Project Grant W911QY1110008

This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Army Medical Command provides $275,000 to Bio-Gene Technology Limited for research and development efforts aimed at developing multi-use controlled release devices based on the delivery of flavocide as a next generation protection system for controlling flying insect vectors. The purpose of this award, which runs from January 10, 2025 to January 10, 2028, is to support research under the Department of Defense's Deployed Warfighter Protection (DWFP)...

This Project Grant award, valued at $310,124.67, was provided by the U.S. Army Medical Command under the Deployed Warfighter Protection (DWFP) Program (CFDA 12.355). The grant supports the development of novel, safe pesticides derived from the guayule plant for controlling medically relevant mosquitoes that pose risks to deployed military personnel. The research, conducted by The Ohio State University, aims to create innovative vector control solutions to prevent the transmission of...

This federal Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) provides $324,493.13 in funding to Path, a global health nonprofit organization, to conduct research and development on novel repellent textiles for protection from disease vectors. The grant is awarded under the Department of the Army's Deployed Warfighter Protection (DWFP) Program (CFDA 12.355), which focuses on developing advanced technologies to protect military personnel from disease-carrying arthropods and vectors. The...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329), provides $325,000 to Michigan State University (MSU) to conduct research on developing biological control strategies for two key agricultural pests - spotted wing drosophila (SWD) and apple maggot fly (AMF). The key products and services to be delivered under this...

This $505,238 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) will support research to identify skin-associated compounds that can disrupt mosquito landing and biting behavior. The overarching goal is to discover new chemical compounds that can act as improved topical insect repellents compared to DEET, especially for use in tropical regions. The research will involve validating...

This $649,972 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 development of textile coating systems that incorporate biobased insect repellents. The grantee, Insectapel LLC, is a for-profit limited liability company focused on creating innovative, environmentally-friendly alternatives to synthetic chemical insect repellents. The research aims to leverage...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Industrial Innovation, totaling $250,000, supports research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to develop effective and safe pesticide formulations for protecting crops from fungal diseases. Under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the awardee will identify naturally produced molecules with enhanced fungicidal activity against Botrytis cinerea and Phakopsora pachyrhizi, major pathogens causing billions in annual crop...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $324,982 Project Grant under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA# 10.329) to North Carolina State University. This 2-year grant, awarded on Sep 1, 2023, aims to develop alternative integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for soil insect management in sweetpotato, in response to the regulatory removal of the insecticide chlorpyrifos. The project will...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) has awarded a Project Grant of $999,591 to Washington State University (WSU) to enhance the biocidal efficacy and delivery of biopesticides for sustainable agriculture. The key objectives are to: 1) develop bio-based microcarriers to improve biopesticide stability under field conditions; 2) engineer microcarriers with organic-certified surfactants to enhance biopesticide retention on hydrophobic plant...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) provides $216,700.00 to North Carolina State University to advance research on integrated pest management, genetic control technology, surveillance technology, and regulatory entomology for several invasive insect species. The key activities include supporting the evaluation of...