Project Grant AIDHSHG000400017

This $730,000 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) supports Arkansas Tech University in enhancing and modernizing its agricultural learning laboratories. The award, effective June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026, will enable the university to improve its postsecondary instructional facilities and expand educational opportunities in the agricultural sciences. As the prime grantee, Arkansas Tech University will use the...

The Harvesting Potential Program, a Project Grant awarded to Kentucky State University (KSU) through the 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program (CFDA 10.216) administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, provides an immersive agricultural education initiative designed to introduce and retain students in agricultural majors. Funded at $450,000 over a 36-month period (January 1, 2026–December 31, 2028), the program delivers...

This $1,099,000 National Science Foundation Engineering grant funds the acquisition of a state-of-the-art trapped ion mobility spectrometry quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization capabilities. This instrument will enable multidisciplinary research teams at the State University of New York at Albany and partner institutions to advance scientific discovery in areas like environmental monitoring and remediation, biological and biomedical...

Summary of Federal Grant Award The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) received a $3.66 million formula grant award effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, under the Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University program (USDA NIFA CFDA 10.205). The award supports infrastructure enhancement and capacity building across the School of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Human Sciences (SAFHS). Key deliverables include expanding the aquaculture research station with...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) provides $199,916.00 to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY Old Westbury) to acquire an ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) instrument. The award aims to enhance chemical instrumentation and undergraduate STEM education at SUNY Old Westbury, a designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and primarily undergraduate institution (PUI). The...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded Kansas State University a $250,000 Project Grant under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act Nursery Vegetation program (CFDA 10.736) on February 11, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of September 14, 2030. This award supports deferred maintenance and infrastructure modernization of the university's Kansas-based greenhouse facility through the acquisition and installation of specialized equipment systems, including a bench heating...

Federal Grant Award Summary Central State University received $598,042 in funding through the 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program (CFDA 10.216), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The award was obligated on February 1, 2026, with a completion date of January 31, 2029. Under this three-year project grant, Central State University will establish demonstration and research farm plots on its Wilberforce, Ohio campus...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas State University received a $350,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Equipment Grants Program (EGP, CFDA 10.519) effective September 15, 2025, with a completion date of September 14, 2029. This award supports the acquisition of shared-use research equipment to enhance high-throughput sequencing capabilities at the institution's San Marcos, Texas campus....

Federal Grant Award Summary Virginia State University received a $540,446 Project Grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to expand research capabilities in mechatronics and automation. The award, dated May 1, 2026 with a completion deadline of April 30, 2027, funds the Mechatronics and Automation Laboratory Research Capability Expansion Program. This new equipment grant supports the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) provided $966,750 to The Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund (Tulane University), a private university in New Orleans, Louisiana, to acquire an X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) instrument. The XPS instrument will enable researchers at Tulane and other universities in the Greater New Orleans area, including Xavier University of Louisiana, to study the chemistry of...