Cornell University was awarded a $937,638 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 four-year grant will support continued development of the Breeding Application Programming Interface (BRAPI) standard. BRAPI is a standardized specification for RESTful web service APIs in the plant breeding domain that facilitates data interoperability and exchange...
This $648,764 federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) aims to address key challenges facing the U.S. agricultural sector in the biotech crop era. The project will construct a comprehensive dataset on the seed market, productivity, innovation, pest infestation and resistance, weather and climate, and international trade, and then conduct advanced economic analysis to evaluate policy...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), focuses on advancing breeding for intercropping (B4I) through a coordinated innovation network. The $893,178 award to Auburn University aims to demonstrate solutions for testing diverse cereal-legume intercrop combinations, such as oat-pea, to improve intercropping performance. The project will use a novel approach...
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $999,992 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to establish an Alliance of Plant Phenotyping Software Developers Coordinated Innovation Network. The Network aims to coordinate efforts among developers of existing plant phenotyping software tools to make them interoperable and integrated. It will bring together...
The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $649,189 Project Grant through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research. The grant supports the development of data science tools and AI-based models to facilitate breeding cotton germplasm with improved yield and quality characteristics. Key objectives include managing heterogeneous field data, developing real-time video tracking...
This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) provides $300,000 in funding under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program (CFDA #10.310) to Auburn University. The award will support research from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025 to generate foundational data demonstrating the novel use of genomic and phenomic prediction in early-stage breeding trials for intercropping crimson...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $225,000 project grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) to the Hudsonalpha Institute for Biotechnology, a non-profit research organization. The grant will fund a 2-year project to develop new genomic tools and resources for improving the breeding of blueberries and other perennial fruit and nut crops. Key products and services to be delivered include: Generating new genome assemblies for blueberry...
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $958,410 Project Grant under the Open Data Standards (CFDA 10.233) program to the University of Nebraska to expand the National Agricultural Producer Data Cooperative (NAPDC). The project aims to enhance and scale digital resources for capturing, storing, and accessing agricultural data to support producers, universities, and other stakeholders. Key deliverables include developing a sustainable data repository, digital tools and...
This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program (CFDA 10.217) will provide $146,795.00 to Michigan State University (MSU) to develop and launch a new fast-track, flexible, accessible, and affordable online Master's program in Plant Breeding. The goal is to train and improve the skills of a diverse pool of students to utilize new tools and technologies to increase...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), supports research to study the social impacts of integrating controlled environment agriculture (CEA) and non-conventional water treatment technologies for crop production. The $649,996 award to Clemson University aims to identify suitable high-value crops, establish water quality parameters, and evaluate treatment technology options for...