Project Grant 20246701542293
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $120,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University from July 2021 through June 2023. The grant funds research to investigate embryonic losses occurring during blastocyst hatching and embryo elongation in cattle, which can significantly impact the cattle industry. The principal investigator will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cornell University received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, awarded March 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for February 29, 2028. The research, to be conducted at Cornell's Ithaca, New York campus, addresses early embryonic loss in cattle—a significant economic burden for U.S. beef and dairy producers. The project will investigate the...
- Grant Award Summary New Mexico State University's Research Administration Services division received a $179,126 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, awarded May 1, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2029. The award supports research investigating the mechanisms by which low-dose lipopolysaccharide (LPS) endotoxin exposure—mimicking subclinical...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas A&M Agrilife Research received a $650,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, awarded February 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for January 31, 2029. The award funds research into the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying embryonic survival and mortality in cattle, addressing late embryonic loss (occurring between days 28-60 of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $180,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, with an award date of May 1, 2026 and completion date of April 30, 2029. The research addresses heat stress impacts on dairy cow fertility and productivity, a challenge that generates hundreds of millions of dollars in annual...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research received a $615,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, awarded February 1, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of January 31, 2029. The research aims to identify and characterize maternal uterine molecules that enhance embryo survival in cattle, addressing a critical productivity bottleneck in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Vermont received a $436,003 Project Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028. This award funds research to identify genetic determinants of ovarian aging and reproductive lifespan in women. The project utilizes the Collaborative Cross (CC) mouse model to characterize the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $584,626 Project Grant to The Regents Of The University Of Colorado (University of Colorado-Denver) on July 8, 2026, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The grant, with a completion date of March 31, 2031, funds research into the mechanisms regulating functional regionalization of the mammalian ovary, specifically focusing on how...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), awarded $419,014 to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation beginning September 1, 2025, and concluding August 31, 2027. This project grant funds investigator-initiated biomedical research designed to advance understanding of reproductive health and female fertility outcomes....
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, received a $225,000 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 July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. This award funds basic and applied research investigating the role of cellular senescence in corpus luteum (CL) function...
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** REPRODUCTIVE PROBLEMS REMAIN THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR INVOLUNTARY CULLING ON DAIRY FARMS, CREATING INCREASED ECONOMC COSTS ON FARMS AND INCREASED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DAIRY FARMING. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EGGS IN THE OVARY IS ESTABLISHED BEFORE BIRTH AND IS NONRENEWING. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO GENERATE AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE OVARIAN DEVELOPMENTAL EVENTS THAT IMPACTFERTILITY OVER THE LIFESPAN. THE GLOBAL HYPOTHESIS IS THAT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM INTERACTS WITH THE DEVELOPING OVARY TO DIRECT THE TOTAL NUMBER AND QUALITY OF EGGS IN THE OVARY AT BIRTH AND THUS THE LIFETIME FERTILITY POTENTIAL OF THE OVARY.AIM 1 IS TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE IMMUNE SYSTEM REGULATES THE DEATH OR SURVIVAL OF EGGS IN THE DEVELOPING OVARY. AIM 2 IS TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE IMMUNE SYSTEM REGULATES WHEN EGGS AND THEIR SUPPORTING CELLS BEGIN TO GROW. THIS PROJECT WILL LEAD TO AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE OVARY DEVELOPS AND HOW THIS IMPACTS LONG-TERM FERTILITY. A ROLE FOR IMMUNE CELLS IN EARLY OVARIAN DEVELOPMENTAL EVENTS SUGGESTS A LINK BETWEEN OVARIAN DEVELOPMENT AND WHOLE-BODY HEALTH-- PERHAPS COWS THAT EXPERIENCED DISEASE AS YOUNG CALVES OR WERE GESTATED BY DAMS THAT EXPERIENCED DISEASE DURING PREGNANCY WILL HAVE REDUCED OVARIAN RESERVE AS COMPARED TO HEALTHY CALVES OR THOSE FROM HEALTHY DAMS.THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF OVARIAN DEVELOPMENT IN CATTLE, TO IMPROVE REPRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY. ULTIMATELY, THE KNOWLEDGE GENERATED BY THIS PROJECT WILL BE APPLIED TO IMPROVE REPRODUCTIVE MANAGEMENT ON DAIRIES, MAKING DAIRY FARMING MORE SUSTAINABLE AND DAIRY PRODUCTS MORE ECONOMICAL.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 4/14/26 | ||
| Not listed | $300.0k | 4/24/24 |