Project Grant 20256701745107
- The University of Florida received a three-year, $635,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant will fund research to develop significantly improved genetically engineered Salmonella vaccine vectors that synthesize and deliver multiple protective antigens from Eimeria maxima and E. tenella parasites. This aims to induce protective...
- This $300,000 Project Grant was awarded 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 objective is to develop and implement effective mitigation strategies at the production level to limit Salmonella colonization in chickens and reduce the transmission of Salmonella to poultry products and humans. The grant will fund research to evaluate the efficacy of combining...
- This $650,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) CFDA 10.310 program aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a genetically engineered Bacillus subtilis probiotic strain in reducing Salmonella colonization in broiler chickens. The primary awardee, the Regents of the University of Michigan, will develop a B. subtilis strain that secretes Salmonella-neutralizing nanobodies to directly...
- The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture was awarded a $622,841 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant will fund research to develop a novel vaccination strategy to control Salmonella in chickens through three key objectives. The first objective aims to optimize and evaluate a DNA-based aptamer adjuvant targeting CD40 as a universal...
- The University of Florida (UF) was awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The funding will be used to develop a vaccine against Spotty Liver Disease (SLD), a bacterial pathogen that affects commercial layer hens, and protect chickens from economically important diseases caused by avian pathogenic E. coli. The research effort involves...
- 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 $650,000 project grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program (CFDA 10.310). The grant aims to develop evidence-based, multi-stage recommendations for small broiler enterprises, including breeder farms, grow-out farms, and processors, with a focus on improving microbial safety, product quality, and cost-effectiveness. Specific objectives...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $648,154 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), a component of the Government of the United States. The grant supports the development of a multi-strain electron beam (e-beam)-killed vaccine to control Clostridium perfringens-induced necrotic enteritis (NE) and Mycoplasma gallisepticum-induced...
- This $462,480 Project Grant, awarded by the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Laying Hen and Turkey Research Program (CFDA 10.245), will support the development of innovative vaccines to prevent Clostridial Dermatitis (CD) and Necrotic Enteritis (NE) in turkeys and layers. The funding will enable the University of Florida to use advanced techniques to create new multi-component vaccines that target both the C. septicum and C. perfringens bacteria...
- This $623,828 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund research to develop and test a risk-based strategy for reducing Salmonella contamination in broiler chickens. The University of Georgia Research Foundation will screen broiler flocks before slaughter to assess Salmonella levels and identify specific serotypes most concerning for human health. Flocks will be...
This Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program (CFDA 10.310). The University of Florida received $650,000.00 to further optimize and evaluate "Self-Destructing Attenuated Adjuvant Salmonella (SDAAS)" strains for in ovo (in the egg) administration to poultry embryos. The goal is to stimulate protective innate immunity and enhance the efficacy of existing Salmonella, Campylobacter, Clostridium, and avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) vaccines. Successful optimization of these SDAAS strains and co-administration with protective immunity enhanced vaccine constructs aims to improve poultry health, reduce antimicrobial use, and limit foodborne pathogen transmission to humans.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $650.0k | 9/2/25 |