Year Awarded 2022
Total award amount $120,000
Location Champaign, IL
Program FoodShot Global Challenge
Matching Funders FoodShot Global
Grantee Institution University of Illinois
FoodShot Global’s GroundBreaker Prize recognizes rising scientific stars whose research has identified technological and ecological tools that enable farmers to optimize yields and the long-term health of the land. Dr. Kaiyu Guan, Blue Waters professor at the University of Illinois and president of Habiterre, received $120,000 for his work in Innovating Soil 3.0 to develop a “system of systems” approach that can support farmer decision-making to improve soil health and provide scientifically rigorous MRV (monitoring, reporting and verification) services to ecosystem services markets.