Project Grant 20256701544993
- Oklahoma State University will receive $650,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (AFRI CGP) to develop an oral live attenuated vaccine for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV). PEDV has caused significant losses to the U.S. pork industry since 2013, with current commercially available vaccines providing limited protection. The university will identify...
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University $630,000 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to develop a vaccine against Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus. With an award start date of January 1, 2022 and projected completion by December 31, 2025, Virginia Tech will utilize nanotechnology to prepare vaccines aimed at protecting vulnerable newborn piglets from the viral...
- This Project Grant award of $649,943.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) supports the development and updating of vaccines against influenza A virus of swine. The University of Nebraska is the primary awardee and will leverage its multidisciplinary expertise in agricultural research, technology innovation, and vaccine development to deliver this versatile, non-infectious vaccine platform. The project aims to...
- 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...
- The University of Nebraska was awarded a $627,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The three-year award running from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2026 will support research on porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection pathways and identification of additional cellular factors required for PRRSV replication. Specifically, the...
- This federal Project Grant award, 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), aims to rationally re-engineer the immunodominance patterns of selected porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) vaccine antigens. The goal is to improve the quality of the antibody response of PRRSV vaccines and develop the PRRSV vaccine as a delivery system for...
- The North Carolina State University will receive $1 million from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to establish the Predict and Protect Against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus system from July 2022 to June 2026. The project aims to develop two integrated technologies to proactively mitigate outbreaks of the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory...
- This $225,000 USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Project Grant awarded to Virginia Tech on September 1, 2024 supports research on mitigating the impacts of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) in pigs through nutritional interventions. The project aims to characterize the metabolic and macronutrient consumption changes in PRRSV-infected pigs when provided amino acids potentially important for the immune response and animal growth. By placing intravenous...
- The University of Illinois was awarded a $650,000 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. The four-year grant will fund research to develop an improved vaccine candidate for Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV), a significant pathogen affecting the U.S. pork industry. Key areas of focus include removing viral interferon...
- The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to Louisiana State University (LSU) to engineer a novel vaccine vector platform. The key objectives are to: Incorporate PRRSV envelope proteins into a pseudorabies virus vector and evaluate its protective efficacy against virulent PRRSV challenge strains. PRRSV is a devastating swine virus that causes significant economic losses in the...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides $650,000 to develop improved vaccines for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV), a deadly coronavirus affecting the U.S. pig industry. The key objectives are to: 1) create vaccines that provide better protection for pigs against PEDV, 2) test the ability of the vaccines to protect young piglets, and 3) evaluate the effectiveness of vaccines given to pregnant sows to protect their newborn piglets. The University of Virginia, the awardee, aims to leverage a new rapid and inexpensive vaccine technology to address the limitations of current PEDV vaccines. The project is expected to run from September 2025 to September 2029 and could potentially save the U.S. pig industry hundreds of millions of dollars per year by reducing PEDV-related losses.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $650.0k | 9/12/25 |