Project Grant 20203361031980

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Auburn University a $650,000 project grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The four-year project aims to develop and validate a novel waste-to-feed biotechnology to convert aquaculture waste into single cell protein as aquafeed supplements. This integrated approach solves dual problems in aquaculture production by providing a sustainable nutrient source for aquafeed...

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 federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) provides $530,956 to Texas A&M Agrilife Research to develop substrates that efficiently use seafood processing wastes for the production of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL). The goal is to optimize the nutritional composition of the BSFL products as potential substitutes...

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....

This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) aims to develop a high-protein feed ingredient (HPF) using brewer's spent grain as a sustainable alternative to fishmeal for the U.S. fish farming industry. The project will establish an economically feasible process to separate and concentrate the protein from spent grain, then evaluate the effectiveness of...

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...

Purdue University was awarded a $10 million Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The five-year project aims to develop a novel, integrated aquaponics food production system that fully utilizes nutrients to produce energy, high-value bioproducts, and a diverse array of nutritious "blue foods" and specialty crops. Specific objectives...

This $800,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, will develop a robust and scalable processing platform for converting food waste into high surface area carbon materials for use in supercapacitors. The project will apply a hydrothermal carbonization method to capture the organic carbon from food waste, and then thermochemically activate the resulting hydrochar to produce high...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to Atlantic Fish Corporation. The project aims to develop a novel hybrid fish nugget product consisting of cultivated fish muscle tissue and plant-based ingredients. The grantee will first characterize the molecular composition of the cultivated fish muscle and how it affects the organoleptic properties of the...

This $595,400 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) aims to apply genome-scale metabolic models to enhance the nutrient content, flavor profiles, and production efficiency of microalgae as a sustainable and nutritious protein source. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year project include: 1) Increasing protein and antioxidant pigment levels in microalgae while reducing bitterness and...