The University of Puerto Rico's Agricultural Experiment Station (Estacion Experimental Agricola) was awarded a $199,182 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Resident Instruction, Agriculture, and Food Science Facilities and Equipment Grants program (CFDA 10.308). The grant aims to improve research conditions at laboratories that will support a new Agricultural Science doctoral program launching in 2024 at the...
This federal Project Grant award, worth $199,872, was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas program (CFDA 10.308). The award will fund a 3-year initiative at the University of Puerto Rico's Agricultural Experiment Station to develop and strengthen research and extension capabilities for animal science, pre-veterinary, and computer science...
The University of Puerto Rico's Agricultural Experiment Station (Estacion Experimental Agricola) received a $190,595 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.322 - Distance Education Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas). This 4-year grant will support the creation of five agribusiness case studies focused on themes such as technology adoption, conservation, sustainability, agricultural finance, marketing,...
This $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (CFDA 10.308) program will support the University of Puerto Rico, Estacion Experimental Agricola (Agricultural Experiment Station Division) in enhancing the capacity of their forest products laboratory. Specifically, the funding will be used to (1) remodel and expand the...
The University of Puerto Rico, Estacion Experimental Agricola (Agricultural Experiment Station Division) was awarded a $198,303 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas program (CFDA 10.308). The grant will be used to add agricultural economics courses to the university's new doctoral program in tropical agriculture, which is set to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the CFDA 10.308 Resident Instruction, Agriculture, and Food Science Facilities and Equipment Grants program to the University of Puerto Rico's Agricultural Experiment Station. This 3-year project aims to attract and support undergraduate and graduate students in food and agricultural sciences to meet national demands. It will provide technical training in...
This $6,989,046 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act (CFDA 10.203) program supports agricultural research and extension activities at the University of Puerto Rico's Agricultural Experiment Station. The funding will enable the Experiment Station to conduct a wide range of research initiatives focused on improving agricultural productivity,...
This federal Project Grant award of $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (CFDA 10.308) program aims to address the critical decline in student enrollment in agricultural sciences at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM). The funding will support a comprehensive set of initiatives, including a training academy for school...
This $1,650,048 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act (CFDA 10.203) program supports collaborative research between the University of Puerto Rico State Agricultural Experiment Station (SAES) and other U.S. SAES, ARS, and universities. The key research activities funded through this award include: Developing disease-resistant and...
The University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Campus (UPRRP) will receive a $5 million Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) to establish the Institute for Innovation in Sustainability Training, Applications and Research in Agri-Environmental Sciences (IINSTAR-AS). This funding supports the From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals federal grant...
The University of Puerto Rico's Agricultural Experiment Station (Estacion Experimental Agricola) received a $199,996 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Resident Instruction, Agriculture, and Food Science Facilities and Equipment Grants program (CFDA 10.308). The award will support the establishment of the Tropical Animal Reproduction and Investigation Center (TARIC) to study heat-tolerant Slick Holstein cattle and produce genetic materials like semen and embryos for local farmers. The project aims to develop a sustainable solar power system that can provide a reliable energy source for TARIC's 24/7 operations and mitigate the impacts of power outages that can result in significant losses of sensitive samples and experimental data. This investment will improve the research facilities and enable the Experiment Station to continue executing research at lower costs and expand collaborations with other agricultural institutions and producers.