Cooperative Agreement NR207442XXXXC020

This $493,641 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund the Partnership for Pollinator Friendly Lawns in the Southeastern United States. Led by Mississippi State University with subawards to the University of Georgia Research Foundation and Auburn University, this multi-disciplinary project aims to develop best management practices and stakeholder training programs to...

This five-year, $1,599,748 National Science Foundation project grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program aims to address dynamic landscape inequalities in human well-being and bee health by establishing approximately 40 front yard pollinator gardens across lower-income neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio State University will coordinate with community groups to design the gardens using "Cues to Care" theory, install the gardens, and evaluate their impact...

The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded a $310,302 Cooperative Agreement to Pollinator Partnership, doing business as Coevolution Institute, under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). The award, with a performance period from January 5, 2024 to March 30, 2027, supports the "URBAN FARMING FOR POLLINATORS" project. Pollinator Partnership, a woman-owned non-profit organization focused on...

Under a $449,874 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation), the University of Georgia Research Foundation will collaborate with growers across Georgia to establish pollinator habitat on their farms. This 3-year project, which began on September 15, 2024, aims to support sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation efforts through the implementation of practices that enhance...

The Xerces Society Inc. will receive $524,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to expand pollinator and beneficial insect outreach and education to gardens nationwide. Funded through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935), this three-year award beginning May 25, 2023 will support the Xerces Society's collaboration with the USDA People's Garden Initiative....

This $224,818 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture will support Growing Gardens in delivering food, garden, and nutrition education services through its "Growing Food; Cultivating Leaders" program. The two-year program aims to connect over 4,000 students and families in Portland, Oregon with sustainable agriculture and food systems education through hands-on learning at 11 schools. It will promote local foods in school...

The Prairie View A&M University will provide $500,000 in education on urban agriculture farming under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. The award, made under the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA No. 10.902 program, will increase outreach and knowledge of urban farmers and small farm agriculture in Texas through November 2024. The University will educate local communities on urban farming practices to help...

This $455,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey will support the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in its efforts to examine and repopulate endangered plant species impacted by border wall construction in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Over four years, the university will conduct field surveys; collect seeds; establish a plant nursery; grow thousands of endangered plants from seed; transplant newly grown plants into suitable habitats; monitor transplantation...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.902), will provide $152,167.00 to Clemson University to assess the diversity and abundance of pollinators in the wetlands surrounding Hampton Plantation in South Carolina, both before and after the establishment of native pollinator plants. The project aims to address declining at-risk and endangered...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology has awarded the University of Oregon $874,361 under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Program for a five-year project grant running from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This CAREER award will deliver a comprehensive longitudinal study examining how plant-pollinator interactions have changed over the past 50 years across multiple California ecosystems. The research team will revisit historical study sites...