Project Grant 20246701542353
- This $650,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The grant aims to investigate the impact of poor maternal nutrition during gestation on mitochondrial function and growth in offspring using a sheep model. Key objectives are to assess the ability of liver and muscle mitochondria to produce ATP, identify metabolic signals of...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to North Dakota State University. The grant, awarded on July 1, 2025, will fund research to evaluate the individual and interactive impacts of prenatal and post-weaning nutrition in bull calves on semen production and quality, testicular characteristics, feed and growth efficiency, carcass composition, skeletal...
- The federal Project Grant award of $650,000.00 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports research by Colorado State University to improve fertility and reproductive efficiency in the beef and dairy cattle industries. The project aims to activate the Nrf2 signaling pathway in bovine preimplantation embryos to mitigate oxidative stress and enhance embryo survival under suboptimal conditions,...
- This $300,000 project grant was awarded by 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). The objective is to determine the functional role of the progesterone receptor membrane component 1 (PGRMC1) in regulating peri-implantation conceptus survival, development, placental formation, and pregnancy establishment in cattle. The research aims to: (1) evaluate the effects of...
- This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by 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) aims to identify epigenetic modifications in the cattle placenta that are specifically from the sire or the dam, and determine how they influence gene expression during placental development. The overarching goal is to improve understanding of the complex biology of the placenta and how...
- This $180,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) supports research under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program. The three-year award to Colorado State University from June 2021 to May 2024 will fund investigation into the roles of glucose transporters SLC2A1 and SLC2A3 in fetal growth restriction (IUGR) in livestock. The grantee aims to generate and analyze SLC2A1- and...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) to the University of Florida to conduct research on developmental programming and its impact on enhancing postnatal growth and production in agriculturally-important animals. The project aims to elucidate the specific mechanisms by which choline acts on the developing bovine embryo to modify phenotype after birth, with a...
- This $500,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) supports research under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive federal grants program (AFRI; CFDA #10.310). The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will characterize differences in early embryonic development and uterine environments between cattle breeds that are more resilient to undernutrition and less prone to pregnancy loss,...
- This $650,000 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Project Grant, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310), aims to improve the reproductive success of high-producing dairy cows. The research project has two main objectives: 1) understanding the nutritional needs of dairy cow embryos, particularly differences between lactating cows and younger heifers, in order to identify ways to better support embryo development; and 2) examining how oxygen and...
- This $180,000 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will support research at North Dakota State University (NDSU) to evaluate the impacts of feeding supplemental protein to pregnant beef cattle grazing low-quality pastures. The key objectives are to assess how maternal diet during pregnancy affects skeletal muscle development and growth in the offspring, with the goal of developing...
This $300,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The project aims to evaluate the long-term impacts of strategic supplementation and nutritional restriction during gestation on the development and reproductive capacity of ewe lambs at Colorado State University. Key objectives are to determine how maternal nutrition impacts ewe lamb puberty, follicle development, and uterine morphology, as well as investigate molecular indicators of oocyte and uterine competency. Researchers expect the results will provide fundamental information about the potential unapparent impacts of common livestock nutritional practices on tissues that determine reproductive success in replacement females. The project period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 5/3/24 |