Project Grant 20256901544817
Award Date 8/1/25
Completion Date 7/31/27
Dollars Obligated $300K
Federal Agency
Federal Grant Program
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Houghton, MI, USA
Similar Awards
- This $999,618 project grant from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund the development of an antimicrobial resistance mitigation system incorporating engineered biochar adsorbents tailored to remove specific contaminants from reclaimed water. The University of California, Riverside will design a large-scale system to efficiently remove antibiotics and antibiotic...
- 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, with CFDA # 10.310, provides $994,586 to study the effectiveness of new rules and technologies in reducing the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria on dairy farms. The 5-year project, awarded on July 15, 2025, will assess the impact of regulations limiting antibiotic use, evaluate manure treatment methods for...
- This $999,984 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) aims to develop innovative and cost-effective recirculating water treatment methods to capture and degrade antibiotic residues in aquaponic systems. The key objectives are to: (A) develop a novel approach using a macroporous functionalized matrix to capture oxytetracycline residues from aquaponic water, and (B) evaluate...
- This Project Grant award, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310), aims to address the challenge of assuring the quality of agricultural return flows and reclaimed water for irrigation. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) is the prime awardee, receiving $648,952 to (i) develop carbon-60 probes to identify waterborne pathogens, (ii) create and validate...
- This $1,000,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program (CFDA #10.310) will fund development of an adaptable framework called CAMRADES to connect antimicrobial resistance, agricultural decisions, and environmental systems. Iowa State University will integrate predictive models of antimicrobial transport and associated human health risk into the...
- This $650,000 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 (CFDA 10.310) aims to develop an advanced, real-time platform for verifying the effectiveness of surface sanitation processes in food processing environments. The key research objectives are: 1) Developing a biomimetic surrogate interface combined with vibrational spectroscopy and machine learning to predict sanitation...
- This $299,322 Project Grant award to Auburn University was issued by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The objective is to determine the impact of antimicrobial use (AMU) in poultry production on microbial diversity, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, and horizontal gene transfer in the environment. The research will compare AMR levels and animal health outcomes between antimicrobial-free...
- This $294,000 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) CFDA 10.310 program will develop and test a new modular system to convert livestock manure into useful products like fertilizer and clean water. The project aims to address the environmental and public health challenges posed by improper manure management on farms, particularly in rural areas. The system will...
- This $165,507 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212) supports the development and validation of an affordable, handheld quantitative fluorometer and colorimeter system. This technology will enable rapid, field-based enumeration of E. coli and antibiotic-resistant E. coli in agricultural water samples, providing a more accessible alternative to...
- This $299,999 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund research and extension activities at Oregon State University to help produce industry better implement cleaning and sanitizing programs to meet Produce Safety Rule requirements. Specifically, the awardee will (1) engage produce industry to characterize existing food contact surfaces and...