Project Grant 20213361035516

This $123,814 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will support the development and delivery of pheromone-based detection and monitoring tools for economically dangerous exotic wood-boring cerambycid beetles. Funded under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program, key deliverables include new cost-effective pheromone traps and lures to help regulatory agencies and their partners conduct...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Insectapel LLC received a $1.05M Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) on September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. The award funds Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) development of bio-based, non-toxic insect-repellent textiles designed to protect against biting insects such as mosquitoes and biting flies. The...

Ridge Quest Inc. was awarded a $600,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop an improved mating disruption product for oriental fruit moth. The SBIR program aims to support technological innovation through federal research funding. Under the award, Ridge Quest will develop a new mating disruption product called Tangler OFM that utilizes a bolas-style capsule to rapidly and...

The University of Tennessee received a $168,500 cooperative agreement award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Central Program Planning Coordination and Support office to conduct research on the ecology and integrated management of ambrosia beetles in eastern US orchard and ornamental tree crops. The goal of the research is to develop strategies to control ambrosia beetles and prevent damage to orchard and ornamental trees. This award furthers the objectives of...

The Pennsylvania State University will provide $449,974 in ecological and integrated management services for ambrosia beetles under a cooperative agreement with the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. The award's period of performance is from September 1, 2021 through July 31, 2025. These services aim to support the Agricultural Research Service's Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001), which provides scientific and technical information to...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University a $151,165 cooperative agreement from September 2021 through July 2025 under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001). The award will support research to develop integrated pest management strategies for ambrosia beetles impacting eastern US orchard and ornamental tree crops. As part of the cooperative agreement, Virginia Tech researchers...

This $117,047 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) will support host-specificity testing of the biological control agent Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris. This parasitic wasp is being evaluated as a potential long-term control option for the South American tomato pinworm, an invasive pest that poses a significant threat to...

This Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service provided $123,814 to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The award supported targeted identification of pheromones and attractants for invasive cerambycid beetles from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022. A sub-award to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (CFDA #10.025 - Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care) aims to develop a synthetic odor blend to serve as a novel tool for managing and detecting invasive gastropod species. The primary objectives are to: 1) identify the volatile chemical compounds in fermenting bread dough that are attractive to the invasive snail pest Cornu aspersum, and 2) compile one or more...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $126,352 Cooperative Agreement to The University of Kentucky Research Foundation (the Research Foundation) to conduct field trials and laboratory assays to determine if RNA interference can be used to control Japanese beetle. The award is funded under USDA's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), which aims to protect U.S. agriculture from economically...