Project Grant 20246701542624
Award Date 6/1/24
Completion Date 5/31/28
Dollars Obligated $650K
Federal Agency
Federal Grant Program
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Lincoln, NE 68503, USA
Similar Awards
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $650,000 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to the University of Nebraska from May 2023 through April 2026. The project aims to address heat stress impacts on swine production through three objectives: determining effects on boar reproductive endocrinology, assessing impacts to sperm production, health and fertility; and investigating impairments to cellular and molecular...
- The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) was awarded a $1,750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2023, with a completion date of August 31, 2027, will support research to understand the metabolic pathways and mitochondrial dynamics activated during ovulation and luteinization in beef cattle. The goals of the...
- This federal 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, provides $196,120.90 to North Dakota State University to conduct research aimed at developing predictive indexes for heat stress susceptibility in feedlot sheep and cattle. The goal is to identify biomarkers that can effectively predict poor health and performance outcomes in livestock...
- The University of Nebraska received a $650,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The four-year project aims to maximize livestock growth efficiency and sustainability in the beef cattle industry. Researchers will study genetic variation in mitochondrial DNA, which is maternally inherited and critical to cellular energy production. They will associate...
- The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska was awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant by the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) to develop science-based dietary and management intervention strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cattle. The project aims to understand the genetic, dietary, and microbial factors that influence methane production in ruminant livestock, with the goal of translating these findings into practical mitigation strategies for...
- The University of Nebraska was awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) CFDA 10.310 program. The grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, will fund research to develop a better understanding of how excess androgen in the ovarian microenvironment of cattle can impair follicle development and ovulation, which is a major cause of infertility in cattle. The research aims to identify critical...
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $640,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to the University of Florida from June 2022 through August 2026. The grant aims to improve the productivity of Bos indicus-influenced beef cattle in tropical and subtropical grazing environments through heat stress mitigation. Specifically, the University of Florida will evaluate the individual and combined...
- This $635,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund research at the University of Nebraska from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2027 to identify and characterize pathogens affecting swine farmers and develop genetic tests and management solutions to improve animal health and welfare. The University of Nebraska will collect microbial and pathogen samples...
- This $300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund research at the University of Wyoming to evaluate the relationships between beef steer activity levels, feed efficiency, and meat quality. The project aims to determine if accelerometer data on total steps and mounting behavior correlates with feed efficiency, flight speed, and meat quality...
- This $120,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The award to Texas A&M AgriLife Research will fund a 2-year research project to investigate the impacts of heat stress and the reproductive tract microbiome on early pregnancy loss in dairy cattle. The research aims to gain a better understanding of the relationships between reproductive microbiome...