Project Grant SIS70023GR0074

This Cooperative Agreement award of $2,280,804.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001) is to support agricultural research discoveries, evaluate alternative research approaches, and provide scientific and technical information. The award was made on September 8, 2023 to the U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research & Development organization, with a performance period running through September 7, 2028. The...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $153,829 project grant to Migal Galilee Research Institute LTD. under the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs federal grant program (CFDA 19.600). The grant will support the development of a stakeholder engagement platform to discuss the potential of using agri-voltaic systems for co-producing food and energy under dryland conditions in Israel. The platform aims to engage stakeholders in exploring how integrating solar photovoltaic...

The Dead Sea and Arava Science Center (DSASC) was awarded a $370,418 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to implement the "Innovative Urban Green Roof and Hydroponic System (IGROW) for Urban Built Environments in Water Scarce Communities" initiative in Israel. The grant was awarded on August 18, 2022 under the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs' general foreign assistance program (CFDA #19.600), which supports the Department's goals and objectives...

The Ben Gurion University of the Negev will receive $529,979 under a four-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to investigate the use of prey-predator interactions in soil to mitigate contaminants introduced by treated wastewater irrigation. The research aims to support the foreign assistance goals and objectives of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs as outlined in its FY strategic plan under the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs program (CFDA 19.600)....

This $358,842 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program supports a collaborative research project led by New Mexico State University to harness controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to enhance food security, nutrition, and climate resilience in tribal communities across three EPSCoR jurisdictions. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) characterize how the environment, plants, and microbes interact in hydroponic...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs for $400,000.00 supports the "Negev Forum University Partnership Accelerator" project implemented by the Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC), a non-profit organization. The project will facilitate intensive dialogue and virtual/in-person exchange programs to build partnerships between U.S. and foreign higher education institutions. The funding will support exchanges...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $124,324 cooperative agreement to the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF Global) to fund international collaborative research projects and related scientific activities under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program. Through December 2022, CRDF Global will utilize the award to support the implementation of research projects and workshops through their Global Solutions - Impact...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $643,838 project grant to Ben Gurion University of the Negev to assess the potential use of saline groundwater from the Mediterranean coastal aquifer as feed for desalination in Gaza Strip and Israel. With a completion date of April 4, 2025, this award supports the goals of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.600) to advance foreign assistance objectives in the region as outlined in the annual...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $115,000 cooperative agreement to Histadrut The Working And Studying Youth (doing business as Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed) to deliver services under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program. The program will expand the reach of Israel's environmental community and shared society constituency, empowering young people from diverse religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds to become...

The World Food Program will collaborate with the Agency for International Development Cooperation of Israel and USAID El Salvador to address sustainability challenges relating to water resources and agriculture in El Salvador under a $150,000 project grant awarded through August 31, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding supports the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, which aims to promote long-term economic growth and advance US foreign policy goals through...