This cooperative agreement award of $199,999.98 from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will support Tuskegee University in hosting the 8th Pan African Conference and Workshop on Sanitary/Phytosanitary Regulations and Science-Based Risk Analysis to Promote Agricultural Trade in Africa from March 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024. The conference and workshop aim to strengthen partnerships and collaborations for international training and technology...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $199,999.80 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) supports a training program on sanitary/phytosanitary (SPS) measures and science-based risk analysis for increasing African involvement in agricultural trade. The program, conducted by Tuskegee University, aims to improve African SPS capacity and promote agricultural trade. This award aligns with APHIS's broader Plant and Animal Disease, Pest...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $827,200 Cooperative Agreement to Tuskegee University under the USDA CFDA Program 10.025 "Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care". The purpose of this award is to support the APHIS NBAF Laboratorian Training Program (NLTP), which aims to develop a growing workforce with the technical expertise required to fill critical roles at the new National Bio- and Agro-Defense...
Tuskegee University was awarded $500,000 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal Project Grant program by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to establish an undergraduate research and extension education site. Over five years, the site will pair rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors from Tuskegee University and other institutions with faculty and graduate student mentors for 10-week summer research programs in food,...
Tuskegee University will administer the Tuskegee University Food and Agricultural Scholars Program under this $526,315 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The goals of the program are to recruit, train, and prepare underrepresented minorities to enter careers or pursue further studies in the food and agricultural sciences through a multidisciplinary approach incorporating innovative recruiting, mentoring, experiential...
This federal Project Grant award under the Centers of Excellence at 1890 Institutions program (CFDA 10.523), administered by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA), provides $1,680,000.00 to Tuskegee University to advance research, education, and extension services in the areas of agricultural systems, rural prosperity, and environmental sustainability. The project, titled "The Center for Food Systems, Rural Prosperity, and...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $4,500,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to Tuskegee University under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity - Technical Assistance Grants program (CFDA 10.184). The agreement, effective May 17, 2023 through December 31, 2027, tasks Tuskegee University with providing technical assistance to support the applicants and awardees of USDA grant programs focused on expanding domestic meat and poultry...
This $346,774 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service was made to Tuskegee University under the Forestry Research program (CFDA 10.652) to conduct research and experimental activities related to the Tuskegee Demonstration and Experimental Forest. The project will run from August 2024 through December 2027. As a historically Black, 1890 land-grant university, Tuskegee University has an extensive history of delivering research, education, and...
This $505,263.16 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions program (CFDA 10.524) will fund the Tuskegee University Food and Agricultural Scholars Program. The program aims to recruit, train, and prepare underrepresented minorities to enter the food, agricultural, natural resource, and related sciences (FANRRS) workforce or pursue further graduate studies in these...
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Tuskegee University $521,052.21 under the Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions program (CFDA 10.524) for the period of July 15, 2023 through July 14, 2027. The funding will support Tuskegee University's Food and Agricultural Scholars Program, which will recruit, train, and prepare underrepresented minorities to enter careers or pursue further studies in the food and agricultural sciences. Specifically,...