Project Grant AM22PRSMT6086

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Oregon State University a $536,923 Project Grant under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) with a performance period of September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The purpose of the grant is to establish the Pacific Food Safety Education and Training Collaborative, which will provide customized food safety training and technical assistance to diverse communities across the vast Pacific territories of...

This $1 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities supports research at Oregon State University under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The two-year award will fund the establishment of a Pandemic Predictive Intelligence and Policy Center to develop feedback loops between predictive modeling and adaptive response strategies that can attenuate pandemic transmission in urban environments. Key deliverables...

This National Science Foundation project grant award of $1,000,000 supports the establishment of the Center for Ecosystems Data Integration and Pandemic Early Warning Systems in Western New York. Funded under the NSF Engineering Directorate's Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase I program, the award will support the development of an integrated early warning system to monitor and track emerging pathogens through wastewater surveillance and clinical sampling analysis....

This $10.8 million Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program supports continued efforts to provide new technologies and principles to amplify climate resiliency through the Western SARE funding programs. Key objectives include broadening the scope of submitted proposals, leveraging the diversity of the Administrative Council, finalizing the...

The Oregon State University was awarded a $793,592 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328). The grant will support the Western Regional Center to Enhance Food Safety (WRCEFS) in continuing to foster collaboration on food safety education and stakeholder support for implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act through September 2024. Specifically, WRCEFS will expand its...

Westcliff University will use $633,746 from a Formula Grant awarded by the Department of Education under the Education Stabilization Fund program to deliver emergency student grants to financially needy students. The grant funds were allocated as part of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act's Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Westcliff Management Group, doing business as Westcliff University,...

This $734,387 project grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service supports costs incurred by the Washington State Department of Agriculture to implement COVID-19 response measures for the state's food processors, distributors, farmers markets, and producers. Funded activities may include workplace safety, business model changes, facility modifications, transportation, worker housing, and medical expenses incurred between January 27, 2020 and December 31, 2021 in response to the public...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded West Coast University Inc., doing business as WCU University, an $8.2 million Formula Grant under the Education Stabilization Fund program (CFDA 84.425) on February 4, 2021. The grant aims to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic through February 3, 2022. Specifically, the funding will support West Coast University in providing educational services and related student support to help...

This $1,500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) with a project period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The grant was awarded to Arizona State University to develop new strategies for collectively managing risks from natural disasters, infrastructure challenges, pandemics, and other shocks. The project combines gamification of biological "rules of life" such as...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,961 Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to Rush River Research Corp. The grant aims to develop a low-cost, automated receptacle for rapid point-of-care sterilization of personal protective equipment, such as filtering facepiece respirators, for frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the company will construct and...