Project Grant 20256701345140
- The Michigan State University was awarded a $648,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program. The three-year project aims to enhance the nutritional value of maize seeds and performance of maize plants by building upon current knowledge of how maize flavones are synthesized and regulated. Specifically, the university will research restoring anti-inflammatory...
- Michigan State University was awarded a $610,996 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program (CFDA 10.310). The grant will fund research from August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2026 to examine factors contributing to heavy metal contamination in food crops, such as soil properties, field topography, climate, and crop traits. Specifically, the university...
- This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture provides $3,482,251 to Michigan State University under the Specialty Crop Research Initiative program. The grant supports a research and extension project titled "Controlled Environment Agriculture Herb Extension and Research Base" from September 15, 2022 to September 14, 2026. The project aims to improve production and marketability of culinary herbs through controlled...
- This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports research to advance the understanding of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis between plants and fungi. The project aims to provide a mechanistic understanding of phosphate transport and its role in regulating this nutritionally-based mutualism, which has significant implications for...
- This $550,084 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports Michigan State University (MSU) in developing four "archetypes" to better understand differing perspectives on the goals and purposes of agriculture and the food system. The archetypes cover different visions, including technological modernization, sustainable intensification, regional food systems, and urban agriculture. The project aims...
- This federal Project Grant award of $225,000 was provided by 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). The funding will support research at North Carolina State University to investigate how the genetic makeup of maize and its wild relatives like teosinte and sorghum influences their microbiomes and ability to adapt to environmental stresses like heat and nutrient...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences) provides $2,999,526 to Michigan State University to expand the Plant Metabolic Network (PMN) database and establish a plant enzyme function consortium. Key products and services to be delivered include: Expanding the PMN database from 126 to over 1,000 plant species by leveraging bioinformatics tools to rapidly create new PMN databases. This will provide researchers greater access to metabolic...
- This $591,477.69 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund research into the ancestral nature and importance of nitrogen fixation in maize (Zea mays ssp. mays). The Ohio State University will conduct field experiments in Ohio and Mexico to examine traits related to nitrogen fixation in aerial roots and mucilage across diverse maize accessions...
- This three-year Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture will fund research at Montana State University to identify and characterize proteases involved in nitrogen remobilization during barley senescence. The $649,816 in funding will support two key objectives: identifying senescence-associated proteases using advanced biochemical techniques, and functionally characterizing the identified proteases in isolated barley leaf cells and...
- This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture provides $1.19 million to fund research at the University of Nebraska from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2026. The award is made under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (AFRI, CFDA #10.310), which supports fundamental and applied research, extension, and education addressing food and agricultural sciences. Specifically, the University of...
This 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 provides $649,470 to Michigan State University to investigate the metabolic interactions between defensive and growth compounds in young maize plants. The research will utilize matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to analyze the accumulation and localization of key compounds like the defense chemical maysin, the lignin monomer tricin, and hydroxycinnamic acids. Comparing wild type and mutant maize lines, the project aims to understand how photosynthate is allocated between defense and growth under different environmental conditions. The award period spans September 15, 2025 to September 14, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $649.5k | 8/27/25 |