Project Grant 20266701346624
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University $416,577 on May 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) to build a comprehensive database of environmental nontariff measures affecting agricultural products and quantify their trade impacts on U.S. agriculture. The recipient will construct the database from multiple sources including the WTO Environmental Database,...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University $299,933 on April 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to build coordinated regional food systems across Virginia. Virginia Tech, in partnership with Virginia State University, will convene farmers, policymakers, planners, businesses, and community organizations through regional meetings and a statewide summit to align...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University $272,953 on April 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) to conduct research on agritourism challenges and opportunities in Virginia. The project combines operator surveys, big data analytics of mobile phone patterns, and collaborative focus groups to identify challenges facing agritourism operations, including regulatory complexity,...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $650,000 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University on February 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) to investigate interleukin-6 family signaling proteins and their roles in early embryonic development and pregnancy establishment in cattle. The research has three specific aims: determine how IL6-family signals guide early embryo formation, particularly the...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University $2,368,066 under the Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act (CFDA 10.203) on October 1, 2025. The award funds agricultural research addressing agricultural viability, profitability, and productivity through development of low-input and profitable indoor agricultural production systems and improvement of small ruminant production...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $300,000 to Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service on May 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to evaluate a drought-resilient double cover-cropping system combining cotton and cowpea production under strip tillage in drought-prone regions. The project evaluates the impact of the cotton-cowpea double cover-cropping rotation on soil chemical and physical properties, soil...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University received a $650,000 Project Grant award dated July 15, 2025, through 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). The three-year project, extending through July 14, 2028, will develop sensor-based monitoring systems and precision feeding algorithms for cattle that optimize the use of human-inedible...
- Award Summary Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University received a $325,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329), awarded September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for September 14, 2027. The project develops integrated disease forecasting tools to address fungal foliar diseases in major crops including corn, soybeans, and potatoes....
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (doing business as Virginia Tech) $15,792,764 in formula grant funding on October 1, 2025, under the Smith-Lever Extension Funding program (CFDA 10.511). The award supports cooperative agricultural extension activities through Virginia Cooperative Extension, a partnership between Virginia Tech and Virginia State University, along with the Virginia Agricultural...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University $8.719 million on October 1, 2025, under the Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act (CFDA 10.203), a formula grant with performance through September 30, 2027. The award funds research across four critical issue areas. The Agricultural Viability, Profitability, and Productivity focus develops low-input and profitable indoor...
The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University $278,074 on September 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) to conduct research identifying why cover cropping and crop rotation succeed under some agronomic conditions and underperform under others. The recipient will combine field observations from across the United States with statistical analysis, computer modeling of crop-soil interactions, and machine learning to identify major constraints limiting the yield and soil health benefits of cover cropping and crop rotation, evaluate strategies for overcoming those constraints across major U.S. cropping systems, and develop practical decision-support tools including lookup tables and decision trees. The work is expected to provide researchers, extension professionals, crop advisers, and producers with location-specific guidance on when, where, and how to implement and manage these soil health practices, thereby reducing trial-and-error decision-making and improving returns on management investments. Performance occurs at Virginia Tech's Blacksburg, Virginia campus. The project period runs from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $278.1k | 7/28/26 |