Project Grant 20266702046485
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Oklahoma State University was awarded $649,946 under the National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Program (CFDA 10.310) effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2029. The project addresses groundwater sustainability in the Ogallala Aquifer across the Southern High Plains, particularly in Oklahoma, where groundwater depletion threatens long-term agricultural productivity and rural economies. The grant funds...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Oklahoma State University received a $299,996 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, awarded April 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2028. The project addresses antimicrobial resistance in agricultural wastewater by developing and testing ozone nanobubble technology—a novel treatment approach using extremely small, highly stable bubbles containing ozone...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Oklahoma State University received a $779,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, awarded February 15, 2026, with completion targeted for February 14, 2030. The research addresses critical challenges in the U.S. swine industry by developing nature-based interventions to improve piglet gut health during the weaning period, when young animals are highly...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Oklahoma State University received a $299,999 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310), awarded February 1, 2026, with a completion date of January 31, 2028. The award funds research to evaluate the efficacy of Bluemuda turf systems—a grass management approach combining warm-season Bermudagrass with cool-season Kentucky bluegrass for year-round turf performance in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Oklahoma State University received a $750,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029. The award supports the development and delivery of an eight-week informal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum in meat sciences for rural high school students in grades 9-11. The curriculum integrates...
- Summary The University of Oklahoma received a $298,448 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2028. The project delivers research datasets and analytical products designed to quantify water consumption and efficiency in Oklahoma winter wheat production systems under varying tillage and no-tillage farming practices. Using satellite-based...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Oklahoma State University received a $299,998 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) for a two-year seed grant project (August 1, 2025 – July 31, 2027). The project focuses on identifying and characterizing traceable molecular indicators in meat that serve as quality assessment tools for meat discoloration attributes. The research will conduct controlled...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Oklahoma State University received a $616,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, awarded April 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2029. The project addresses winterkill losses in turf-type bermudagrass—a major economic challenge to the $60 billion U.S. turfgrass industry—by investigating the genomic mechanisms governing cold hardiness and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Kansas State University received a $1.0 million Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, awarded April 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2031. The project delivers integrated research and decision-support services to enhance adoption of optimized beef cow-calf production management systems aligned with stakeholder values and operational...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Iowa State University of Science and Technology received a $591,484 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, with an award date of February 1, 2026 and completion date of January 31, 2029. The award supports research at the intersection of data science, artificial intelligence (AI), and agricultural sciences to advance genomic selection in crop breeding. The...
Oklahoma State University received a $749,978 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, awarded August 1, 2026, with a completion date of July 31, 2030. The project develops a weather-informed cattle positioning decision support tool designed to mitigate grazing-related degradation of freshwater quality, stream health, and soil health across U.S. grazinglands. The tool integrates artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual fencing technology with weather forecasts to enable adaptive grazing strategies that minimize nutrient loading and ecosystem impacts during rainfall-generating events. The deliverables encompass three primary objectives: conducting field monitoring of cattle locations, stream water quality, and soil health in experimental watersheds; building a deep learning AI model that analyzes interactions between weather data, cattle behavior, and stream water quality; and piloting an AI-enabled decision support tool using multi-day weather forecasts to develop flexible grazing management strategies. These strategies include optimizing distance from streams, grazing duration, rotation timing, and riparian access to support sustainable livestock production while addressing increasing global demand for animal-derived protein projected to double by 2050.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $750.0k | 6/29/26 |