Project Grant 20266901645952
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Dakota State University received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) beginning June 1, 2026 and concluding May 31, 2027. The research project delivers scientific knowledge and predictive analytical tools addressing the effects of nano- and microplastics on animal health and reproduction. Using pigs as a biological model system comparable...
- 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), CFDA 10.310, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027. The grant supports the development and testing of an improved porcine reproductive and respiratory disease syndrome virus (PRRSV) vaccine engineered to address the challenge of antibody-based...
- This federal Project Grant award, with an obligated amount of $453,989.00, was provided by the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Conservation Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.924). The award will fund a research project to investigate the impacts of controlled crop type, stubble heights, and stalk density on snow accumulation, soil organic carbon and phosphorous, snow water equivalent (SWE), and runoff into wetland. The project will be performed by the University of North...
- 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 a $591,500 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 on May 15, 2026, with a completion date of May 14, 2029. The project addresses bacterial disease in U.S. catfish farming, which has contributed to a nearly 50% decline in domestic catfish production between 2005 and 2013. The deliverable...
- 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...
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 cold-climate agricultural watersheds, specifically the Red River Basin. Deliverables include field investigations quantifying phosphorus dynamics and VBS removal efficiency under snowmelt conditions, physical-economic modeling that accounts for snow-dominated hydrology, and comparative analysis of mandated versus voluntary VBS implementation policies across Minnesota and North Dakota. The grant supports a multifaceted outreach program designed to facilitate co-learning between researchers and agricultural stakeholders to maximize VBS implementation effectiveness in reducing nonpoint source pollution. Project outputs directly inform local policymaking in the Red River Basin while addressing the region's mandate to reduce phosphorus loads to Lake Winnipeg by 65%. The research addresses a critical knowledge gap regarding VBS performance in cold regions where spring snowmelt—rather than rainfall—drives surface runoff and where frozen soils and dormant vegetation limit traditional buffer effectiveness.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $900.0k | 1/30/26 |