Cooperative Agreement R41MH119793

The Xylome Corporation received a $174,255 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop sustainable aquaculture feeds. The SBIR program aims to support scientific innovation through federal research funding to strengthen the national economy. Under this award, Xylome will engineer yeast to synthesize long-chain omega-3 fatty acids from corn byproducts through fermentation....

Field Phyto-Nutrients LLC (FPN LLC) received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to develop algae-based feed for finfish cultivation. Through the award period of September 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023, FPN LLC will process the marine microalgae Crypthecodinium cohnii (C. cohnii) into feed using a low-temperature drying method. C. cohnii contains high levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)...

This $332,857 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program will support a collaborative research project to evaluate characteristics of prey biochemistry and predator foraging that contribute to thiamine deficiency complex (TDC) in lake trout populations in the Great Lakes region. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) compare the nutritional quality of prey fishes in Lakes...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Ocean Era Inc. received a $174,897 Project Grant from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) on August 15, 2025, with a completion date of April 14, 2027. The grant funds research to develop and evaluate cost-effective, plant-based diets for herbivorous marine fish species. The primary deliverables include testing a range...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (CFDA 47.074 Biological Sciences) provides $786,821 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop synthetic microbiome consortia to improve feed efficiency and prevent pathogen colonization in aquaculture systems. The key products and services to be delivered include: Constructing synthetic microbiomes to increase feed efficiency in the brine shrimp, Artemia salina,...

The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania received a $625,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The two-year project aims to identify and characterize immunobiotics for fish that specifically enhance mucosal immune function and disease resistance. The researchers will select immunobiotics found naturally in fish mucosa and test their ability to...

The $173,367 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) will fund evaluation of a split-pond system for largemouth bass aquaculture. American Sport Fish Hatchery Management Group LLC will determine if this alternative production method can improve efficiency and profitability compared to traditional earthen ponds. The split-pond system dedicates approximately 20% of pond space for fish production and 80% for water treatment. This is...

Aquaculture System Technologies, L.L.C. (AST) received a $169,892 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop "start-up" beads for fixed film biological reactors. The beads are designed to eliminate losses during the acclimation period by stimulating heterotrophic bacterial growth for 3-4 weeks without rapidly increasing dissolved biodegradable concentrations....

This $1,400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support research by the Regents of the University of Michigan to advance understanding of the stanniocalcin hormones and their role in regulating calcium homeostasis in vertebrates. The key objectives are to: 1) determine how the stanniocalcin 1A (STC1A) hormone regulates ionocyte proliferation and calcium uptake; 2) investigate whether loss of STC1A impairs renal...

This Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $234,256 in funding to Conservation Fisheries, Inc. (CFI) to implement a 3-year demonstration project. The project aims to transition priority endangered fish propagation and reintroduction activities from CFI to National Fish Hatcheries (NFHs) in the Southeast region. This will increase the capacity of the U.S. Fish and...