Project Grant 20266701345811
- Federal Grant Award Summary Purdue University received a $749,351 Project Grant award 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 January 15, 2026 through January 14, 2031. The award supports a multi-year research initiative examining microbial communities across agricultural landscapes and their role in insect virulence and crop susceptibility to pests and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Purdue University received a $849,027 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), effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030. The research project investigates how domestication has altered complex plant-insect-microbiome interactions in crops and develops mitigation strategies to restore pest tolerance and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Purdue University received a $485,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Research Facilities Act Program (CFDA 10.246) on September 15, 2025, with a completion date of September 14, 2028. The grant funds renovation and modernization of existing swine breeding and gestation facilities at the West Lafayette, Indiana campus. The renovations will extend the productive life of these...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Purdue University received a $650,000 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), effective July 15, 2025, through July 14, 2029. The award supports a comprehensive research initiative investigating the role of skeletal muscle dynamics in dairy cattle during the transition from late-gestation to peak lactation. The project will...
- Grant Award Summary Purdue University received a $591,500 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) (CFDA 10.310), effective March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2030. The award supports research to engineer microfibrillated cellulose (MFC)—a colloidal fiber derived from paper waste biomass—as both a rheological modifier and molecular delivery vehicle. The research addresses three...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Purdue University's College of Agriculture received a formula grant award of $2.85 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Hatch Act of 1887 (CFDA 10.203), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The award supports a comprehensive portfolio of field- and laboratory-based agricultural research conducted across three academic units at Purdue's West Lafayette campus: the College of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Purdue University received a $649,927 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), awarded February 15, 2026, with completion targeted for February 14, 2030. The grant supports research to advance the effective testing, validation, and adoption of microbial biotechnologies in controlled environment agriculture (CEA)...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Purdue University received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Equipment Grants Program (CFDA 10.519) on September 15, 2025. The award funds the acquisition and installation 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 within the Department of Food...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Purdue University received an $800,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The award supports the "Trilateral FPP 2023: Future Proofing Plants" initiative, a research project designed to enhance yield stability in maize under water-limited environments. The project team will screen diverse...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Purdue University received a $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 (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective February 1, 2026, through January 31, 2030. The award supports fundamental research to improve fertility outcomes in beef and dairy cattle by investigating Trophoblast Kunitz Domain Proteins (TKDPs), embryo-derived proteins...
Purdue University received a $495,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability (IFPS) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) for research activities spanning January 15, 2026 through January 14, 2030. While specific research objectives are not detailed in the award documentation, the contextual materials indicate the project addresses sorghum cultivation and production in the United States. The award aligns with AFRI's priority areas, which support competitive research to improve agricultural productivity, food security, and rural economic development through investigations conducted at university research facilities. The project will be performed at Purdue University's West Lafayette, Indiana campus. As a leading land-grant research institution with extensive agricultural research infrastructure, Purdue University has demonstrated substantial capacity to execute AFRI-funded research initiatives. The four-year project timeline and funding level are consistent with typical AFRI Project Grant awards, which support integrated research, education, and extension activities addressing critical agricultural challenges facing the nation's agricultural sector.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $495.0k | 1/7/26 |