Cooperative Agreement N624732220002

This cooperative agreement from the Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service totaling $182,695.42 was awarded to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside from February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2022. The primary purpose of the award was to further develop and adapt a new control strategy for navel orangeworm using sterile insect technique. This work supports the goals of the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program...

This $505,238 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) supports research to identify and characterize skin-associated compounds that can alter mosquito landing and feeding behavior. The overarching goal is to develop improved topical mosquito repellents by leveraging mosquitoes' olfactory and gustatory (taste) systems. The research will validate...

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $760,318 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to the University of California, Davis to develop recombinant enhanced antiviral sensors (REAVRS) that can broadly inhibit a range of viruses to control vector-borne and zoonotic viral diseases. The project aims to generate and optimize REAVR proteins, identify and characterize virus-inducible promoters in mosquito cells,...

The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded a $126,107 Cooperative Agreement to the San Diego Society of Natural History (dba San Diego Natural History Museum) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research grant program (CFDA 12.300). The award is for the design and implementation of surveys and studies to support the understanding and management of herpetological species, including Arto bats and plants, at the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach Detachment Fallbrook in California. The...

Farmsense, Inc. received a $275,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The award supports the development of an automated, digital classification and counting system for mosquitoes to enable more effective vector control. The project aims to create an end-to-end digital platform for mosquito surveillance that can support the work of vector control districts. The platform will leverage real-time insect...

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program. Through this three-year award beginning June 1, 2023, UCSD will investigate olfactory learning and neuromodulation in the Aedes aegypti mosquito vector. The research aims to elucidate the role of dopamine-mediated plasticity in early olfactory circuits and how...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8) awarded a $2,716,744 Cooperative Agreement under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). This funding will support the development of two permanent watercraft inspection stations to prevent new introductions of aquatic invasive species to the Lake Tahoe region. One station will be located near the east shore of Lake Tahoe in...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $794,656 Cooperative Agreement to the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). The funding will support a 2.5-year project to characterize mosquito population distributions and assess the impact of an Incompatible Insect Technique (IIT) deployment to suppress the mosquito vector for avian malaria, which threatens the endangered...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the State of California Water Resources Control Board $525,000 under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) federal project grant. The funding supports the State's beach monitoring program for the upcoming swimming season through September 2024. Key deliverables include bacteriological water quality monitoring at designated recreational beaches in California, public notification of sample results, and...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $1,103,850 cooperative agreement to the Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program (CFDA 11.420). The funding will support the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve located in Imperial Beach, California in carrying out research, monitoring, and coastal management programs from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. As the designated administrative lead...