Cooperative Agreement F16AC01182

The University of Idaho is awarded a $6,149,548 federal Formula Grant under the Smith-Lever Extension Funding program (CFDA 10.511) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. This 5-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, supports the university's statewide cooperative extension services, which provide research-based educational outreach, technical assistance, and applied research in critical areas such as agriculture, natural resources, community...

The Regents of the University of Idaho received a $356,536 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to conduct structural evaluation and architectural mass timber overbuild work. The grant was awarded under the Wood Utilization Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.674), which provides technical assistance regarding new and emerging wood utilization technologies to effectively manage forests. Specifically, the University of Idaho will use the August 8,...

The University of Idaho was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act Nursery Vegetation program (CFDA 10.736). The grant, awarded on January 6, 2025, will support capital improvements, equipment upgrades, and enhanced seedling production capabilities at the Pitkin Forest Nursery operated by the university. This federal investment aims to modernize the university's nursery and tree orchard facilities,...

The University of Idaho received a $175,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants program. The award will fund a graduate fellowship program from June 2021 through June 2026 to train two doctoral students in forest soil science and management. Key deliverables include coursework, research aligned with USDA Forest Service objectives, leadership and sustainability...

The University of Idaho was awarded a $142,639 Project Grant from the NASA Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) to improve the characterization and modeling of land cover change's effect on soil moisture dynamics using high-resolution SMAP/Sentinel-1 soil moisture data. The project is set to run from October 7, 2024 to January 31, 2028. This research aims to advance scientific understanding of the complex relationship between land cover changes and soil moisture, which is critical...

The University of Idaho has been awarded a $1,819,189 Formula Grant under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act (CFDA 10.203) program. This federal grant funding supports the University's agricultural research and extension activities across multiple focus areas, including environmentally and economically sustainable crop and livestock systems, animal and plant disease prevention, food safety and human health, community development,...

The University of Idaho has been awarded a $148,824 Formula Grant under the Smith-Lever Extension Funding program (CFDA 10.511) administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). This five-year grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, will support the university's statewide cooperative extension services and programming. The grant funding will primarily be used to cover personnel costs, including 24...

The Regents of the University of Idaho received a $123,163 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture Equipment Grants Program (CFDA 10.519). The grant funds the purchase of a YellowScan Mapper+ LiDAR sensor mounted on a Freefly Systems AlphaX UAS (drone) to enhance the University's research and teaching capabilities in precision agriculture, forestry, rangeland ecology, and hydrology. This LiDAR system will be housed and...

This Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 Science) provides $169,618.00 to the Regents of the University of Idaho, doing business as the University of Idaho, to advance remote sensing capabilities for monitoring pre-active and post-fire conditions. The award, effective June 21, 2024 through June 20, 2027, will support the university's FireSense implementation team in developing and deploying innovative remote...

The University of Idaho will receive $499,969 from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to develop a sustainable undergraduate research and mentoring program at its College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Over five years, the project will provide summer traineeships for six students annually to conduct research from June through August of their first year, as well as research...