Project Grant 00E02795

This $649,990 project grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) will comprehensively explore the socioeconomic challenges and determinants within the U.S. dairy industry supply chain pertaining to the sector's 2050 greenhouse gas (GHG) net-zero goal. The key objectives are to: (1) assess current adoption levels and barriers for GHG emission reduction practices among dairy producers, and identify...

This project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides $649,697 to develop an integrated assessment model called Hydroecon to measure the social costs of nutrient pollution across the United States through 2026. The University of Massachusetts leads a team that includes Cornell University, Iowa State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to integrate economic...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Washington State University a $750,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (AFRI, CFDA No. 10.310). The grant will fund the development of a novel in-situ anaerobic digestion stripping evaporation system to produce clean water and value-added products from dairy manure wastewater. Over a three-year period, the university will develop a bench-scale system,...

This federal Project Grant award of $649,962, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, aims to understand the importance of jointly determined environmental and farm production risk in the design of agricultural policies. The research will focus on water quality management, especially in the context of climate change, using compensation programs such as government...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund research at Purdue University to develop an intensive aquaculture production system with near-zero emissions through integrating recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), phycoremediation using algae to treat wastewater, and anaerobic digestion for nutrient reuse, energy production and carbon...

This $412,175 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) aims to improve scientific modeling and water quality forecasting capabilities in the Colorado River Basin. The key products and services to be delivered include: Development of a predictive machine learning model to assess water quality risks in the Colorado River Basin. Expansion of a 3D physical model for the Colorado...

Under this $649,970 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560), the recipient Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) aims to pilot distributed modeling and enhanced snow products at two River Forecast Centers. The project will evaluate and apply distributed modeling techniques coupled with advanced snow data to enhance river flow forecasting capabilities at the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $430,000 Cooperative Agreement under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), doing business as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The award will leverage NCAR's technical and hydrologic expertise to create an online portal and data hub that enhances public understanding of hydrology and water management across the 17 western...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $300,000 project grant to Michigan State University (MSU) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The objectives of this 3-year project, starting July 1, 2024, are to: (1) develop an educational decision-support tool for controlled drainage to help farmers and stakeholders make informed site-specific decisions, and (2) evaluate the effectiveness of the tool in...

Under this U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2 project, Ondavia, Inc. is developing, prototyping, validating, and commercializing an in-line, automated, semi-continuous instrument to monitor and measure the nitrogen cycle in water using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). The $600,000 award supports the assembly and testing of a prototype analyzer for automated, quantitative analysis...