Project Grant 2008WSQX0069

This $2,968,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760). The grant was awarded on Mar 4, 2025 to the City of Weed, CA and has a performance period ending on Mar 4, 2027. The grant funding will support critical water infrastructure development and improvement projects in the rural community of Weed, including drinking water systems, wastewater treatment...

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...

This $200,000 federal Project Grant, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329), focuses on improving weed management in agriculture through a multidisciplinary approach aligned with integrated pest management (IPM) principles. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include conducting field experiments to examine the impacts of diverse cropping systems,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to Global Neighbor, Inc. and Texas A&M University. The grant funding will support the development and testing of a novel non-chemical weed control technology called the DA-6NT, an "inter-row directed energy system for non-chemical weed management." The project aims to prove the technical and...

The Department of Agriculture Nevada will establish a foundation seed program in Nevada through a $100,536 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Adaptive Science CFDA 15.670 program. The program will provide a reliable source of genetically appropriate foundation seed for use by producers in Nevada and surrounding states, minimizing transaction costs and supporting the supply of certified seed produced for restoration projects in Nevada. Key metrics such...

The University of Florida was awarded a $747,671 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (AFRI, CFDA No. 10.310). The four-year project aims to enhance modeling of broadleaf weed emergence across diverse agricultural regions in the southeastern U.S. through several key deliverables. Researchers will develop deep learning models to detect and identify...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $959,956 Project Grant under the Integrated Programs (CFDA 10.303) to Oregon State University to research and develop electric weed control (EWC) as a practical, economically viable, and environmentally compatible weed management strategy for organic vegetable production in the Pacific Northwest. The key objectives are to evaluate approaches for integrating EWC into no-till and minimal-till organic...

This $221,241.77 Project Grant awarded on July 15, 2025 by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) supports integrated weed management research at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU AgCenter). The grant aims to evaluate the effectiveness of cover crops and harvest weed seed control (chaff lining) techniques, in conjunction with multi-mode-of-action herbicides, for managing...

This federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) provides $200,000 to the University of Florida to develop Integrated Weed Management (IWM) programs for plasticulture, vegetable production systems in the Southeast. The key objectives are to: 1) utilize video imagery to map weed populations and monitor changes over time, 2) compare...

This Project Grant award of $7,000,000.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement, under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) federal grant program, will support the Seed Foundation, a non-profit organization in Erbil, Iraq, to implement a comprehensive program to protect victims of trafficking and those at risk in the region. The key products and services to be delivered through this grant include strengthened...