Project Grant 20226701537229
- This Project Grant award of $650,000.00 was 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). The grant supports research at Texas A&M AgriLife Research aimed at understanding the biological mechanisms underlying embryonic mortality in cattle. The central hypothesis to be investigated is that male and female genetics contribute differently to pregnancy...
- This $650,000 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Project Grant, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310), aims to improve the reproductive success of high-producing dairy cows. The research project has two main objectives: 1) understanding the nutritional needs of dairy cow embryos, particularly differences between lactating cows and younger heifers, in order to identify ways to better support embryo development; and 2) examining how oxygen and...
- This $650,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund research into mitigating early embryonic loss in beef cattle. Texas A&M Agrilife Research will study the physiological and molecular effects of supplementing beef cows with omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids during early embryonic development. The research aims to clarify the mechanisms...
- The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research was awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant, titled "Improvements to Developmental Competence of Bovine Embryos," aims to determine the regulatory roles of the peroxisome-proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARG) gene in bovine embryo development and maternal-embryo communication. The research...
- This $640,000 Project Grant from the United States 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 North Carolina State University from June 2023 through May 2027 aimed at enhancing nutrient utilization efficiency in neonatal pigs. The research goals are to improve energy utilization in piglets before and after birth by evaluating maternal carnitine transfer across the...
- This $500,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) supports research under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive federal grants program (AFRI; CFDA #10.310). The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will characterize differences in early embryonic development and uterine environments between cattle breeds that are more resilient to undernutrition and less prone to pregnancy loss,...
- This $220,000 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Project Grant, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310), will support a 2-year study at Purdue University on the effects of colostrum consumption by neonatal piglets. The project aims to investigate the systemic metabolic impacts, including potential mitochondrial dysregulation, resulting from inadequate colostrum intake. Using stable isotope tracing and transcriptomic analysis of liver tissue,...
- The University of Minnesota was awarded a $650,000 project grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The project aims to determine the optimal level of the amino acid lysine in the diet of pregnant sows to maximize fetal pig development, leading to stronger and healthier pigs throughout their lives. The research will involve providing varying levels of lysine during gestation and measuring...
- This $120,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The award to Texas A&M AgriLife Research will fund a 2-year research project to investigate the impacts of heat stress and the reproductive tract microbiome on early pregnancy loss in dairy cattle. The research aims to gain a better understanding of the relationships between reproductive microbiome...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) to the University of Missouri System. This 4-year grant, awarded on Aug 1, 2025, aims to develop dietary fiber supplementation strategies to improve sow health and productivity in the U.S. pork industry. The project will focus on creating functional fiber indexes tailored to sow gestation, farrowing, and lactation...
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $575,000 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program to Texas A&M Agrilife Research. The goal of this five-year Project Grant is to better understand how glucose and fructose nutrients released by the uterus are utilized by embryos in pigs, a species where 20-40% of embryos die during the first 20 days of pregnancy due to the low-oxygen uterine cavity environment. Specifically, the award will fund research to determine if porcine conceptuses metabolically adapt to low oxygen stress by expressing glycolytic enzymes to provide precursors for the one-carbon metabolic pathway, and if they utilize the polyol pathway/fructolysis to bypass glycolysis feedback inhibition and maintain the one-carbon pathway. Insights gained from this research aim to develop strategies to decrease embryonic death and increase farm profitability for pig farmers.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $575.0k | 4/5/22 |