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ICASA: Improving the efficacy of vaccination against mycoplasma hyosynoviae by identifying optimal application times 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $149,748

Total award amount   $359,618

Location   St. Paul, MN

Matching Funders   Boehringer Ingelheim, Newport Laboratories, Pipestone Veterinary Services, Tyson Foods and University of Minnesota

Grantee Institution   University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine

University of Minnesota researchers are identifying the optimal time for vaccine application against M. hyosynoviae, which will result in significant prevention of lameness development in grow-finish swine and translate into reduced use of antibiotics for disease control.

ICASA: Risk Factors for Lameness in Finishing Pigs 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $127,703

Total award amount   $268,493

Location   Philadelphia, PA

Matching Funders   PIC and University of Pennsylvania

Grantee Institution   University of Pennsylvania , School of Veterinary Medicine

University of Pennsylvania researchers are identifying factors that cause swine lameness to determine whether management factors like floor type, pen size and nutrition underlie common lameness problems. Little is known about the incidence and causes of lameness in swine.

ICASA: Development of a non-invasive model to induce liver abscess formation in cattle 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $85,700

Total award amount   $180,922

Location   Beltsville, MD

Matching Funders   USDA-ARS, Kansas State University and West Texas A&M University

Grantee Institution   U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service

USDA-ARS researchers are developing a minimally invasive model that induces liver abscesses and improves researchers’ ability to study the development and mitigation of the abscesses, while reducing the time necessary to generate enough animals to study.

FFAR Prize to Revolutionize Egg Production, Improve Animal Welfare 

Genomic foundation for neodomestication and breeding of a halophytic grain crop, Distichlis palmeri 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $985,000

Total award amount   $1,984,237

Location   Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Matching Funders   King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Grantee Institution   King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Rising sea levels and depleting freshwater reserves are causing a rapid increase in soil salinization, meaning higher levels of salt in the ground. Researchers are assessing the domestication potential of Distichlis palmeri (D. palmeri), a saltwater-loving plant found in the tidal plains around the Gulf of California in Mexico, which would help transition salt-degraded lands into productive agriculture ecosystems.

Building a Common Language for Antimicrobial Resistance Between Human & Animal Health 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $216,724

Total award amount   $433,449

Location   Ames, IA

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Merck MSD

Grantee Institution   Iowa State University

To strengthen antimicrobial stewardship within livestock veterinary medicine this research aims to develop a standard method of collecting, reporting and sharing multispecies antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) results for use in human and animal health industries.

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

Grantee Institution   University of California Davis

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.

FFAR Grant Identifies Genes Promoting Climate Resiliency in Wheat 

Greener Cattle Initiative Request for Applications 

Greener Cattle Initiative Funding Opportunity Webinar 

Application Deadline Virtual

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