Project Grant 5902061196F5

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Department of State awarded a Project Grant of $39.5 million to Centro Internacional De Mejoramiento De Maíz Y Trigo Internacional (CIMMYT) under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) to strengthen U.S. and regional food security through agricultural research, innovation, and cooperation with scientific partners, farmers, and private sector companies. The award, effective December 30, 2025, with a completion date of...

Grant Award Summary The University of California, Davis received a $618,000 Project Grant from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational and Applied Science Program (CFDA 10.310), with performance scheduled from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029. The project will develop new wheat varieties that maintain short stature and lodging resistance while demonstrating improved growth vigor and efficiency under...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $124,324 cooperative agreement to the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF Global) to fund international collaborative research projects and related scientific activities under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program. Through December 2022, CRDF Global will utilize the award to support the implementation of research projects and workshops through their Global Solutions - Impact...

Grant Award Summary The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. received an $800,000 project grant from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) (CFDA 10.310), awarded November 15, 2025, with completion targeted for November 14, 2028. The project addresses the critical challenge of winter weather damage to wheat crops in major growing regions worldwide by leveraging advanced single-cell genomics and artificial...

Novin Agritech LLC received a $174,906 Phase I award from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212) on September 15, 2025, to develop nitrogen-efficient wheat varieties. Over the 9-month project period, the awardee will design and implement advanced gene-editing tools to create improved lines of Purdue's elite wheat variety AG0762 that demonstrate enhanced nitrogen uptake and extended leaf longevity. The...

Federal Grant Award Summary Michigan State University received a $969,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants program (CFDA 10.200) awarded September 30, 2025, with completion targeted for September 29, 2026. This collaborative initiative involves potato breeding and genetics programs at four North Central land-grant universities—University of Wisconsin-Madison, Michigan State University, North...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Washington State University received a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, to develop AI-ENGAGE, an artificial intelligence-driven precision genomic selection platform for wheat breeding. The project delivers advanced neural network tools that integrate genetic markers, environmental factors, and plant growth...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $154,631 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota Office of Sponsored Projects Administration to support research developing scab resistant wheat and barley via genomics from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026. The award is being used to fund research under the Agricultural Research Service's Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001), which supports making agricultural research...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded North Dakota State University a $371,333 Project Grant under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001) to conduct wheat breeding for enhanced Fusarium head blight resistance in North Dakota. The grant period is from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026 and will support research to develop wheat varieties with improved resistance to Fusarium head blight, a fungal disease that reduces wheat yields and...

This Project Grant award of $494,829 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at South Dakota State University (SDSU) to elucidate the signaling mechanisms of wall-associated kinase (WAK) immunity receptors in the barley-spot blotch pathosystem. The key objectives are to: 1) determine the physical interaction and subcellular localization of two WAK genes SBS1 and SBS2, 2) elucidate the signaling pathways of these WAK genes, and 3)...