The University of Idaho received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the New Beginning for Tribal Students program (CFDA 10.527). The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, aims to increase enrollment and retention of Native American students in agriculture, natural resources, food, human, and health science (ANFHS) fields. The key products and services to be delivered include: Recruiting 15 Tribal...
The University of Idaho will receive $499,969 from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to develop a sustainable undergraduate research and mentoring program at its College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Over five years, the project will provide summer traineeships for six students annually to conduct research from June through August of their first year, as well as research...
The University of Idaho was awarded a $553,534 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) New Beginning for Tribal Students program. This 3-year grant, awarded on September 18, 2023, will fund the "THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO NBTS PATH OF WISDOM:CULTIVATING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY" project. The project objectives are to: 1) Provide effective culturally relevant services to support...
The University of Idaho received a $750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant, titled "Agriscience Technology Pathways (ATP)," aims to foster interest, skills, and proficiency in agriscience and technology careers such as data science, artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, genetics, and biotechnology. The project will create...
This Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Integrated Programs (CFDA 10.303) provides $617,167 to the Regents of the University of Idaho, doing business as the University of Idaho, for the period of September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The primary objectives of this grant are to strengthen the research and extension capacity of Western land-grant institutions, increase collaboration among these institutions, and pursue greater equity in their...
The University of Idaho received a $175,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants program. The award will fund a graduate fellowship program from June 2021 through June 2026 to train two doctoral students in forest soil science and management. Key deliverables include coursework, research aligned with USDA Forest Service objectives, leadership and sustainability...
The University of Idaho was awarded a $649,997 Project Grant by 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 increase the prosperity of women farmers, their families, and rural communities through integrated research and extension activities over a 4-year period from September 2023 to August 2027. The research component will (1) document changes in women farm...
The University of Idaho received a $729,251 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (AFRI, CFDA No. 10.310) to support the partnership project "Revisioning Precision Forestry Through Tree Level Monitoring and Modeling" from September 1, 2022 through February 28, 2026. The University of Idaho will enhance algorithms for estimating individual tree...
The University of Idaho received a $148,824 Formula Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Smith-Lever Extension Funding program (CFDA 10.511). The funding will support the University's 1862 Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-Grant Institutions through September 2026. As the land-grant institution for the state, the University of Idaho will leverage this funding to deliver cooperative extension services that address the...
The University of Idaho received a $6,059,116.56 Formula Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Smith-Lever Extension Funding program (CFDA #10.511). The five-year grant, awarded October 1, 2021, will support the University of Idaho's 1862 Cooperative Extension Programs at the 1862 Land-Grant Institution through September 30, 2026. As described in the program objectives, the funding will allow the University of Idaho to...