Project Grant 20266701546735
Award Date 9/15/26
Completion Date 9/14/30
Dollars Obligated $650K
Federal Agency
Federal Grant Program
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Lincoln, NE 68503, USA
Similar Awards
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $649,455 Project Grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on April 15, 2025. The grant is funded through NIFA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) and supports a 3-year project to develop vaccines for the prevention of swine influenza pandemics. The University of Nebraska, a comprehensive research institution, will leverage its expertise in agriculture,...
- This Project Grant award of $649,943.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) supports the development and updating of vaccines against influenza A virus of swine. The University of Nebraska is the primary awardee and will leverage its multidisciplinary expertise in agricultural research, technology innovation, and vaccine development to deliver this versatile, non-infectious vaccine platform. The project aims to...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $174,474.50 to The University of Kentucky Research Foundation on September 15, 2025, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to investigate porcine reproductive and respiratory virus (PRRSV) transmission across the porcine placenta. The research evaluates how gestational age and intrauterine growth retardation affect fetal infection levels within litters, with the goal of identifying the...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded the Regents of the University of Minnesota $2.811 million on February 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to conduct research on porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus-2 (PRRSV-2) fitness and virulence dynamics. The research will build a multi-scale understanding of how virulence and transmissibility interact to determine viral fitness at pathogen, host, and...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Purdue University $300,000 on September 15, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) to conduct genetic and biological research on post-weaning performance in swine. The research will examine why some piglets adapt better to weaning stress and identify early-life traits that predict later growth performance. Purdue will use commercial pig population data to analyze the genetic basis of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Dakota State University received a $300,000 Project Grant from the USDA 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, 2027. The primary deliverable is the rational re-engineering and development of a dual-antigen vaccine construct that addresses two significant swine pathogens: Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV)...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $650,000 to North Carolina State University on February 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) to conduct molecular research on adrenomedullin's role in swine conceptus development and uterine capacity. The research uses RNA interference technology to knockdown adrenomedullin and its receptors in order to determine the impact on in vitro cell behaviors of porcine trophectoderm...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Northern Arizona University $300,000 on March 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) to generate genetic information on Leptospira species and strains that infect U.S. livestock and contaminate farm soil and water. The award funds research to define the genetic composition of leptospires affecting U.S. agricultural animals, anticipating discovery of multiple pathogenic...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $650,000 to the University of Pennsylvania on February 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) to develop and validate novel objective assessment tools for studying pregnant pig welfare under different housing conditions. The research will use choice tests and motivation tests to quantify what individual female pigs prefer in housing environments. Choice tests record an...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Iowa State University of Science and Technology $727,998 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) on February 15, 2026, to develop a field-deployable diagnostic platform for detecting porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and bovine coronavirus (BCOV). The platform integrates electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (EC-SERS) and engineered antibodies to deliver sensitive and rapid viral...