Project Grant 20266702345784
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Dakota State University received a $273,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) for the period of May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2028. The project delivers a data-driven empirical evaluation of how consolidation and federal investment influence rural economic conditions in the U.S. meat and poultry processing sector. Specifically, the research measures the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Dakota State University received an $800,000 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 June 1, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2029. The award funds a comprehensive research initiative to advance understanding of soil salinization in cold semiarid agricultural regions of the United States. The project...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Dakota State University received a $300,000 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 July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. The project investigates the interconnected effects of prenatal and post-weaning nutrition on beef bull calf development and reproductive performance. Research deliverables include...
- This $800,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture will fund research at North Dakota State University under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The research will generate new knowledge and quantitative evidence on the global implications of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict for agricultural trade, commodity prices, investment, and food security. Researchers will analyze trade and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Dakota State University received a $900,000 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 April 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2029. The project delivers integrated research, modeling, and outreach services focused on optimizing vegetated buffer strips (VBS) effectiveness for phosphorus removal in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Dakota State University received a $728,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) awarded on February 15, 2026, with completion scheduled for February 14, 2029. The project will develop and validate a portable, low-cost biosensor for early-stage detection of Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) in sugarbeet crops before visible symptoms appear. Using advanced biological...
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $649,996.00, was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The grant, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, supports research to gain a better understanding of competitive strategies used by food retailers. The key objectives are to: 1) study how retailers compete in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Dakota State University received a $196,120.90 Project Grant award from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective June 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for April 14, 2027. The project addresses heat stress as a critical barrier to efficient meat animal production by developing and validating allostatic load indexes—predictive biomarker panels derived from...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Dakota State University received $849,702 in project grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) for a three-year research project running from August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The award supports a comprehensive research investigation into the dynamic interactions within the barley microbiome during Fusarium Head Blight...
- This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.210 - Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants) provides $262,500 in funding to North Dakota State University (NDSU) over 5 years, starting November 15, 2023. The purpose of the grant is to establish a new Master of Science program in Agribusiness and Data Analytics at NDSU. Through this program, the university will train a diverse group of graduate...
North Dakota State University received an $800,000 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), CFDA 10.310, awarded July 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2030. The project will develop improved methodologies for measuring competition in local food retail markets by integrating detailed establishment-level data with anonymized, aggregated consumer mobility information to establish more accurate market boundaries and identify factors influencing shopping patterns. The primary deliverables include practical, transparent analytical tools and evidence-based research findings designed to enable researchers and public-sector analysts to evaluate local food retail competition more accurately. Outputs will support better-informed policy decisions regarding fair competition, local economic strengthening, and food access resilience by clarifying how store openings, closures, and industry consolidation affect pricing, consumer choice, and service availability across different geographic locations and communities.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $800.0k | 1/28/26 |