Project Grant 20266701445815
- Clemson University was awarded a $789,857 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The four-year grant will fund research to identify factors regulating beneficial symbiotic associations between sorghum plants and mycorrhizal fungi. Researchers will study signaling mechanisms that facilitate fungal germination and root association, as well as chemical...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Clemson University's Division of Research received a $294,000 Project Grant award effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational and Applied Science Program (CFDA 10.310). This award funds research to functionally characterize genes underlying cottonseed oil, protein, and fiber quality traits while developing novel genetic variations for...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Clemson University's Division of Research received a $500,000 project grant from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) awarded on January 15, 2026, with completion scheduled for January 14, 2030. The project aims to develop and release two new cantaloupe cultivars for the U.S. market that combine superior flavor characteristics—derived from the French heirloom Charentais...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Clemson University's Division of Research received a $799,997 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), awarded February 15, 2026, with completion scheduled for February 14, 2031. The primary deliverable is the development of molecular markers for water-use efficiency (WUE) in cotton, addressing a critical need identified by the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Clemson University's Division of Research received a $300,000 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), awarded July 1, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2027. The grant supports the development of integrated pest management (IPM) tactics to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in fungal pathogens affecting agricultural...
- This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) provides $499,805 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) to Clemson University for a program aimed at preparing 40 undergraduate students for careers in globally engaged agricultural professions. Over five years, the university will recruit and train cohorts of eight students annually to gain research and extension skills and experience through hands-on...
- Grant Summary Clemson University's Division of Research received a $299,990 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 September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2028. The project addresses weather-related agricultural risks in the Southeastern U.S. by investigating barriers to irrigation adoption among small and medium-sized farmers. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Clemson University's Division of Research received a $607,898 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Hatch Act of 1887 (CFDA 10.203), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2027. This grant supports comprehensive agricultural research activities conducted across Clemson's main campus and six Research and Education Centers (RECs) distributed throughout South...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Clemson University received a $157,640 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for October 31, 2026. This collaborative research initiative focuses on comparative genomics of the capitulum—the specialized flower head structure characteristic of the Asteraceae family, which comprises approximately 10% of...
- This $725,925 federal Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) to Clemson University's Division of Research supports the development of digital tools and standards to enable the integration of high-dimensional plant phenotype (HDPP) data into plant breeding workflows. The project aims to: (A) generate appropriate data models for HDPP data, (B) develop Breeding Application Programming Interface (BrAPI)...
Federal Grant Award Summary Clemson University received a $495,000 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), awarded January 15, 2026, with completion targeted for January 14, 2029. In collaboration with Carolina Seed Systems, Clemson's Division of Research will develop and evaluate improved grain sorghum hybrids designed to enhance productivity and profitability for American farmers. The project leverages Clemson's position as the only grain sorghum breeding program east of the Mississippi River to commercialize hybrids adapted to diverse growing regions from Florida to Pennsylvania, addressing the agricultural industry's need for sorghum varieties that perform effectively on marginal soils with reduced water requirements. The research deliverables include the development and evaluation of hybrid combinations from elite parent germplasm with superior general combining ability, assessment of commercial hybrids for anthracnose disease resistance, and adaptation of hybrids with herbicide tolerance traits. The project will utilize established genomic prediction pipelines, specialized disease screening nurseries, and introgression breeding lines to identify parents with exceptional pest resistance and yield potential. A Ph.D. student and postdoctoral fellow will conduct this collaborative research, supporting workforce development objectives while advancing USDA's strategic goal of building resilient agriculture through improved plant health and disease mitigation, directly aligning with the AFRI program's focus on plant health and production.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $495.0k | 1/8/26 |