Project Grant 20266702246023
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Oklahoma State University received a $779,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) (CFDA 10.310) program, awarded February 15, 2026, with a completion date of February 14, 2030. The grant funds a four-year research project designed to develop non-antibiotic interventions to improve swine gut health and prevent disease during the critical post-weaning period. The project...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Oklahoma State University received a $649,946 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), awarded May 1, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2029. The project addresses the critical challenge of unsustainable groundwater depletion from the Ogallala Aquifer in the Southern High Plains, particularly in Oklahoma, where...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $999,984 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), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. The grant supports research to develop innovative and cost-effective water treatment methods for aquaponic systems that can capture and degrade antibiotic residues in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded George Washington University an $800,000 project grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) program, effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2030. This research project addresses the critical challenge of antibiotic contamination in treated wastewater being reused for agricultural irrigation. The grant funds a comprehensive research...
- This federal Project Grant award of $650,000 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) aims to improve small and medium-scale poultry farming practices by incorporating oxygen nanobubbles into poultry drinking water. The multi-regional, multi-institutional research project will study the effects of enhanced oxygen supplementation in four key areas: gut health and production efficiency, disease management (focusing on...
- This $999,618 project grant from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund the development of an antimicrobial resistance mitigation system incorporating engineered biochar adsorbents tailored to remove specific contaminants from reclaimed water. The University of California, Riverside will design a large-scale system to efficiently remove antibiotics and antibiotic...
- Federal Project Grant Summary Michigan Technological University received a $299,999 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2027. The project will develop and test disinfection methodologies for treated wastewater used in agricultural irrigation. Primary deliverables include a laboratory system to evaluate three...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University received a $1.0 million 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), effective February 1, 2026, through January 31, 2031. The award supports research and practical interventions to reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in U.S. catfish farming operations, primarily located in Mississippi and Alabama. The...
- This $800,000 federal Project Grant award to George Washington University (The) was made by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant supports research to understand the horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) mediated by membrane vesicles in water matrices relevant to agricultural water reuse. The research aims to elucidate the persistence and removal of vesicle-associated ARGs in...
- This $299,322 Project Grant award to Auburn University was issued by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The objective is to determine the impact of antimicrobial use (AMU) in poultry production on microbial diversity, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, and horizontal gene transfer in the environment. The research will compare AMR levels and animal health outcomes between antimicrobial-free...
Grant Award Summary Oklahoma State University received a $299,996 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 April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2028. The project will develop and evaluate ozone nanobubble technology as an innovative wastewater treatment method to remove antibiotic residues and antimicrobial resistance genes from agricultural wastewater, particularly from swine farm operations. The research team will generate ozone-containing nanobubbles in laboratory systems, test their efficacy in a 50-liter pilot setup using real farm wastewater, and compare the technology's performance against existing ozonation methods. The deliverables include scientific evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of the nanobubble treatment approach, performance metrics on antibiotic removal rates and resistance gene reduction, and a comparative analysis with conventional ozonation techniques. The project also incorporates integrated education and outreach components, including hands-on student training, interdisciplinary collaboration between engineering and microbiology teams, and engagement with agricultural producers and extension specialists. If successful, this technology could provide farms with a more efficient, potentially low-cost treatment solution to reduce the environmental and public health risks associated with antimicrobial resistance spread from agricultural operations.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $300.0k | 2/13/26 |