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36 food safety grants awarded by USDA
March 31, 2015
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The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture today announced funding awards totaling nearly $19 million, including more than $6.7 million for antimicrobial resistance strategies, to 36 grantees to ensure a safe and nutritious food supply and while maintaining American agricultural competitiveness. NIFA made the awards through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, which is authorized by the 2014 farm bill.
NIFA made the awards through the AFRI Food Safety program to protect consumers from microbial and chemical contaminants that may occur in the food chain, from production to consumption. This year, AFRI’s Food Safety program is comprised of five sub-programs. The following projects have been selected for awards in each sub-program:
Enhancing Food Safety through Improved Processing Technologies
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Ark. $149,000
Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tenn., $500,000
University of Maine, Orono, Maine, $900,000
University of California, Davis, Calif., $751,000
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., $700,000
Effective Mitigation Strategies for Antimicrobial Resistance
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo., $749,838
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., $2,193,556
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., $2,250,000
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., $15,000
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, $16,500
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va., $750,000
Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., $749,993
Identifying and Targeting Food Safety Needs
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., $50,000
Improving Food Safety
University of Connecticut, Mansfield, Conn., $49,744
University of South Florida, Tampa, Fl., $499,972
Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., $499,968
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, $499,516
University of Maine, Orono, Maine, $150,000
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass., $499,567
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., $500,000
University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nev., $150,000
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., $979,761
North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D., $172,339
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, $50,000
University of California, Davis, Calif., $499,812
Improving Food Quality
University of California, Davis, Calif., $498,356
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., $499,652
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, $248,408
University of Illinois, Champaign, Ill., $861,714
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., $465,694
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, $420,685
University of Maine, Orono, Maine, $46,293
University of Maryland, Princess Anne, Md., $149,998
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass., $499,977
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., $489,528
West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.V., $435,353
The purpose of AFRI is to support research, education, and extension work by awarding grants that address key problems of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of food and agriculture. AFRI is NIFA’s flagship competitive grant program authorized under the 2014 Farm Bill and supports work in six priority areas: 1) plant health and production and plant products; 2) animal health and production and animal products; 3) food safety, nutrition and health; 4) bioenergy, natural resources and environment; 5) agriculture systems and technology; and 6) agriculture economics and rural communities.
Through federal funding and leadership for research, education and extension programs, NIFA focuses on investing in science and solving critical issues impacting people’s daily lives and the nation’s future. For more information, visit www.nifa.usda.gov.
Click here to read the full USDA press release.
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