Project Grant 20226801236145
- Grant Award Summary The University of South Carolina received a $295,598 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective February 1, 2026 through January 31, 2028. The research project investigates how climate-driven shifts in precipitation patterns affect the formation and decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM), a critical component for soil health, carbon...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. received a $10.81 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program (CFDA 10.215), effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2030. As the Regional Host Institution for the Southern Region, the awardee coordinates the SARE program across 13 states and 2 territories...
- This Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture totals $100,000 to create a spatially-explicit, web-based decision support tool to inform sustainable grazing land management decisions. Funded under the Renewable Resources Extension Act program (CFDA 10.515), the tool will combine remotely-sensed rangeland production data with user-defined local knowledge to assess forage availability variability and support grazing management planning....
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $121,978 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to investigate the long-term relationship between climate change and agricultural response, focusing on human interactions with plants and animals in dynamic natural and cultural landscapes. The research aims to illuminate how agrarian societies have responded to pronounced environmental...
- This Cooperative Agreement award of $2,910,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) will fund the "Master Irrigator and TAPS Education and Outreach" project. The primary awardee, Colorado State University, will partner with Kansas State University and Oklahoma State University to deliver the following key products and services: Kansas State University will host TAPS (Technology-Assisted Production Systems) farm management...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded Colorado State University $957,085 under the Open Data Standards program (CFDA 10.233) on September 30, 2025, to develop TerraSCOPE, an integrated soil health modeling and decision-support platform. The project, which extends through September 29, 2027, will deliver a practical system that integrates grower-reported data with scientific simulations and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas received a $298,913 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective February 1, 2026 through January 31, 2028. The research project focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms by which soybean cyst nematodes (SCN, Heterodera glycines) manipulate physiological processes in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Arizona State University received a $650,000 Project Grant award from 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), effective March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2029. The project, performed in Scottsdale, Arizona, will develop integrated bioprocesses for producing acrylates—key chemical building blocks used in polymers, coatings, and...
- This $358,842 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program supports a collaborative research project led by New Mexico State University to harness controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to enhance food security, nutrition, and climate resilience in tribal communities across three EPSCoR jurisdictions. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) characterize how the environment, plants, and microbes interact in hydroponic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Arizona State University received a $591,500 Project Grant award from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) (CFDA 10.310) for the period June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2029. The project will develop new analytical methodologies and economic models to measure how market concentration in the beef supply chain affects prices paid to cattle producers, wages earned by workers, and retail prices paid...
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** EVALUATION IS A CRITICAL PART OF EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND LAND MANAGEMENT, BUT THE NEW SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS (SAS) PROGRAM'S LARGE, TRANSDISCIPLINARY, INNOVATIVE PROJECTS LEAVE TRADITIONAL EVALUATION METRICS INADEQUATE TO MEASURE MEANINGFUL CHANGE. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A NEW EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOCUSED ON CORE PRINCIPLES AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION. IN DEVELOPING THIS FRAMEWORK, WE WILL COMPILE TOOLS TO SUPPORT COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION, ASSESS THE EMERGING IMPACTS OF THE SAS PROGRAM, AND BUILD EVALUATIVE CAPACITY IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION.OUR EVALUATION TEAM AT THE NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE WILL SYNTHESIZE THE KEY OUTCOMES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE SAS PROGRAM THUS FAR AND IDENTIFY AREAS FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. WE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH SAS PROJECT LEADERSHIP, EVALUATORS, AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (NIFA) STAFF TO IDENTIFY KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT PROGRAM PROCESSES AND INDICATORS OF TRANSFORMATION. WE WILL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOCUSED ON SHARED PRINCIPLES THAT CAN ALIGN AND INTEGRATE PROJECT ACTIVITIES WITH PROGRAM PRIORITIES. WE WILL CONDUCT A MULTI-STATE SURVEY TO ASSESS ENGAGEMENT AND INCLUSION OF STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS SAS PROJECTS. OUR COMPREHENSIVE SYNTHESIS WILL IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO EXPAND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND DIRECT THE CREATION OF EVALUATION TOOLS, TRAININGS, AND METHODS ACROSS PROJECTS. THE RESULTING PRINCIPLES-FOCUSED EVALUATION FRAMEWORK AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION WILL PROVIDE A DETAILED PICTURE OF SAS PROGRAM SUCCESSES, PRODUCTS, AND PRIORITIES. ULTIMATELY, THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP A ROBUST SET OF EVALUATION APPROACHES TO GUIDE INNOVATION, INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, AND SUPPORT A NATIONWIDE TRANSITION TO MORE REGENERATIVE, SUSTAINABLE AGROECOSYSTEMS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $961.0k | 10/19/21 |