Project Grant 20266701545786
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research received a $650,000 Project Grant award dated September 15, 2025, 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). The three-year project, scheduled for completion by September 14, 2028, focuses on optimizing self-destructing attenuated adjuvant Salmonella (SDAAS) strains as vaccine delivery...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), focuses on advancing knowledge and developing solutions to address disease and health management challenges in the growing U.S. aquaculture industry. The $649,995 award, spanning from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, supports research to study the mechanisms of immune response and...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $225,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a microneedle-based technology for efficient underwater fish vaccine delivery. The proposed research aims to address the leading cause of fish loss in aquaculture - fish disease - by creating a method to administer vaccines to young fish that...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), funded under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), aims to develop new methods for controlling Columnaris disease in channel catfish aquaculture. The $180,000 award, active from June 15, 2023 to June 14, 2026, supports collaborative research between scientists at Auburn University and the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Aquatic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maine received a $650,000 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 December 1, 2025, with completion targeted for November 30, 2030. The project addresses disease and stress-related losses in Atlantic salmon aquaculture by developing and validating an innovative environmental RNA (eRNA) diagnostic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research received a $422,125 Project Grant awarded on July 23, 2025, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855). The award supports research through June 30, 2027, focused on developing a novel vaccine delivery platform against Francisella tularensis, a highly pathogenic bacterium of significant biosecurity concern. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, College Park received a $650,000 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 February 1, 2026, with a completion date of January 31, 2029. The project develops non-invasive diagnostic tools to detect stress in rainbow trout raised in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) by identifying molecular...
- This federal Project Grant award for $1,199,850.00, provided by the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program, aims to achieve transformative improvements in the productivity and sustainability of key pond aquaculture operations through the "Intelligent Resource Efficient Pond Aquaculture (IREPA)" project at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). The core focus of the three-year IREPA project is to develop cyber-physical systems, including AI-driven farm...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University received a $1.0M 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 February 1, 2026 through January 31, 2031. The award supports an integrated research and extension project addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in U.S. catfish farming operations, with primary focus on Mississippi...
- This 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) provides $649,892 to Phycovax LLC to develop a novel diatom-based oral vaccine to protect fish against lactococcosis, a bacterial disease affecting trout farming in the United States. The project aims to engineer microalgae (diatoms) to produce vaccine proteins that can be incorporated into fish feed,...
The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research received a $650,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) effective March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2029. The project will develop a needle-free, water-delivered vaccine to protect farmed fish—specifically catfish and trout—against two economically damaging infectious diseases: edwardsiellosis and white spot disease (ich). The research utilizes a weakened, fully contained fish bacterium as a carrier vector to deliver protective genetic instructions into fish cells, enabling the fish's immune system to recognize and combat disease. The vaccine is designed to lyse within fish tissues and cannot persist in the environment, thereby minimizing ecological risk. This innovation addresses critical challenges in aquaculture sustainability by providing a practical, scalable disease-prevention tool that reduces fish mortality, decreases reliance on antibiotics and chemical treatments, improves animal welfare, and enhances operational profitability for fish producers. Upon successful completion, the vaccine technology is expected to benefit the aquaculture industry while supporting food security, environmental health, and the resilience of rural economies dependent on fish farming operations.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $650.0k | 1/7/26 |