Project Grant 20256701844871
- This federal Project Grant award, provided by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), funds the development of a novel double-stage filter system to rapidly detect the presence of Salmonella bacteria in food products. The $299,999 award to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) aims to engineer an anti-fouling stirred cell device that can filter and collect...
- This $611,000 project grant 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) CFDA 10.310 program aims to develop a rapid detection kit and mobile app for Salmonella, the most costly foodborne pathogen in the U.S. The grantee, The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) at the University at Albany, proposes to create a 6-hour Salmonella detection assay...
- 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 $591,497 to Missouri State University to develop a smartphone-based lateral flow assay (LFA) technology for the rapid, sensitive, and accurate detection of Salmonella in food samples. The goal is to create a simple, field-based test that can be used across the food supply chain to enhance public health...
- This $150,000 Project Grant awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (CFDA 10.326) program aims to develop a novel digital PCR assay for detecting and quantifying Salmonella contamination in beef samples. The key products to be delivered through this 2-year project include: A new diagnostic assay capable of detecting Salmonella and quantifying its...
- This $256,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Industrial Innovation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), funds the development of a rapid, simple, and low-cost Salmonella detection and quantification test. Secure Food Solutions, Incorporated will optimize a multi-layer 96-well microplate method to demonstrate 90% sensitivity and specificity for Salmonella in raw poultry and processing environment samples within 15 hours without pre-enrichment. They...
- 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...
- 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 $610,988 Project Grant, 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), will support the development of an advanced, in vitro testing platform to evaluate the health and safety impacts of novel food products like plant-based and cultivated meats. The project, led by Trustees of Tufts College, aims to build and utilize laboratory models that mimic the human...
- 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...
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $498,178 Project Grant to Cleveland State University from the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (CFDA No. 10.310). The grant will fund research from June 2023 through May 2026 to build tools using experimental data and mathematical models to predict the dynamics of Salmonella and Campylobacter pathogen transfer and survival during poultry processing scalding, chilling, and post-chill stages. The research...
This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), will carry out a single-laboratory validation study to optimize procedures for the detection of Salmonella in meat analog products. The $295,703 award, to be completed by July 31, 2027, will address key priorities in food safety by: (1) optimizing pre-enrichment and screening methods to reduce time, labor, expense, and equipment needs for detecting Salmonella in plant-based meat analogs, and (2) applying the novel methods to the detection of Salmonella in fermentation-based meat analogs. The project aims to develop an accurate, rapid, and cost-effective method for detecting Salmonella across a variety of meat analog products, with the long-term goal of proposing regulatory methods for adoption by the Food and Drug Administration.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $295.7k | 7/24/25 |