This $800,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture will fund research at North Dakota State University under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The research will generate new knowledge and quantitative evidence on the global implications of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict for agricultural trade, commodity prices, investment, and food security. Researchers will analyze trade and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS) under the Wholesale Farmers and Alternative Market Development Program (CFDA 10.164) will fund $304,129 in research and program advisement/evaluation activities from September 30, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The work will be conducted by post-doctoral researchers based at the University of Kentucky Research Foundation, with the goal of identifying key assets and vulnerabilities...
This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, provides $6,000,000 to deliver livelihood protection and recovery programs in Ukraine. The award period runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024. The prime awardee, Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, is a for-profit organization that has previously received federal contract and grant awards to provide services related to public...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001), will deliver $3,263,604.00 in emergency life-saving humanitarian assistance to conflict-affected people in Ukraine. The award, which runs from November 9, 2024 to January 8, 2026, will be implemented by Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization registered in SAM.gov. The Foreign Assistance for Programs...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $199,680 Project Grant to Visionest Institute OU to continue building the capacity of export consultants and increase export awareness among private sector companies in Ukraine. Funded under the General Department of State Assistance program (CFDA 19.700), the grant aims to enhance the ability of Ukrainian businesses to compete in Western markets and increase exports through August 2022. Specifically, the award will...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $124,324 cooperative agreement to the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF Global) to fund international collaborative research projects and related scientific activities under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program. Through December 2022, CRDF Global will utilize the award to support the implementation of research projects and workshops through their Global Solutions - Impact...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service awarded a $299,600.40 Cooperative Agreement under the Scientific Exchanges Program (CFDA 10.620) to the University of Tennessee's Ut AG Research Division (doing business as Tennessee Agriculture Experien) on October 1, 2023. This program will build regional capacity in Africa to research and illustrate how the adoption of improved animal feeding practices, innovative and efficient fertilizer and nutrient management, and...
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $529,099 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to the Louisiana State University (LSU) Agricultural Center. This three-year research project, beginning on September 1, 2023, will examine the interaction between economic diplomacy, trade disputes, and U.S. agricultural and food (agri-food) trade. The project will employ international political economy theories to...
This $582,218 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to the University of Maryland will establish a new Agricultural Rapid Response Center (ARRC) to deliver high-value agricultural assessments in near-real-time to support the operational mission of the USAID Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET). The award has three key objectives: 1) Establish a rapid response framework for agricultural assessments to inform...
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $1.5 billion cooperative agreement to the International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (IBRD) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001). The agreement will continue existing USAID programs in Ukraine that the Ukrainian government cannot currently fund through June 2023. The USAID Foreign Assistance program aims to promote long-term economic growth and advance US foreign policy goals in...