Project Grant 20246702242830
Award Date
9/1/24
Completion Date
8/31/26
Dollars Obligated
$300K
Federal Agency
Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition
Federal Grant Program
10.310
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Logan, UT 84322, USA
Similar Awards
This Project Grant award of $849,928 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) will fund research by Utah State University to investigate the microbiome of native drought-tolerant plants in the Intermountain West region. The project aims to isolate, characterize, and test plant growth-promoting bacteria from the rhizospheres of native plants like Ceanothus velutinus and Cercocarpus ledifolius....
The University of Southern Mississippi was awarded a $687,799 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program for a 3-year project period from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The project aims to characterize the mechanisms through which plants recruit beneficial microorganisms (rhizobiome) and how these interactions are impacted by water stress and crop monoculture, with a focus on wheat and alfalfa crops in the semi-arid...
This Project Grant award, totaling $225,000.00, was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.310). The funding supports a research project led by Oregon State University to investigate how wheat cultivars and their associated microbial communities, or microbiomes, can be leveraged to enhance yield and improve resilience to abiotic and...
This $527,360 Project Grant awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund research to support evidence-based policymaking for agricultural water conservation. The key objectives of the 3-year project include: 1) collecting irrigation water rights and runoff data to create a geospatial database, 2) exploring the impact of water rights and supply uncertainty on...
This $588,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program aims to enhance agricultural resilience and water use efficiency in the Texas High Plains region. The key objectives are to: 1) determine optimal planting dates and crop varieties for maximizing yield and water use efficiency of cotton and sorghum crops; 2) evaluate irrigation strategies and economic returns at...
This Project Grant award of $799,805 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) program will support research by Montana State University to study barley root characteristics and the stay-green trait for drought tolerance. The key objectives are to identify and reproduce barley genetic lines with desirable root traits that can maintain yield and malting quality under rainfed...
This $749,786 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program (CFDA #10.310) will fund research into conjunctive freshwater-saltwater management strategies. Oklahoma State University will develop and test an expanded SWAT-MODFLOW modeling framework called SWAT-MODFLOW-SALT to simulate spatially distributed surface water-groundwater salt fate...
This $300,000 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) will fund research to identify arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) species and isolates that can confer drought tolerance to agricultural and rangeland plant species. The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc., a non-profit subsidiary of the University of Kansas, will lead this 2-year effort to leverage AMF culture collections,...
This federal Project Grant award for $601,248, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, aims to develop an automated soil moisture monitoring system for precision agriculture. The key products and services to be delivered include: Design, simulation, and characterization of passive soil moisture sensing coils that can measure soil moisture without requiring a power source. Development of machine...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $936,013 Project Grant under the Alfalfa Seed and Alfalfa Forage Systems Program (CFDA 10.330) to Colorado State University (CSU). The overarching goal of this 3-year project is to develop strategies for sustaining alfalfa productivity and quality in Colorado and Utah by evaluating the drought tolerance of alfalfa cultivars in combination with legumes and grasses. Key activities include conducting...