Project Grant 2008WSQX0004

Global Neighbor, Inc. received a two-year, $650,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop an agricultural product that destroys weed seeds collected during harvest. The award falls under NIFA's Small Business Innovation Research Program, which supports technological innovation to strengthen the national economy. Specifically, the grant will fund the construction and field testing of a prototype designed in Phase I to...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture received a $225,000 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region to implement the Washington State Integrated Weed Management program from March 2022 through January 2027. The award is being administered under the Forest Health Protection federal grant program (CFDA #10.680), which aims to protect and manage non-federal forest resources from damaging pests and diseases. Funding will support the...

The National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children received a $463,818 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) for the period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. The award supports the development of practical, scalable resources and training designed to improve outcomes for drug-endangered children and strengthen cross-sector...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $350,000 cooperative agreement to Native Plant Trust Inc., doing business as Garden in the Woods, to develop a native seed network in New England and increase the availability of high priority native seed for conservation from September 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026. This award was made under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), which provides assistance to identify, conserve, manage, and enhance natural,...

This $349,058 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program will support La Semilla Food Center's efforts to increase the urban impact of their Raices youth program and youth farm apprenticeship. The funding will enable La Semilla to train youth from underrepresented backgrounds in climate-adaptive desert agroecology, career skills, leadership, and...

The award under Cooperative Agreement F23AC02013 funds The Understory Initiative, a non-profit organization, to implement the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. The $259,767 award supports the Understory Initiative's work to increase and improve native seed collection, genetic conservation, and native plant production efforts in the Rogue and Umpqua Basins of southwestern Oregon. This...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $220,890 Project Grant to Mississippi Valley State University to investigate the effects of Nicandra physalodes, a plant containing alkaloids, on the growth and development of noxious weeds, including Pennisetum clandestinum (Kikuyu grass), Echinochloa crus-galli (Barnyard grass), and Lolium multiflorum (Italian ryegrass). The research aims to explore an environmentally friendly, cost-effective integrated weed...

The Utah Weed Supervisors Association will receive $230,000 through a Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. The grant is part of the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) and will fund the Invasive Plant Cost Share Program from June 2021 through June 2026. Through this program, the Utah Weed Supervisors Association will protect and manage non-federal forest and tree resources in Utah from damaging...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture received a $326,316 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to conduct a cooperative noxious weed management project for state and private lands through December 2025. Administered under the Forest Service's Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680), the award will support efforts to protect and manage non-federal forest resources from damaging invasive plants. Specifically, the funding will enable collaborative weed...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture received a $225,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to implement the Washington State Integrated Noxious Weed Management Project from February 2021 through December 2025. The grant funding will support noxious weed management efforts through the USDA Forest Service's Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680), which aims to protect and manage non-federal forest resources from damaging insects, diseases,...