Project Grant 20246701542377
- 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 $224,650 Project Grant was awarded on July 1, 2025 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 grant supports research to investigate how supplementing pregnant beef and dairy cows with a specific form of the amino acid methionine (RP-Met) can impact the development and physiology of their offspring. The key goals are to 1) examine whether RP-Met alters the...
- This $650,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund research into mitigating early embryonic loss in beef cattle. Texas A&M Agrilife Research will study the physiological and molecular effects of supplementing beef cows with omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids during early embryonic development. The research aims to clarify the mechanisms...
- The University of California, Davis received a two-year $120,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant aims to support research into the protein connexin 37 and its role in early oocyte development in cattle. The goal of the research is to better understand oocyte growth processes within cows in order to improve assisted reproduction...
- This $650,000 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on optimizing dairy calf management practices to improve long-term milk production. The grant period is from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2027. Specifically, the university will determine the individual and combined effects of pre-weaning heat stress...
- 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,...
- 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 $180,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) CFDA 10.310 program supports research to understand how semen processing affects sperm characteristics and early embryo development in dairy cattle. The research aims to improve fertility rates when using sexed semen, which currently produces embryos with delayed development and lower transferability compared to conventional semen. The 3-year...
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $648,370 Project Grant to the University of Missouri System under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (AFRI CGP, CFDA 10.310). The three-year award beginning May 1, 2023 will fund research to investigate the origin of cells that repopulate the uterus after calving in dairy cows and how postpartum uterine disease adversely programs their function. Specifically, the...
- This $650,000 Project Grant was awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program on July 1, 2024. The grant aims to characterize placental cell types in the maternal endometrium during early stages of development in cattle, using cutting-edge techniques. The long-term goals are to understand how the placenta develops, how it interacts with the uterus, and what cells and molecules are involved in the process. A...
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 sugar levels in the uterus influence gene activity and early embryo growth. The findings from this four-year study could lead to new methods to help dairy cows have successful pregnancies, thereby reducing financial losses for farmers and enhancing the productivity and sustainability of the dairy industry.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $650.0k | 5/3/24 |