Project Grant 20257041045341
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of South Alabama received a $500,000 Project Grant award dated September 15, 2025, from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Equipment Grants Program (EGP, CFDA 10.519). The award funds the acquisition and installation of a high-resolution CSU-W1 E-TIRF (Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence) microscopy system to be housed in the Biology Department. This state-of-the-art...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts received a $610,914 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports research and development of a computer-aided engineering framework for high-moisture meat analogs (HMMA) designed to optimize cooling profiles and enhance...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts received a $591,473 project grant from the Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) (CFDA 10.310), effective March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2029. The award supports research to develop biomimetic phytochemical-fiber complexes that convert fruit processing waste—specifically pomegranate and orange peels—into high-value bioproducts. Using environmentally friendly...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Delaware received a $350,000 project grant award on September 15, 2025, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Equipment Grants Program (EGP), CFDA 10.519. The award supports the acquisition of a benchtop laser-scanning confocal microscope (LSCM) system for high-resolution visualization of living cells and organoids. The equipment will be installed at the University of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts received a $799,993 Project Grant from 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) to develop a rapid, sensitive, and cost-effective detection method for inorganic arsenic in high-risk foods for infants and children. The three-year project, initiated February 15, 2026, and concluding February 14, 2029, aligns with...
- This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) Equipment Grants Program (CFDA 10.519) provides $434,723.00 to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to acquire a micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) machine. This specialized scientific equipment will enable 3D X-ray imaging of biological samples to advance fundamental agricultural research at UCSB. The micro-CT instrument will be integrated into a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Purdue University received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Equipment Grants Program (CFDA 10.519), effective September 15, 2025, with a completion date of November 30, 2029. The award funds the acquisition of a liquid chromatograph/quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer (LC/Q-TOF MS) system to be housed in the Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $500,000 Project Grant award dated September 15, 2025, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Equipment Grants Program (EGP, CFDA 10.519). The award supports the acquisition of a long-read sequencing platform to enhance the university's crop resistance breeding research infrastructure. This equipment will serve as a shared-use instrument...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Houston System received a $425,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Youth, Family, and Community, administered through the Equipment Grants Program (EGP, CFDA 10.519), with an award date of September 15, 2025, and a completion date of September 14, 2029. The award funds the acquisition and installation of a high-resolution gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) system for metabolite analysis at the University of Houston's Houston,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Michigan State University was awarded $150,000 through the Equipment Grants Program (CFDA 10.519) administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture on September 16, 2025. The award, with a completion date of September 15, 2029, funds the acquisition of a Transient Electromagnetic (TTEM) system—a towed and ground-based geophysical electromagnetic survey technology capable of creating three-dimensional subsurface maps to...
The University of Massachusetts received a $400,000 project grant award dated September 16, 2025, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) Equipment Grants Program (CFDA 10.519) to strengthen microscale imaging capabilities for food and agricultural materials through 3D X-ray microtomography. The four-year award, with an ultimate completion date of September 15, 2029, will fund the acquisition and deployment of specialized scientific research equipment at the university's Amherst, Massachusetts campus. This equipment grant supports the purchase of a major shared-use instrument designed to enhance research infrastructure and expand research, training, and extension capabilities in food and agricultural sciences. The 3D X-ray microtomography system will serve as shared-use instrumentation to support fundamental and applied research across the institution and potentially benefit researchers both within and outside the university. The equipment acquisition aligns with the Equipment Grants Program's mission to provide institutions of higher education with access to costly, specialized scientific instruments that advance food and agricultural sciences research while supporting collaborative research initiatives and training objectives.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $400.0k | 9/16/25 |