Project Grant 20253361044931
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $599,646 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to Cellbae Inc., a woman-owned small business located in Berkeley, California. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, supports the development of "ACCELERATING FOOD SAFETY: NEXT-GENERATION FOODBORNE PATHOGEN RAPID TEST KITS WITH ENZYME...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) CFDA program. This 4-year grant, effective from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2027, aims to develop a nanosensor technology that can be used by untrained personnel on pig farms to quickly and accurately detect viruses like porcine...
- This Phase II Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) provides $598,800.00 to Larad Inc., a for-profit organization, to develop a commercial ELISA test kit that can differentiate between birds infected with Marek's disease virus (MDV) and those vaccinated with the Herpesvirus of Turkeys (HVT). The new diagnostic...
- The Nucleic Sensing Systems LLC was awarded a $175,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). Through this funding, Nucleic Sensing Systems will develop autonomous biosensing technologies to monitor threats from the spread of diseases and pathogens in aquaculture. Specifically, the company will complete...
- This three-year, $800,000 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 (AFRI) competitive grants program (CFDA 10.310). The University of Wisconsin-Madison will develop DNA-based nanoparticle vaccines (nanovaccines) to improve protection against emerging and transboundary poultry infections such as highly pathogenic avian influenza. Researchers will...
- This $800,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) will support Cornell University's development of novel vaccine delivery platforms and serological assays to address the critical challenge of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry. Specifically, the university will leverage a condorpox virus vector and self-amplifying RNA technology to rapidly develop and deploy HPAI...
- The University of Illinois was awarded a $617,500 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (AFRI program, CFDA #10.310) to develop and test a diagnostic testing technology that can rapidly detect animal diseases like Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, Foot-and-Mouth Disease, and Classical Swine Fever using a blood sample. This 3-year grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will support the...
- This $165,507 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212) supports the development and validation of an affordable, handheld quantitative fluorometer and colorimeter system. This technology will enable rapid, field-based enumeration of E. coli and antibiotic-resistant E. coli in agricultural water samples, providing a more accessible alternative to...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $174,395 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to Varigen Biosciences Corp in Middleton, Wisconsin. The objective of this 8-month award, from Aug 15, 2025 to Apr 14, 2026, is to develop a novel, rapid (<30 min) multiplex loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) diagnostic assay to detect and differentiate between common subtypes (A, B, and C) of...
- This $175,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program supports the development of a new technology called HELIOCLEAN by Heliowave Technologies Inc., a small disadvantaged business based in College Station, Texas. The HELIOCLEAN system utilizes advanced biosensing reagents and a portable device to enable rapid, sensitive, and accurate detection of...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $181,392 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program to Tetmedical, Inc. on August 15, 2025. The grant supports the development of a sensitive, rapid, point-of-care diagnostic test for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 using Tetmedical's Tethered Enzyme Technology (TET) platform. This innovative biosensor technology utilizes tethered enzymes on nanoparticles to enable fast, specific, and sensitive viral RNA detection, which can provide immediate results to help farmers mitigate the spread of HPAI outbreaks in dairy cattle herds. The project aims to address the limitations of current HPAI testing methods, which rely on lengthy laboratory-based RT-PCR analysis, by delivering a rapid, on-site diagnostic solution with the potential for commercial application and societal benefit.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $181.4k | 8/14/25 |