Awarded Grants
Below is a listing of our awarded grants that tackle big food and agriculture challenges.

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Feed the Future Fall Armyworm Tech Prize 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $100,000

Total award amount   $200,000

Location   Washington, D.C.

Program   Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research

Matching Funders   Land O’Lakes International Development

Grantee Institution   Land O Lakes International Development

Experts estimate that in three years the fall armyworm could cause between $2-$6 billion in losses for maize, an African staple crop. In partnership with U.S. Agency for International Development, FFAR awarded the Feed the Future Fall Armyworm Tech Prize to six winners for digital innovations that help farmers manage the spread of fall armyworm.

Feasibility Study for an Alaskan Sea Cucumber Aquaculture Facility 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $50,000

Total award amount   $100,000

Location   Juneau, AK

Matching Funders   Southeast Arkansas Regional Dove Fisheries Association

Grantee Institution   McKinley Research Group

The U.S. does not have a commercial-scale production facility for Alaskan Sea Cucumbers, a high-value marine invertebrate. The McDowell Group is examining the potential for an aquaculture facility to produce Alaskan Sea Cucumbers.

Innovations in the Food Supply Chain to Reduce Food Waste 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $188,260

Total award amount   $377,114

Location   Auburn, AL

Matching Funders   Auburn University

Grantee Institution   Auburn University

Global food loss and waste is a growing threat to food security. Auburn University researchers are reducing food waste in the food supply chain by develop “Functional Ice” for storage and transportation of raw poultry and seafood.

Modeling the Future of Food in Your Neighborhood 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $936,418

Total award amount   $1,904,424

Location   Cleveland, OH

Matching Funders   Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine-Center for Health Affairs, City of Cleveland Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, Cleveland State University, Greater Cleveland Food Bank, Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland, The Ohio State University (OSU) Extension Cuyahoga County, OSU John Glenn School, OSU SNAP-Ed, Saint Luke’s Foundation, The Food Trust, Unify Project, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Grantee Institution   Case Western Reserve University - School of Medicine

Nearly two out of three Clevelanders have limited access to full-service supermarkets. In Cleveland, Ohio, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers are developing decision-making computational models to maximize the equitable impact of food system initiatives in neighborhoods in and around Cleveland.

Maximizing the Delivery of Water-Soluble Substances While Minimizing the Impact of the Carrier Particles on Fish Larvae 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $275,792

Total award amount   $553,072

Location   Corvallis, OR

Matching Funders   Oregon State University, Hubbs Sea World Research Institute, Reed Mariculture

Grantee Institution   Oregon State University

Oregon State University researchers are studying how to more efficiently deliver nutrients to commercially raised marine fish. This project is improving production of California Yellowtail and California Halibut, two high-value fish species.

Maine Scallop Aquaculture Initiative 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $300,000

Total award amount   $600,000

Location   Brunswick, ME

Matching Funders   Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

Grantee Institution   Coastal Enterprises Inc.

Coastal Enterprises, Inc. is examining a Japanese scallop production technique that grows scallops faster with larger meat yields to establish a scallop market in Maine.

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

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $1,177,137

Total award amount   $2,404,188

Location   University Park, PA

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Pennsylvania State University, University of California (UC), Davis Department of Entomology, Almond Board of California, Hedgerow Farms, UC Davis Student Research Farm, UC Davis Saratoga Research Endowment, IF LLC, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Sola Bee Farms, Henry’s Bullfrog Bees, Steve Godlin, Regents of the University of Minnesota, Dickinson College

Grantee Institution   Penn State

Pennsylvania State University researchers are developing an online decision-support tools to help beekeepers, growers, plant producers, conservationists, land managers and gardeners assess the ability of their landscapes to support healthy wild and managed bee populations, and obtain recommendations for improving these landscapes.

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

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $338,613

Total award amount   $677,230

Location   Orlando, FL

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   University of Manitoba, University of Central Florida Board of Trustees

Grantee Institution   University of Central Florida

University of Central Florida researchers are helping citizens convert their lawns into native wildflowers and collect data on pollinator abundance and diversity using a mobile app.

Irrigation Innovation Consortium 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $5,000,000

Total award amount   $10,000,000

Location   Fort Collins, CO

Matching Funders   Aqua Engineering Inc., Colorado Corn, Colorado State University, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska (DWFI), Fresno State Center for Irrigation Technology, Irrigation Association (IA), Jain Irrigation, Kansas State Research and Extension - Kansas State University, Lindsay Corporation, Northern Water, Rubicon Water, Senninger Irrigation Inc., Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Valmont

Grantee Institution   Colarado State University

The Irrigation Innovation Consortium is a joint initiative between private, public and university organizations to address water scarcity in the western U.S. and worldwide.

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

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $321,127

Total award amount   $643,447

Location   Corvallis, OR

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Oregon State University, The Nature Conservancy

Grantee Institution   Oregon State University

Oregon State University researchers are examining how livestock grazing, invasive species and fires used to control those invasions influence native bee health.