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FFAR Awards Fourth Cohort of Vet Fellows 

Kirchner Food Fellowship HBCU 2022-23 Cohort 

Year Awarded  2022

Location   Jacksonville, FL & 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.

Kirchner Food Fellowship Announces Second HBCU Cohort 

National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research: David Lobell 

Year Awarded  2022

Total award amount   $100,000

Location   Stanford, CA

Matching Funders   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Grantee Institution   Stanford University

Dr. David Lobell was awarded the 2022 National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research for his groundbreaking work advancing the world’s understanding of the effects of climate variability and change on global crop productivity.

FFAR and Native American Agriculture Fund Announce 2022 Cohort of Tribal Agriculture Fellows 

Fireside Chat with the Kirchner Fellows: Reflections from the Inaugural HBCU Cohort 

Application Deadline Virtual

FFAR-OCP Disruptive Fertilizer Technology Fellowship First Cohort 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $250,000

Total award amount   $500,000

Location   Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   OCP North America

The FFAR-OCP Disruptive Fertilizer Technology Fellows Program fosters disruptive innovation in the next generation of fertilizer research and development through a research challenge, whereby emerging young researchers can enhance their efforts in fertilizer efficiency research and technology development. These research projects address the need for increasing plant uptake of essential macronutrients and limiting the loss of inputs – which contribute largely to water and marine ecosystem damage – while boosting productivity.

Recycling nutrients for robust agricultural supply chains 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $450,000

Location   Beltsville, MD

This research is developing a Manureshed Action Research Cycle to build regional and supply-chain resilience through systematic recycling of manure nutrients onto beef, dairy, poultry and swine feed crops. This research integrates social and biophysical science with stakeholder engagement to give animal producers, farmers and ranchers better capacity to connect with each other to redistribute manure nutrients from farms with manure surplus to fields and pastures that can use it sustainably.

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

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $449,964

Location   Knoxville, TN

Grantee Institution   University of Tennessee

The beef industry faces pressure to reduce its environmental footprint and help combat climate change but increasing sustainability presents a complex challenge. This research leverages machine learning, high throughput phenotyping, and genomics to measure and predict sustainability-related traits like water use, forage intake, and methane emission. Additionally, the project will use genomic approaches to identify genes and genetic networks affecting sustainability traits.

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

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $449,936

Location   Davis, CA

Grantee Institution   University of California Davis

The impacts of climate change on urban tree crops and productions are largely unknown, posing a significant threat to urban farming efforts and their future resilience and sustainability. This research is leveraging big data to create novel scientific evidence on the climate suitability and vulnerability of dozens of urban tree crop species across the U.S.