Project Grant 20255140245096
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to Agrofocal Technologies, Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The funding supports the development of Agrofocal's real-time crop monitoring system that can be mounted on any vehicle to provide high-resolution, under-the-canopy images of crops. This system enables farmers to monitor crop health,...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to Page Technologies, Inc. to develop a "Cost-Effective Monitoring Platform for Optimal Nutrient Application." The project, which has a period of performance from September 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026, aims to create an innovative technology...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Institute of Food Production and Sustainability (CFDA 10.212 - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program) will develop a plant-by-plant, precision fertilization capability for cool season vegetable crops. The $600,000 award to Geovisual Technologies Inc. aims to increase harvest yields while reducing overall fertilizer application through innovative precision targeting...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $1,249,394 to support the continued development of a novel spectroscopy system for the early detection of crop afflictions. The project aims to create a vehicle-mounted hyperspectral imaging system with AI-powered diagnostics to enable farmers to make data-driven decisions about water and fertilizer management, and to control crop diseases....
- Agriculture Intelligence Inc., a spinoff company of the University of Florida, has received a $650,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program grant from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.212) to integrate its Agroview and Agrosense technologies into a "Smart Nutrient" precision nutrient management system for tree crops. Agroview provides accurate zone-based fertility and...
- This USDA NIFA Project Grant award of $175,000 to Nave Analytics, Inc. will create an affordable, scalable satellite-based irrigation monitoring system for farmers. By combining satellite data from Extellis with Nave Analytics' expertise in processing and delivering actionable insights, the project aims to help farmers, especially those without advanced equipment, track water use in real-time. This will enable the adoption of sustainable, data-driven irrigation practices without requiring...
- This Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The $650,000 grant will fund the continued commercialization efforts of the LEAFMON-S system technology, an innovative low-cost, non-invasive, and non-destructive continuous leaf monitoring system that detects and monitors plant water status in real-time. The LEAFMON-S system aims to improve water use efficiency...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $174,163 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant to Sentinel AG, Inc. (UEI: EWSBH26X69T1) on August 15, 2025. The grant, titled "Guaranteed Availability Decision Support System for Profitable, Productive, and Sustainable Nitrogen Management in Rainfed Crop Production (GADSS-N)," aims to develop an innovative technology solution to support sustainable...
- This $175,000 SBIR Program Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.212) to L5 Automation Inc. aims to develop an automated strawberry characteristics assessor. The system will use a mix of classical, deep learning, and geometric vision techniques to rapidly and accurately assess key attributes of strawberries, including ripeness, damage, shape, and size. This research lays the foundation for a robotic strawberry harvesting...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) provides $124,586.00 to Premier Design Innovations LLC to develop an innovative device capable of navigating within grain bins to manage stored grains like corn, soybeans, wheat, and milo. The goal is to reduce the need for farmers to manually enter...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program supports the development of a Crop Scanning System (CSS) for digital scouting of watermelon fields. The $174,944 grant, awarded on September 15, 2025, will enable EZ AG Innovations, Inc. to: 1) Design a tractor-mounted CSS utilizing machine vision cameras to collect and analyze georeferenced images in watermelon fields, 2) Develop an automated cloud-based repository and web-GIS app to map watermelon vines, fruit, disease symptoms, weeds, and anomalies, and 3) Evaluate the CSS camera system and cloud GIS as a digital scouting tool for early-stage foliar disease and anomaly detection on watermelon. This project aims to provide a ground-based digital scouting solution to improve disease control, increase marketable yields, and reduce labor costs for cucurbit crop production.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $174.9k | 9/9/25 |