Project Grant 20226701936437
- This federal Project Grant award of $649,999 from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will support research to develop methods for determining the value of pollination services by wild and managed pollinators, as well as efficient levels and locations of wild pollinator habitat preservation and managed pollinator stocking rates. The project, which will be carried out by the University of Maryland, College Park, the...
- This $742,173 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) to Colorado State University will support a 4-year research initiative to evaluate interactions between wild bee populations and managed honeybees in peri-urban landscapes of the American West. The research aims to (1) characterize the extent and strength of resource overlap and competition between wild bees and honeybees, (2) determine if honeybees...
- This five-year, $1,599,748 National Science Foundation project grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program aims to address dynamic landscape inequalities in human well-being and bee health by establishing approximately 40 front yard pollinator gardens across lower-income neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio State University will coordinate with community groups to design the gardens using "Cues to Care" theory, install the gardens, and evaluate their impact...
- This $493,641 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund the Partnership for Pollinator Friendly Lawns in the Southeastern United States. Led by Mississippi State University with subawards to the University of Georgia Research Foundation and Auburn University, this multi-disciplinary project aims to develop best management practices and stakeholder training programs to...
- This $654,761 National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant awarded to the Chicago Horticultural Society's Chicago Botanic Garden division will investigate how bee populations respond to rapid environmental changes. The researchers will use in-situ temperature manipulations and cross-population comparisons to measure the direct and indirect effects of climate change, including impacts mediated through changes in food resources and nest parasites, on vital...
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $4,209,216 Specialty Crop Research Initiative (CFDA 10.309) project grant to Oregon State University to address the growing problem of European foulbrood (EFB) disease in honey bee colonies pollinating specialty crops. The 4-year project will: Determine factors associated with EFB, 2) Evaluate methods to mitigate EFB, 3) Investigate the genetic variation and disease spread pathways of the EFB pathogen, 4)...
- This $300,000 project grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program aims to develop bacterial probiotics to improve the health and pollination performance of managed bumble bees (Bombus impatiens) and wild bumble bee species. The key objectives are: 1) Identify gut bacteria that promote resistance to the common bumble bee parasite Crithidia bombi; 2) Discover bacteria that enhance pollination-relevant...
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Rutgers, The State University $695,410 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (CFDA 10.310) from January 2023 through January 2026. The project aims to develop evidence-based guidelines for managing northeastern forests to support native bee pollinators of spring fruit crops worth $862 million annually. Researchers will assess the impact of timber harvest practices on bees...
- This Project Grant award of $750,000.00 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program (CFDA 10.216) supports research at Central State University, an 1890 land-grant institution, to study the impacts of transportation on the health and behavior of honeybees, a critical managed pollinator for U.S. agriculture. The key objectives of the 3-year project are to: 1) Detect viral prevalence and distribution in transported honeybee...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $173,538 project grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to Rutgers, The State University to evaluate the impact of adjacent forest age on wild bee communities and apple crop yields in the northeastern U.S. The project aims to provide evidence-based guidelines for managing forests to support crop pollination and production. The research will collect data on wild...
THE CORN-SOYBEAN AGROECOSYSTEM DOMINATES THE LANDSCAPE IN MUCH OF THE MIDWEST, BUT CONTINUED PRODUCTIVITY WILL DEPEND ON MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND SOIL HEALTH. THIS AREA ALSO SUPPORTS ONE-THIRD OF US HONEY BEE COLONIES, A DIVERSITY OF WILD POLLINATORS AND OTHER BENEFICIAL INSECTS, BUT CURRENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES RARELY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE POTENTIAL FOR AGRICULTURE TO SUPPORT THESE INSECTS AND THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES THEY CAN PROVIDE - INCLUDING POSSIBLE YIELD BENEFITS TO SOYBEANS FROM INSECT POLLINATION. THIS STUDY AIMS TO DETERMINE WHETHER SMALL MODIFICATIONS TO CURRENT FARM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES CAN BETTER SUPPORT POLLINATOR SERVICES AND IMPROVE HONEY PRODUCTION FOR BEEKEEPERS WHILE BENEFITING SOIL HEALTH AND MAXIMIZING CROP PRODUCTIVITY. THE EFFECTS OF TWO CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WILL BE TESTED: (1) PLANTING NECTAR-RICH SOYBEAN VARIETIES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOOD RESOURCES FOR HONEY BEES AND BENEFICIAL INSECTS, AND (2) REPLACING LOW-YIELDING AREAS WITHIN FIELDS WITH FLOWERING PERENNIAL POLLINATOR HABITAT TO PROVIDE SEASON-LONG FLORAL RESOURCES AND IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH. BENEFITS FROM THESE STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED THROUGH THIS WORK WILL PROVIDE PRACTICAL INFORMATION THAT FARMERS, BEEKEEPERS, AGRICULTURAL SUPPLIERS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CAN USE TO BOTH IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND PROMOTE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 1/9/26 | ||
| Not listed | $645.6k | 11/16/21 |