Cooperative Agreement AIDOAAF1700030

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to Eden Concepts, LLC, a woman-owned small business. The funding will support the development, validation, and commercialization of an innovative, integrated planting system that enables growers to germinate seeds on-farm and precisely plant them in the field. This autonomous system aims to replace labor-intensive...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $27,500,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608) will provide food assistance, education, and nutrition support in Malawi. The prime awardee, Cooperative For Assistance And Relief Everywhere, Inc. (CARE), will implement a comprehensive program to improve food security, reduce hunger, and boost primary...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001) provides $500,000 in funding to support the creation of a pan-African permanent capital investment vehicle for equity. The purpose of this initiative is to deliver low-carbon, climate-resilient affordable student housing and facilitate market entry into Uganda. The prime awardee, Mida Advisors LLC, is a minority-owned small...

This $649,998 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program supports the research and development of Global Neighbor, Inc.'s Directed Energy Seed Priming (DESP) system. The key objectives are to finalize the DESP design, validate its field performance through on-farm trials, prepare for commercial launch, and disseminate the findings within the agricultural community. The...

This federal Project Grant award of $104,800.00, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program, supports an overseas project titled "SEEDS OF GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING: ENHANCING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE THROUGH US-UGANDA AGRICULTURAL EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATION." The project, awarded to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), aims to enhance modern foreign language and area studies...

The federal Project Grant award of $750,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports the "E-GROW" project. This 4-year project, led by Cornell University, aims to develop youth interest and competency in agricultural technology (AgTech) for food production in controlled environment agriculture (CEA). The project will pilot a CEA certificate program at 10 middle and high schools in several states, reaching an...

This $349,058 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program will support La Semilla Food Center's efforts to increase the urban impact of their Raices youth program and youth farm apprenticeship. The funding will enable La Semilla to train youth from underrepresented backgrounds in climate-adaptive desert agroecology, career skills, leadership, and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $1,500,000.00 was granted by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The award, with a performance period from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2027, is intended to support quality, inclusive secondary education for millions of students in Uganda. The awardee, Promoting Equality In African Schools (PEAS), is a non-profit organization based in the UK that will...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program will provide $2,142,278 from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029 to the Alliance For Children Everywhere (ACE) to build on existing child protection and care reform efforts in Malawi, Uganda, and Zambia. The objective is to strengthen child protection and care systems to increasingly ensure children are raised in safe,...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $6.1 million Project Grant to Aglaunch Initiative under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024). The funding supports Aglaunch's AGRIX3 project to expand its accelerator platform across additional agricultural regions and leverage additional investment. Key products and services include scaling Aglaunch's Data Commons framework for collecting and housing farm-level and trial-specific data; scaling its Open...