Grants Archive

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) is awarding an additional $1 million grant to Case Western Reserve University to build upon a 2018 Tipping Points grant by assessing efforts to improve food system equity through coordinated community-initiated engagement.

FFAR Vet Fellows Fourth Cohort

Year Awarded 2022

Total award amount $10,000 per student

Location Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC)

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) announced the 13 recipients of the 2022 Veterinary Student Research Fellowships (Vet Fellows) in partnership with the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). This fellowship creates opportunities for veterinary students to pursue research on global food security and sustainable animal production.

UC Davis Receives FFAR Grant to Help Improve Vineyard Soil Health

Year Awarded 2022

FFAR award amount $999,003

Total award amount $2,600,000

Location Davis, CA

Program Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders Jackson Family Wines

Regenerative agriculture, which uses holistic farming and grazing practices to strengthen soil health and crop productivity, may help grape vines become more resilient to changing climate conditions. However, more research is needed to increase adoption of regenerative agriculture practices on vineyards. FFAR awarded a Seeding Solutions grant to the University of California, Davis to assess the effects of regenerative practices on vineyard soil health.

Kirchner Food Fellowship HBCU 2022-23 Cohort

Year Awarded 2022

Location Jacksonville, FL and Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders The Kirchner Impact Foundation

The Kirchner Food Fellowship, an initiative of the Kirchner Impact Foundation, announced the fellows for the second Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) cohort. As a pioneering program in developing the next generation of venture capital in food and agriculture, the program launched the dedicated HBCU cohort to help address the lack of diversity within the venture capital sector.

PIP Indoor Tomato Farming Project

Year Awarded 2022

Total award amount $2,112,454

Location Gainesville, FL

Matching Funders AeroFarms, BASF, Fluence by OSRAM, GreenVenus, Priva

Controlled environment agriculture is a promising opportunity to sustain and develop our food systems despite climate change. Yet, there is still limited knowledge of the conditions popular crops need to thrive indoors. Controlled environment agriculture’s potential is also hampered by scientists’ lack of understanding of genetic advantages that can smooth a crop’s transition to indoor farming. University of Florida researchers are defining and enhancing the physical and genetic traits in tomatoes that affect flavor and that can make them suitable for controlled environments.

Ohio State University Study Examines Soil Organic Carbon-Enhancing Practices

Year Awarded 2022

FFAR award amount $5,000,000

Total award amount $15,000,000

Location Columbus, OH

Program AgMission

Matching Funders Bayer U.S. – Crop Science, Corteva, Cotton Incorporated, FONTAGRO, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Kansas Corn, Kansas State University, McDonald’s Corporation, Michigan State University, Microsoft, National Sorghum Producers, The Nature Conservancy, Ohio Corn & Wheat, Ohio Soybean Council, Ohio State University, PepsiCo, Sandia National Laboratories, United Sorghum Checkoff, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Utah Department of Agriculture & Food, Utah State University

Carbon farming optimizes carbon capture by implementing practices that are known to improve the rate at which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and stored in plant material or soil organic matter. To fill research gaps in soil sequestration practices, Ohio State University researchers are studying the potential of soil management practices to mitigate climate change.

Enabling African Scientists: The African Plant Breeding Academy CRISPR Course

Year Awarded 2022

FFAR award amount $1,000,000

Total award amount $1,999,998

Location Davis, CA

Matching Funders Bayer Crop Sciences, Syngenta Seeds, LLC

While Africa is abundant with crops, African farmers need crop breeding tools and training to be self-sustainable and achieve nutritional security. To advance crop breeding and mobilize innovation for regional crops, the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to create and deliver a CRISPR Course on gene editing through UC Davis’ African Plant Breeding Academy. The Course is training 80 African scientists to develop improved regional crop varieties with the characteristics required for successful crop production and nutrition.

Improving biological nitrogen fixation in wheat using the natural variation present in crop wild relatives

Year Awarded 2022

Total award amount $75,000

Location Pullman, Washington

Matching Funders OCP North America

Dr. Kanwardeep S. Rawale’s research aims to improve wheat’s biofertilizer use efficiency by identifying and transferring genes from wild wheat using their novel method of targeted alien gene transfer. This project has significant potential to transform biofertilizers into efficient chemical fertilizer alternatives for producers.

Green fertilizers for urban spaces: use of human urine to generate high value fertilizers

Year Awarded 2022

Total award amount $91,106

Location Berkeley, California

Matching Funders OCP North America and University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Utsav Shashvatt ‘s research aims to recover nutrients in human waste to form two types of high value fertilizers, controlled release and liquid, to offset the use of conventional fertilizers. The increased use of waste-derived fertilizers will help reduce dependence on conventional fertilizers, which are generated using non-renewable resources.

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

293 Grants found

Food Waste Challenge

Food Waste Challenge

AgMission™ Funds Global Producers’ Consultation to Improve Climate-Smart Agriculture Adoption

Food Waste Challenge

FFAR, NPB Seek to Improve Air Quality on Pig Farms

FFAR, NPB Seek to Improve Air Quality on Pig Farms

Protecting Florida Corn from Tar Spot Outbreak

Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Program Round One Projects

Grant Aims to Close Biosecurity Gap in U.S. Swine Production

Iowa State University Organic Agriculture Program (ISU OAP)

FFAR Awards $2 Million Grant to Improve Sustainability in Corn Production

Impact of Prairie on Reducing Interacting Stressors on Pollinator Health

FFAR & WUR Launch Nature-Based Future Challenge

New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research Award

Periodic Table of Food Initiative

ICASA Awards Grants to Develop Animal-Health Monitoring and Diagnostic Technologies

Determining Environmental and Biological Conditions Influencing Lettuce Discoloration, Yield and Leaf Quality

Advancing DEI in Sharing Carbon & Ecosystems Services Information

Enhancing Tools to Model Climate and Environmental Impacts in Organic Agriculture Systems

University of Wisconsin-Madison Organic Grain Resource and Information Network

Identifying Proteins Required for Immunity to ASFV

Analyzing the Efficacy of Live-vectored Prototype ASFV Subunit Vaccines

Assessment of the Available Literature and Gap Analysis on the Use of Industrial Hemp as an Animal Feed

FlockFocus Camera-Based Technology Advances Broiler Chicken Welfare

Audio-Based Monitoring Technology Advances Broiler Chicken Welfare

OPTICFLOCK Camera/Computer System Advances Broiler Chicken Welfare

Integration of Agroforestry as a Transformative Solution to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Organic Farms

University of Tennessee Receives FFAR Grant to Help Address Food Waste Challenges

FFAR Grant Addresses Food Waste Reduction Challenges

Oregon Tilth

Rethinking seafood by-product: A path to provide sustainable nutrition and improve resource utilization

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

OATS (Organic Agronomy Training Service)

Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Reinvestment

FFAR Grant Advances Equitable Food Access

Ohio State University Study Examines Soil Organic Carbon-Enhancing Practices

FFAR Vet Fellows Fourth Cohort

FFAR Vet Fellows Third Cohort

FFAR Vet Fellows Second Cohort

FFAR Vet Fellows Inaugural Cohort

UC Davis Receives FFAR Grant to Help Improve Vineyard Soil Health

Accelerating Breeding Technology to Develop New Crops

Leveraging landrace genomics to rapidly engineer thermotolerant cassava

Using novel genes from wild germplasm to boost protein content in cultivated chickpea

FFAR Awards Grant to Reduce Water Waste in Crop Irrigation

Genetic and microbial determinants of nitrogen fixation in a Sierra Mixe landrace of maize

Increasing Dietary Fiber in Wheat Crop

Protecting Soil Health and Food Safety in Almond Orchards

Kirchner Food Fellowship HBCU 2022-23 Cohort

PIP Indoor Tomato Farming Project

Enabling African Scientists: The African Plant Breeding Academy CRISPR Course

A Big Data Tool for Urban Tree Crop Selection Under Climate Change

Improving biological nitrogen fixation in wheat using the natural variation present in crop wild relatives

Breeding drought & heat tolerant wheat

Enhancing Human Health and Nutrition from Soil to Society Using Quinoa as a Model Crop Species

Green fertilizers for urban spaces: use of human urine to generate high value fertilizers

Nutrient carrier minerals for efficient and circular use of phosphorus in tropical crop production systems

FFAR Grant Promotes Integrated Soil and Water Research to Support Dairy Industry Commitment to Sustainability

U.S. Dairy Net Zero Initiative: Improving Dairy On-Farm Sustainability through Improved Soil Health and Manure Management

Recycling nutrients for robust agricultural supply chains

Next-generation phenotyping and genomics for identifying, breeding, and managing more sustainable beef cattle

Development of an Automated Broiler Gait Score and Flock Activity Assessment System

Leveraging Phasic Environment and Nutrient Solution Management to Improve Resource Use Efficiency of Indoor Vertical Farming

Enabling sustainable soil and water management through microbe-powered RF soil sensing

Agroecosystem responses to climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity in the United States and Latin America

Targeted On-Demand Disease Management Practices/Therapies

Establishing Predictive Genomics to Improve Pollinator Health

Establish Power-to-Food by Cultivating and Processing Hydrogenotrophic Single Cells to Design New Sustainable Protein Supply Chains Without Arable Land

Holistic Irrigation Strategies for Climate-Smart Agriculture

Investigating Natural Nitro-Compounds as a Viable Strategy to Reduce Enteric Methane Emission from Ruminants

Grant Investigates Naturally Occurring Compound to Reduce Enteric Methane Emissions

Tribal Agriculture Fellowship Inaugural Cohort

Fecal Microbiota Transplant to Reduce Post Weaning Diarrhea & Antibiotic Use

Risk Factors for Lameness in Finishing Pigs

Improving the Efficacy of Vaccination Against Mycoplasma Hyosynoviae by Identifying Optimal Application Times

Antimicrobial Use Monitoring & Benchmarking in U.S. Feedyards

Pathogen-Host Interaction During the Development of Liver Abscesses; Local & Systemic Immune & Metabolic Responses During Fusobacterium Necrophorum Challenges

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