Texas a & m agrilife research new DE-FOA-0003405 - teosynte award control number: 3405-1507 title: developing field-deployable low N2O emission sorghum hybrids using biological nitrification…

The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Texas A&M Agrilife Research a Cooperative Agreement worth $4.020 million on April 8, 2026, to develop and commercialize N2Low sorghum hybrids with genetic traits that reduce nitrous oxide emissions, maintain high yields, and lower fertilizer application requirements through biological nitrification inhibition and nitrogen fixation. The award funds research and development under the ARPA-E Technologies to Emend and Obviate Synthetic Nitrogen's Toll on Emissions (TEOSYNTE) program (CFDA 81.135, FOA DE-FOA-0003405). Work is performed at College Station, Texas, with a period of performance through April 7, 2029.

Texas a & m agrilife research new DE-FOA-0003405 - teosynte award control number: 3405-1507 title: developing field-deployable low N2O emission sorghum hybrids using biological nitrification inhibition and nitrogen fixation this competitive cooperative agreement for a research and development project entitled, "developing field-deployable low N2O emission sorghum hybrids using biological nitrification inhibition and nitrogen fixation" is awarded texas a & m agrilife research under arpa-e FOA number DE-FOA-0003405(technologies to emend and obviate synthetic nitrogen's toll on emissions (teosynte)) and control 3405-1507. The purpose of this award is to develop and market N2LOW sorghum hybrids with genetic traits to reduce N2O emissions, maintain high yields, and lower fertilizer application requirements.