Project Grant 20266900645754
- Project Grant Summary The University of Nevada, Reno received a $1.15 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, CFDA 10.310) program, awarded August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2030. The grant funds development and field testing of an integrated robotic and artificial intelligence system designed to address critical challenges facing sheep producers in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Utah State University received a $300,000 project grant awarded July 15, 2025, by the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, with a completion date of July 14, 2027. The grant supports research focused on advancing prime editing and genetic engineering technologies to improve disease resistance and animal welfare in livestock, specifically sheep and cattle. The primary...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Nevada, Reno received a $630,500 Project Grant award 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) on February 15, 2026, with a completion date of February 14, 2029. The research project investigates novel dietary fiber sources derived from existing food ingredients such as milk, soybeans, and eggs. Specifically, the project examines...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Tennessee's UT AG Research Division 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 February 1, 2026, through January 31, 2028. The award supports research to characterize the immune and metabolic mechanisms underlying natural parasite resistance in sheep, specifically examining how...
- The University of Nebraska received a $650,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program. The three-year award beginning January 1, 2022 will support developing genomic selection tools and resources to improve robustness and climatic resilience in major US sheep breeds. Key products include reference databases combining genomic and performance...
- Federal Grant Award Summary New Mexico State University received a $1.0 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2028. The project addresses the adoption barriers and knowledge gaps surrounding Precision Ranching (PR) technologies among ranchers and land managers in the Western United States....
- Grant Award Summary The University of Wyoming 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), CFDA 10.310, awarded March 1, 2026, with completion targeted for February 29, 2028. The project will develop and validate a wearable sensor technology that continuously monitors gases produced by cattle and sheep to provide real-time indicators of animal health,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Connecticut received a $650,000 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 September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for September 14, 2028. This research initiative examines how poor maternal nutrition during gestation impacts mitochondrial function in offspring, with the ultimate goal...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Dakota State University received a $196,120.90 project grant from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) awarded on June 15, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2026. The research project will develop and validate allostatic load indexes—predictive biomarker panels—to identify individual livestock at highest risk for heat stress susceptibility in feedlot sheep and cattle....
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award 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 award supports research investigating the individual and interactive effects of maternal nutrition during pregnancy and post-weaning nutritional management on bull calf...
The University of Nevada, Reno received a $1.15 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), with performance occurring from March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2030. This award supports research designed to enhance the economic viability and sustainability of the U.S. sheep industry by developing tools and methodologies to identify superior-performing animals early in their lives. The project integrates genomic data, microbiome analysis (microbial communities from sheep gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts), on-farm electronic feeder records, and economic information to create predictive tools and selection indexes that assist producers in identifying animals with improved feed efficiency, disease resistance, and carcass quality. The primary deliverables include new indicator traits and real-time prediction tools that utilize changes in feeding behavior to identify lambs at risk for illness and project optimal market weight, along with economically-optimized selection indexes tailored to different sheep operation types. The research team will validate findings across research and commercial flocks, conduct cost-effectiveness analyses, and disseminate results through the National Sheep Improvement Program and industry partners via webinars, field days, demonstration flocks, and online tools. The ultimate outcomes are designed to reduce feed costs, mitigate disease-related losses, improve animal welfare, enhance feed and land resource efficiency, and strengthen the long-term competitiveness and sustainability of rural sheep farming communities.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.2m | 1/21/26 |