Project Grant NR203A750013G009

The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $630,861 Project Grant to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas to improve the accuracy and transparency of soil-test fertilizer recommendations. The project will update decades-old phosphorus and potassium recommendations and develop an unbiased decision-support tool for nutrient management, which will be available for use by anyone involved in this area. This grant is funded through the...

The federal Project Grant award of $418,381.00, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912), will support research at Purdue University to develop accurate methods for assessing corn nitrogen status using high spatial-spectral proximal sensing. The project, titled "ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF CORN NITROGEN STATUS WITH HIGH SPATIAL-SPECTRAL PROXIMAL SENSING," aims to provide...

The Tri-State Watershed Alliance, Inc. was awarded a $507,902 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to demonstrate phosphorus recovery technologies at three sites with the aim of achieving 80% total phosphorus removal over extended demonstration periods. This award is part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, which promotes agricultural production, forest management, and environmental quality through voluntary...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Texas A&M Agrilife Research received a $3.82 million cooperative agreement award dated April 8, 2026, from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) under CFDA 81.135 to develop field-deployable sorghum hybrids with reduced nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. The three-year project, titled "Developing Field-Deployable Low N2O Emission Sorghum Hybrids Using Biological Nitrification Inhibition and Nitrogen Fixation," is funded through...

The Fertilizer Product Expansion Program (FPEP), a federal grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services, awarded a $3,962,332.00 Project Grant to Bluestem Systems LLC on February 2, 2024. The purpose of this grant is to expand capacity, improve competition, and increase supply chain resilience within the agricultural fertilizer and nutrient management sector in connection with the production of...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Colorado State University received a $5.4 million Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, awarded March 17, 2026, for research extending through March 16, 2030. Under the TEOSYNTE (Technologies to Emend and Obviate Synthetic Nitrogen's Toll on Emissions) program, the university will conduct integrated investigations into the mechanistic basis of nitrogen (N) use efficiency variation in maize and...

This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to identify promising treatment technologies for phosphorus (P) mitigation in the Everglades ecosystem of South Florida. The University of Florida (UF) is the prime awardee and will engage with stakeholders to understand their technological needs and perspectives, evaluate existing and emerging P-sorbing products and technologies, and develop...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $282,000 Project Grant to Iowa State University under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to develop soil nutrient and moisture monitoring probe sensors. The university will advance sensors for agricultural monitoring by designing probes integrated with sensors to continuously monitor soil nitrogen, salinity, and moisture levels throughout corn crop cycles up to four months. The probes aim to optimize...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $2,250,437 Project Grant to Table To Farm Compost LLC through the Fertilizer Product Expansion Program (FPEP, CFDA 10.383). The grant will support Table To Farm Compost's fertilizer production expansion efforts in Colorado from April 2023 through April 2025. As the purpose of the FPEP is to expand agricultural fertilizer capacity and supply chain resilience, the grant funding will enable Table To Farm Compost to increase its compost...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign received a $4.75 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) effective April 15, 2026, through April 14, 2030. Under the TEOSYNTE (Technologies to Emend and Obviate Synthetic Nitrogen's Toll on Emissions) program, the university will develop NSAVE maize (N2O Suppression and Ammonium Availability Enhancement) by stacking innovative genetic traits...