This three-year project grant award of $481,291.77 from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture will fund training to produce 35 graduates with skills needed in the agro-food industry through the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas. Under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (AFRI, CFDA No. 10.310), the awardee will deliver an education program at its Fayetteville campus to build knowledge and...
This federal Project Grant award for $749,806.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The grant funding will support the "ACE" program, which aims to expose students to agricultural technology and cultivate their interest and confidence in using advanced technology in agriculture. Key activities include interactive workshops and...
This $299,608 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program (CFDA 10.216) is aimed at strengthening the teacher education program at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). The project seeks to develop a collaborative relationship between UAPB and Arkansas State University to advance the cultural diversity of the agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR) workforce by attracting and...
The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture was awarded a $729,382 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant will fund the F2OCUS Fellowship Program, which aims to enhance understanding of future food systems and the safety, quality and security of the food supply. The program includes three modules over four years from 2022 to 2026 focusing on...
The University of Arkansas System, through its University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) campus, received a $599,997 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program (CFDA 10.216). This grant will support research, education, and outreach activities to address the impacts of climate change on agricultural production in Arkansas. Key focus areas include understanding crop adaptation mechanisms,...
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville was awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program. The grant period is from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2027. Under the award, the University of Arkansas will develop and implement a consistent, national-scale early detection and rapid response tool to prevent the spread and establishment of invasive...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (WAMS) Fields program (CFDA 10.318) provides $190,000 from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas. The goal of the "AR COMMUNIVERSITY" project is to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) rural 6th to 12th grade...
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville received a $180,000 three-year 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 #10.310). The university will develop multi-scale, pixel-based biophysical suitability maps for corn and soybean crops using machine learning models trained on yield data from over 60 U.S. farms. The models will predict relative...
This federal Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Higher Education - Multicultural Scholars Grant Program (CFDA 10.220) provides $213,532 to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas to expand diversity and support underrepresented minority (URM) first-generation transfer students in the Bumpers College at the UA-Fayetteville. The 5-year program, titled "Arkansas...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $6,918,832 Formula Grant under the Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act (CFDA 10.203) program to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas. This funding will support a range of agricultural research activities conducted by the university over a two-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The research will encompass multiple disciplines,...