Project Grant 20224121038062
- The University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) was awarded a $185,696 Cooperative Agreement from 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 (CFDA 10.025) federal grant program. The agreement funds the development of an innovative, web-based application (app) that will allow poultry producers, backyard farmers, and animal health decision-makers to visualize the spatiotemporal risk of...
- The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $648,488 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant, awarded on July 15, 2024, aims to address higher poultry mortality and production efficiency issues in antibiotic/chemical-free backyard and integrated farms. Specifically, the research will: 1) investigate the sources and transmission routes of Avibacterium paragallinarum (AP) and Infectious...
- This Project Grant award of $299,985.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), supports research to identify viral proteins that induce cell-mediated protection against avian influenza in chickens. The goal is to develop broadly protective avian influenza vaccines for poultry. The project will be conducted by the University of Maryland, College Park over a...
- The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $222,951.65 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants program (CFDA 10.200). The award will support efforts to develop strategies and tactics that advance 4-H and positive youth development from October 5, 2021 through August 31, 2022. As the parent organization of the awardee, the University System of...
- This Project Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Integrated Programs (CFDA 10.303), aims to assess the ecological dynamics of two major bacterial pathogens, Listeria monocytogenes (LM) and Campylobacter jejuni (CJ), and block their cross-contamination pathways in integrated crop-livestock farming systems (ICLFS). The $935,000 award to the University of Maryland, College Park will fund research, education, and...
- The University of Maryland, College Park received a $648,881 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant aims to develop universal mucosal vaccines delivered through an FcRn-based platform that can prevent initial and recurrent influenza H5N1 infections in the airway and reduce transmission between animals and from animals to humans. The research seeks to...
- The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $100,309.00 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001). The funding supports a project to incorporate precision agriculture equipment in order to maximize profitability on farms in Maryland. The project will run from June 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026 and focus on best practices for creating management zones...
- The University of Maryland, College Park received a $934,421 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants program (CFDA 10.200). This federal grant supports research and development across diverse agricultural domains, including aquaculture, crop breeding, pest management, genetics, and sustainable production systems. The award will fund the university's work...
- The University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) received a $499,897.00 Cooperative Agreement award from 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 federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The award is for UMD to develop a vaccine against the gastrointestinal nematode Haemonchus contortus, which is one of the most severe diseases affecting sheep and goats. The project will increase the...
- The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement 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 Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The primary purpose of this agreement is to develop an inclusive dataset of viral and non-viral targets of interest that can be used for correlative analysis with management, loss, pesticide, pest, and disease data....
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $213,926 two-year Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park through the Cooperative Extension Service program (CFDA #10.500) to conduct biosecurity compliance audits and risk-based planning activities. The audits aim to prevent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, while the planning efforts seek to improve response to such outbreaks. As the prime awardee, the University of Maryland will leverage its Office of Research Administration to perform the key products and services funded under the award, utilizing the grant period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The Cooperative Extension Service program supports targeted extension projects that help prepare for and respond to agricultural disasters through educational programming, consistent with the goals of this funding.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $107.0k | 7/28/22 |