Project Grant 20246701542401
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $599,455 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to VST LLC (DBA Medgene Labs) located in Brookings, SD. The purpose of this 2-year grant is to develop the first U.S.-based vaccine against the invasive Asian Longhorned Tick, which poses a major threat to animal health and productivity in cattle and other livestock. The vaccine will be...
- 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 fund research at Washington State University (WSU) to improve risk assessment for contact with the Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum) in rural agricultural communities. The key objectives are to integrate the tick's behavioral ecology with field surveillance data to build and optimize a spatial risk model. This will enable...
- This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) will support the development and testing of a novel vaccine against Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, a bacterium that infects sheep and causes respiratory disease. The project aims to design a vaccine that incorporates biofilm components to induce a strong immune response in the respiratory tract and prevent or clear M....
- This $300,000 Project Grant, awarded by the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program, will support the development of a sensitive, high-throughput multiplex diagnostic assay to simultaneously detect six major tick-borne pathogens, including Anaplasma, Borrelia, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, Babesia, and Theileria. This assay will leverage barcoded magnetic bead technology to rapidly identify the causative agents of...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to the University of Pittsburgh. The funding will support the development of new diagnostic tests to monitor Influenza D virus (IDV) in cattle and other livestock, as well as the creation of an innovative nasal spray vaccine to protect cattle from IDV and prevent the disease from spreading. This research aims...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will provide $800,000 from May 2025 to April 2028 to Banfieldbio Inc., a technology research company in Woodinville, Washington. The award will support ongoing research and development on monitoring and surveillance methods for cattle fever ticks, Asian longhorned ticks, and brown dog ticks. Key project...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to Cornell University to develop novel vaccine platforms for the prevention and control of influenza A H5N1 in cattle. The project will be conducted in Ithaca, NY over a 3-year period from April 15, 2025 to April 14, 2028. The AFRI program supports agricultural research, education, and extension activities to...
- This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program aims to develop an interactive computer-based platform that can examine, analyze, and interpret factors influencing cattle fever ticks in the United States. The objective is to create a tool to identify evolving risks and implement effective prevention and mitigation strategies against cattle fever tick infestations, which pose a...
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Kansas State University $650,000 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to develop improved vaccines for bovine respiratory disease complex. With funding through May 2026, the university aims to generate new knowledge needed to design vaccines capable of protecting calves against multiple strains of Bovine parainfluenza virus 3 and Bovine viral diarrhea virus. Researchers...
- This $600,000 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 (CFDA 10.310) aims to address the critical shortage of veterinary entomologists and provide entomological training to support the livestock industry. The 4-year program will be led by the University of Tennessee and involve collaborative research teams at the University of Georgia, Kansas State University, and Texas...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to Washington State University (WSU). The grant aims to develop a vaccine against anaplasmosis, a prevalent tick-borne infection in cattle that causes significant morbidity and an estimated $300 million in annual economic losses in the U.S. The project will test the protective capacity of outer membrane protein (OMP) preparations and OMP complexes as vaccine candidates, delivered through a genetic (DNA) vaccine using a gene gun platform. The research will evaluate the efficacy of the vaccine candidates under various challenge scenarios, including homologous, heterologous, and field challenges, to determine if the number of immunogens can be reduced without losing efficacy. Additionally, the project will assess whether a vaccine based on U.S. variants can provide protection in a global context. The grant period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $800.0k | 6/4/24 |