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FFAR Awards $1 Million Grant to Improve Health through Fruit and Vegetable Consumption 

FFAR Fellows Program 2018 Cohort 

Year Awarded  2018

Matching Funders   North Carolina State University

A unique three-year fellowship that prepares up to 48 graduate students to be the next generation of food and agriculture scientists by using an interdisciplinary approach to career readiness. Fellows work with university and industry representatives, as well as their peers, to conduct urgent research and engage in professional development.

Kirchner Food Fellowship 2018-19 Cohort 

Year Awarded  2018

Location   Birmingham, AL & Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   Kirchner Impact Foundation, North Carolina State University and the Kirchner Group

The Kirchner Food Fellowship, an initiative of the Kirchner Impact Foundation, is a program supporting young agriculture financiers. This cohort represents the first year of collaboration between the Kirchner Impact Foundation, the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and North Carolina State University to prepare the fellows to make critical agriculture business investment decisions.

Developing Public School Curricula and Training High School Students and Teachers as Ambassadors for Pollinator Protection 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $297,499

Total award amount   $594,998

Location   West Lafayette, IN

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Purdue University

Grantee Institution   Purdue University

Purdue University’s Entomology Department is developing a public-school curriculum that uses digital badges to encourage students to create community-driven pollinator protection movements.

Impact of Prairie on Reducing Interacting Stressors on Pollinator Health 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $503,028

Total award amount   $1,006,343

Location   Ames, Iowa

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Bayer CropScience LP, DuPont Pioneer, Iowa State University Foundation, Syngenta LLC, Syngenta Crop Protection Inc., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Iowa State University

Grantee Institution   Iowa State University

Iowa State University researchers are studying bee and monarch butterfly populations to assess whether prairie strips in crop fields impact honey bee health and native pollinator abundance and diversity.

The Effect of Farm Management and Floral Foraging Traits on Exposure of Crop Pollinators to The Multiple Interacting Stressors of Pesticides, Parasites and Inadequate Nutrition 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $490,356

Total award amount   $980,712

Location   Riverside, CA

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Hillary Sardinas, Ponisio and Woodard Start-up Funds, University of California (UC) Riverside College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UC Riverside Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Research and Economic Development Office

Grantee Institution   University of California Riverside

The University of California, Riverside, is examining how management practices in California almond orchards affect bee nutrition, pesticide exposure and parasites.

Effects of Multiple Stressors on Pollinator Health in the Southern Plains 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $233,708

Total award amount   $467,416

Location   Stillwater, OK

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Oklahoma State University, Syngenta Crop Protection LLC

Grantee Institution   Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University researchers are evaluating floral choice and quality for managed honey bee colonies and native bee populations in grassland, pastureland, rangeland, wheat and canola fields.

Neglected honey bee interactions: neonicotinoids, Varroa destructor, and Best Management 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $282,709

Total award amount   $615,351

Location   Auburn, AL

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Auburn University, Swiss National Science Foundation, University of Georgia, California State Beekeepers’ Association

Grantee Institution   Auburn University

Auburn University researchers are investigating interactions between pesticides and Varroa mites, two causes of honey bee decline. The project is using honey bees’ multiple partner mating behavior to increase intra-colony diversity and improve resistance to pesticide.

Evaluation of Best Management Practices for Bumble Bee and Monarch Habitat 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $353,044

Total award amount   $717,612

Location   Columbia, MO

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Missouri Department of Conservation

Grantee Institution   University of Missouri

While pollinator gardens are on the rise, little is known about the best seeds to support different pollinator populations in specific environments. University of Missouri Division of Plant Sciences researchers are developing best management practices for seed planting to improve bumble bee and monarch habitats.