Project Grant 1938605

This $649,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports Farmsense, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, in developing novel sensor technologies for precise insect pest monitoring and surveillance in agricultural settings. The project aims to create a system inspired by how bats detect and discriminate between different insects, allowing for tracking of insect pests down to the...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded Interdisciplinary Consulting Corp (IC2) a $181,479 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The grant supports IC2's development of a low-cost, novel ultrasonic sensor system optimized for insect detection. The project aims to create a MEMS sensor and wireless data acquisition system capable of remotely...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $981,168 Cooperative Agreement under its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Solarid Ar LLC, a minority-owned, veteran-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned limited liability company. This 2-year project aims to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven insect trapping and identification system that can detect, identify, and quantify insects entering insect control devices in real-time. The primary objective is to...

This federal Project Grant award, totaling $587,749.00, was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The award will support research by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) with the long-term goal of developing automated pest detection and surveillance capabilities for crops. The project aims to optimize low-cost samplers for...

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $175,000 under the Small Business Innovation Research Program to Gearjump Technologies LLC from July 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023. The funding supports development of the Remote Autonomous Detection System, a novel surveillance platform to cost-effectively detect the invasive Red Imported Fire Ant species. The platform integrates microfluidics, electronics, and digital algorithms to autonomously attract, capture, and positively identify fire...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) supports a project to improve the identification of Bactrocera dorsalis sensu lato group species and develop a rapid approach for species identification and pathway analysis. The $242,322 award, effective from September 30, 2023 to September 29, 2024, will be used to analyze port-intercepted material collected between 2021 and 2023, identifying species within the...

This $268,500 cooperative agreement from the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will support the development of artificial intelligence algorithms for the automatic detection of pests in high water content plants and fruits. Awarded to Stanford University on August 12, 2022 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA #10.025), the project aims to modify an existing X-ray phase-contrast imaging system to enable continuous...

Field Data Services LLC was awarded a $165,685 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The funding will support a Phase I SBIR project to determine the technical feasibility of using newly available light detection and ranging (LiDAR) on a chip technology to detect insect pollinators and characterize...

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...

Lepidext, Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to further develop an agent with potential to actively suppress populations of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) resistant pest insects. The SBIR/STTR programs support scientific excellence and technological innovation through federal...