Project Grant 20213353034397

This $256,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Industrial Innovation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), funds the development of a rapid, simple, and low-cost Salmonella detection and quantification test. Secure Food Solutions, Incorporated will optimize a multi-layer 96-well microplate method to demonstrate 90% sensitivity and specificity for Salmonella in raw poultry and processing environment samples within 15 hours without pre-enrichment. They...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry (LDAF) Agricultural Chemistry Laboratory received a $375,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the FDA Research program (CFDA 93.103), awarded September 25, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2030. The Laboratory will conduct microbiological and chemical surveillance testing of animal food products to support the FDA's National Integrated Food Safety System....

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a $380,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) under the FDA Research program (CFDA 93.103), effective September 25, 2025, through June 30, 2030. Through this award, UC Davis's California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System (CAHFS) Toxicology Section will enhance the FDA's capacity to detect and respond to chemical contamination in animal feed and human food. The...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides $591,497 to Missouri State University to develop a smartphone-based lateral flow assay (LFA) technology for the rapid, sensitive, and accurate detection of Salmonella in food samples. The goal is to create a simple, field-based test that can be used across the food supply chain to enhance public health...

This $150,000 Project Grant awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (CFDA 10.326) program aims to develop a novel digital PCR assay for detecting and quantifying Salmonella contamination in beef samples. The key products to be delivered through this 2-year project include: A new diagnostic assay capable of detecting Salmonella and quantifying its...

Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) Feed, Fertilizer, & Agricultural Lime (FFAL) Laboratory received a Cooperative Agreement award of $180,000 from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Food and Drug Administration Research program (CFDA 93.103) on September 20, 2025. The award extends through June 30, 2030 and supports the Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM) initiative, which aims to enhance the capacity and capabilities of...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) provides $649,763 to Varigen Biosciences Corp to develop the AQPATHDX kit. This novel multiplex molecular diagnostic assay enables rapid, on-site detection of the most common catfish and tilapia pathogens in less than 30 minutes. The AQPATHDX kit utilizes...

This $300,000 federal project grant, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, aims to develop a novel multimodal sensor technology embedded into the nipple from which dairy calves receive milk at automated feeding stations. The key objectives are to: 1) develop this precision livestock technology (PLT) for calves fed milk via nipple feeders, 2) measure and characterize suckling behavior over time, and 3)...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) provides $550,000 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to develop a prototype for rapid diagnosis of foodborne pathogens. The goal is to create a new one-test screening method that can identify bacterial contaminants in food in less than an hour, compared to current multi-step tests that take hours or days. This rapid diagnostic technology is aimed at...

The Colorado Department of Agriculture's Biochemistry Laboratory has been awarded a $220,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Research program (CFDA 93.103) to support the FDA Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM) initiative. The award, effective as of September 25, 2025, funds a five-year project through June 30, 2030, to enhance state laboratory capacity for human and animal food safety testing. The laboratory will conduct microbiological analyses of food...