Awarded Grants
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15 Grants found

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

Impact of Prairie on Reducing Interacting Stressors on Pollinator Health

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

Effects of Multiple Stressors on Pollinator Health in the Southern Plains

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

Evaluation of Best Management Practices for Bumble Bee and Monarch Habitat

The Queen Exposome And Its Influence on Downstream Colony Disease Response

Pollinator Health Extension and Metrics in the Pacific Northwest

Invasive Weeds, Fire, and Livestock Grazing – Understanding the Impact of Interacting Stressors on Native Pollinator Health in Range and Pasturelands

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Can Commodity Crop Weed Management Practices Enhance Bee Abundance, Diversity, And Health on Agricultural Land?

The Impact of Nutrition and Metabolic Capacity on Honeybee Health

Bioindicators for A Sustainable Future: Dancing Honey Bees Communicate Habitats’ Ability to Feed Pollinators

Lawns-to-Wildflowers: A Citizen Science Movement for Pollinator Health

Developing Tools for Selection and Management of Landscapes to Promote Healthy Bee Populations

Investing in our future: training taxonomists and wild bee conservation

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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.

The Queen Exposome And Its Influence on Downstream Colony Disease Response

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $216,610

Total award amount   $433,220

Location   Raleigh, NC

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   North Carolina State University

Grantee Institution   NC State University

North Carolina State University researchers are studying the effects of pesticide exposure on disease prevalence and reproductive potential. The project is also examining the queen’s effect on the bee colony’s downstream disease response.

Pollinator Health Extension and Metrics in the Pacific Northwest

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $544,929

Total award amount   $1,091,427

Location   Corvallis, OR

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Oregon Department of Agriculture, Central Oregon Seeds, Oregon State Beekeepers Association, GloryBee, Oregon Department of Agriculture (Bee Atlas specific)

Grantee Institution   Oregon State University

Oregon State University is spearheading a project to develop management practices that address unique agronomic challenges in the Pacific Northwest by implementing crop-specific management practices and measuring their effectiveness.

Can Commodity Crop Weed Management Practices Enhance Bee Abundance, Diversity, And Health on Agricultural Land?

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $120,900

Total award amount   $241,800

Location   Lexington, KY

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   University of Kentucky

Grantee Institution   University of Kentucky Research Foundation

University of Kentucky Research Foundation scientists are examining the potential for cover cropping practices to enhance pollinator habitats.

The Impact of Nutrition and Metabolic Capacity on Honeybee Health

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $488,130

Total award amount   $977,072

Location   Fort Collins, CO

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Deryn Davidson (Boulder County Extension), Greg Butters, Colorado Professional Beekeeping Association, Western Colorado Honey, Bob Todd, Greg Bowdish, Colorado State University

Grantee Institution   Colarado State University

Colorado State University researchers are studying the impact of phytochemicals, nutritional diversity and metabolic capacity on honeybee health. This project is developing nutritive plant species mixes for pollinator habitats and dietary supplements to sustain healthy honey bee colonies.