Project Grant 2244659
- The South Dakota State University was awarded a $649,948 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program. The grant will fund the development of a web application and data processing pipelines incorporating artificial intelligence models and citizen science-collected data. This will allow livestock producers to monitor forage quality and quantity in...
- The South Dakota State University received a $498,675 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program. The award will fund research from February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2026 to improve the sustainability of agricultural production through increasing knowledge of the effects of native perennial plant monocultures on soil health. Specifically, the...
- South Dakota State University received a $759,272 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. The university will develop an enhanced geospatial tool for near real-time monitoring of species-specific crop growth and condition using satellite data fusion techniques. Key products will include algorithms and computer codes to process and fuse satellite imagery from NASA's...
- This $146,665 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Higher Education - Institution Challenge Grants Program (CFDA 10.217) will fund a 3-year interdisciplinary research program at South Dakota State University (SDSU). The project aims to design and implement an innovative interdisciplinary curriculum offering novel practice-oriented materials and instructional methods in food, agricultural, natural resources, and...
- The National Science Foundation awarded South Dakota State University a $132,491 Project Grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075) to conduct a longitudinal study of environmental identity development among rural and non-rural Alaskan children. The study will examine the emotional and behavioral processes involved in how children's sense of connection to the natural environment is formed from 2021 through 2023. As the awardee, South Dakota...
- This cooperative agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $447,193 to the University of South Dakota (USD) and its partners to advance research, education, and workforce development in the domain of controlled environment agriculture (CEA). The project aims to address climate change impacts on food security and community resilience, particularly for tribal communities, by empirically determining best practices for secure...
- This three-year, $749,977 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Higher Education - Institution Challenge Grants Program (CFDA 10.217) will support the development of a comprehensive Grand Challenge Scholars program and nationwide network at South Dakota State University and partner institutions. The program aims to increase the number and diversity of graduates in food, agriculture, natural, and human science disciplines...
- This $199,280 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund a workshop for artificial intelligence (AI)-powered materials discovery at the University of South Dakota (USD). The goal is to unite researchers from nine EPSCoR jurisdictions with experts in AI, engineering, materials science, physical science, and data science to create a world-class, data-driven materials research platform. The workshop will leverage...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) awarded a $377,096 Project Grant to the University of South Dakota for a 3-year collaborative research project from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2028. The project aims to assess current and future dust flux from the Northern Great Plains region of the U.S. under extreme climate variability, drawing insights from the 1930s Dust Bowl drought. Key activities include collecting historical weather and drought data, measuring...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will provide $2,190,786 to South Dakota State University (SDSU) to develop methods for discovering and designing small molecules to combat antibiotic resistance, microbial biofilms, and aflatoxin contamination. The 4-year project will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools to accelerate the identification of bioactive compounds across three focus...
This $100,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund planning activities for a potential future research proposal focused on reducing agriculture's carbon footprint in South Dakota. Over the one-year period from January to December 2023, the South Dakota Board of Regents will stage ten planning events across the state, including visits to partner universities and state agencies as well as workshops to engage potential participants. The aim is to mature a selected project concept and research team using a collaborative approach, and to identify challenges in efficiently reducing agriculture's carbon emissions that South Dakota researchers are prepared to address over a potential future five-year period. If funded, the future proposal would focus on exploring how artificial intelligence, machine learning and precision agriculture can contribute to lessening the 46% of the state's gross greenhouse gas emissions that come from agriculture.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 1/20/23 | ||
| Not listed | $100.0k | 1/13/23 |