676 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). Through this funding, the Bee Informed Partnership will determine the composition, diversity, and recombination rates of deformed wing virus variants in honey bee and Varroa mite populations across U.S. commercial...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides $274,999 to Robigo, Inc. for research under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The award will support development of a microbial biopesticide platform to precisely target and eliminate crop pathogens without harming beneficial microbes, pollinators, or humans. Leveraging synthetic biology, CRISPR, and data science, the company aims to engineer improvements increasing efficacy and viability...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Industrial Innovation, totaling $250,000, supports research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to develop effective and safe pesticide formulations for protecting crops from fungal diseases. Under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the awardee will identify naturally produced molecules with enhanced fungicidal activity against Botrytis cinerea and Phakopsora pachyrhizi, major pathogens causing billions in annual crop...
- Ridge Quest Inc. was awarded a $600,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop an improved mating disruption product for oriental fruit moth. The SBIR program aims to support technological innovation through federal research funding. Under the award, Ridge Quest will develop a new mating disruption product called Tangler OFM that utilizes a bolas-style capsule to rapidly and...
A PIPELINE FOR STREAMLINED DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF NOVEL CONTROLS FOR THE HONEY BEE PARASITIC MITE VARROA DESTRUCTOR - THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND CONFIRM COMPOUNDS FOR REGISTRATION AND LICENSING FOR BEEKEEPER USE. TO MEET THIS GOAL, THE PROJECT HAS THREE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES (ROS). OBJECTIVE 1 (RO 1) WILL USE LABORATORY TRIALS TO SCREEN DOZENS OF CANDIDATE COMPOUNDS AND ASSESS THEIR EFFICACY AGAINST VARROA MITES AND SAFETY FOR HONEY BEES. OBJECTIVE 2 (RO 2) WILL TAKE COMPOUNDS SHOWING PROMISE FROM LABORATORY TRIALS, AND RUN FIELD TRIALS USING THESE COMPOUNDS IN WHOLE HONEY BEE COLONIES. THE THIRD RESEARCH OBJECTIVE (RO 3) IS TO ELUCIDATE MECHANISMS CONFERRING VARROA MITE RESISTANCE TO CURRENT VARROACIDES AND HELP INFORM DECISIONS ON TESTED COMPOUNDS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $70.1k | 7/15/21 | ||
| Not listed | $69.5k | 9/11/19 | ||
| Not listed | $8.8k | 8/2/18 |