This $5,000,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) will establish a "Global Centers: Reliable and Scalable Biofoundries for Biomanufacturing and Global Bioeconomy" initiative. The center will leverage international expertise from seven successful biofoundries in the U.S., Finland, Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom. The key objectives are to: (1) develop and validate cross-national...
This $5,000,000 federal Project Grant award is funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) Global Centers program (CFDA 47.079). It supports an International Research Center for Enhancing Plant Resilience, a multi-national collaboration focused on developing sustainable agricultural solutions to address global food security challenges. The center integrates expertise from the U.S., Canada, Japan, South Korea, and the UK to discover and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) program (CFDA 47.079) provides $449,884 from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027 to the University of Tennessee. The award will support a collaborative research and training program between the University of Tennessee and the University of Otago in New Zealand focused on food innovation for sustainable food systems. Under this award, the project will provide international...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $418,193 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Missouri System to develop a circular "FEAST" (Food Ecosystems and Circularity for Sustainable Transformation) framework. The project aims to address hidden hunger (micronutrient deficiencies) in the Osage Nation through sustainable food processing and reviving traditional Osage foods like elderberry. Key objectives include: Understanding...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $750,000 will fund the development of dairy protein product innovations through the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). Awarded on December 15, 2022 to Boise State University, the project aims to modernize dairy processing using artificial intelligence, advanced sensing and manufacturing technologies. Key deliverables include creating AI-based solutions to automate real-time protein analysis in milk processing...
This $599,463 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, supports research to define and characterize the infrastructure of U.S. food systems. The project, awarded to the University of Washington, aims to develop a shared vision of food systems infrastructure to identify the biggest challenges and most promising solutions. The first phase will define and describe food systems infrastructure, the second...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $744,721 project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to the University of California, San Francisco on December 15, 2022 with a completion date of November 30, 2023. The grant funds the Network of User-Engaged Researchers Building Interdisciplinary Scientific Infrastructures for Healthy Food (NOURISH) project. NOURISH aims to develop technical solutions to transform "food swamps" saturated with...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $627,125 Project Grant under the CFDA Program 47.079 - Office of International Science and Engineering to the Regents of the University of Minnesota. The grant, titled "NSF-NFRF: REIMAGINING FOOD SYSTEMS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION," will explore how indigenous-led concepts and approaches can inform solutions to food and nutrition insecurity exacerbated by climate change. The project aims to establish best practices for...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) provides $750,000 over 5 years to Penn State University to implement an 8-week summer research and career development program. The program will engage 10 undergraduate students annually from non-land grant institutions across the U.S. in experiential research, career exploration, and professional development activities...
This $305,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program. The research project aims to study how decisions in the food industry influence the movement of people, animals, and resources into rural America. The key research questions focus on understanding the strategies and impacts of multinational companies in the food sector on land use, labor, and economic dynamics in rural...