Project Grant 59542820022

This federal Project Grant award of $649,999 from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will support research to develop methods for determining the value of pollination services by wild and managed pollinators, as well as efficient levels and locations of wild pollinator habitat preservation and managed pollinator stocking rates. The project, which will be carried out by the University of Maryland, College Park, the...

The University of California, Riverside received a $930,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (CFDA 10.332) to conduct research on heat resilience in honey bee populations. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) identify commercially viable honey bee stocks that are resilient to heat, 2) determine the physiological mechanisms governing sex- and stock-specific heat resilience, and 3) develop genetic...

This U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service award under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program provides $459,406.00 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to establish a long-term monitoring program for California bumble bees. The project aims to: 1) extend the existing California Bumble Bee Atlas survey for an additional year, 2) develop a priority framework for ongoing bumble bee monitoring across California, and 3) draft a comprehensive...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program provides $147,013 to North Carolina State University (NC State) to conduct climate change vulnerability assessments for at-risk insect pollinator species in the Southeastern U.S. and U.S. Caribbean. The key activities include: 1) convening an advisory committee of state, territory, and tribal partners to identify priority pollinator...

The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded a $310,302 Cooperative Agreement to Pollinator Partnership, doing business as Coevolution Institute, under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). The award, with a performance period from January 5, 2024 to March 30, 2027, supports the "URBAN FARMING FOR POLLINATORS" project. Pollinator Partnership, a woman-owned non-profit organization focused on...

This $225,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) CFDA program aims to quantify the impacts of heatwaves on the development and survival of the blue orchard bee, an important managed crop pollinator. The research, conducted by the Regents of the University of California at Riverside, combines greenhouse and laboratory experiments to determine how heatwaves affect this bee species...

This USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Project Grant award in the amount of $3,942,159 will fund research to address the critical challenge of varroa mite control for managed honey bee colonies that provide essential pollination services to specialty crops like almonds, blueberries, and pumpkins. The research team led by The Ohio State University, with sub-awards to partners including Auburn University, UC Davis, University of...

The Almond Board of California was awarded a $6,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (CFDA 10.618) to conduct approved market development activities intended to foster expanded exports and market diversification for U.S. agricultural commodities and products. The award, effective December 23, 2024, will support the Board's efforts to encourage the development, maintenance, and expansion of diverse commercial export...

This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $749,086, was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) to Villanova University. The project aims to address two of the USDA's Pollinator Health priorities - understanding factors that influence pollinator abundance and diversity, and developing innovative tools and management practices to support healthy pollinators. Specifically, the project will use unmanned aerial vehicles...

This $249,639 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture will fund the development of a precision robotic pollinator to supplement natural pollinators and improve global food security. Awarded under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program, the University of Florida project aims to address challenges to robotic pollination such as spatial-temporal crop development, flower similarity and occlusion, and scale....