NIFA Invests $5.7M in Pollinator Health

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Project Title Accession Number Sponsoring Agency Funding Mechanism Award Number Initial Award Fiscal Year   Recipient Organization Project Director  Project Start Date Project End Date  Project Start Fiscal Year  Project Status  Cumulative Award Amount
Mounting an ecologically-informed response to Vespa veluntina, a novel invasive threat to beekeeping and pollinators in the United States 1032364 National Institute of Food and Agriculture NIFA Non Formula 2024-67013-42395 2024 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. Bartlett, Lewis 07/01/2024 06/30/2026 2024 ACTIVE $300,000.00
Initial characterization of floral resources used by pollinators in Tamaulipan thornscrub to inform habitat restoration 1032309 National Institute of Food and Agriculture NIFA Non Formula 2024-67013-42360 2024 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY Mustard, Julie 09/01/2024 08/31/2026 2024 ACTIVE $299,482.00
Competition Between Managed Honeybees and Wild Bees in the Colorado Front Range 1032221 National Institute of Food and Agriculture NIFA Non Formula 2024-67013-42316 2024 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY Davis, Thomas 07/01/2024 06/30/2028 2024 ACTIVE $742,173.00
From genes to queens: A systematic approach to improve bee resistance to viral infection 1032177 National Institute of Food and Agriculture NIFA Non Formula 2024-67013-42305 2024 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY Amiri, Esmaeil 05/01/2024 04/30/2027 2024 ACTIVE $749,720.00
Monitoring Bombus, floral abundance and diversity using computer vision and autonomous aerial vehicles 1032170 National Institute of Food and Agriculture NIFA Non Formula 2024-67014-42301 2024 VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA Margapuri, Venkata Siva Ku 05/01/2024 04/30/2027 2024 ACTIVE $749,086.00
Reference Atlas of Apis mellifera Hemocyte transcriptomes 1032166 National Institute of Food and Agriculture NIFA Non Formula 2024-67014-42310 2024 THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Karim, Shahid 05/01/2024 04/30/2026 2024 ACTIVE $299,999.00
Identification and cultivation of probiotic bacteria that improve the health and performance of managed bumble bees 1032122 National Institute of Food and Agriculture NIFA Non Formula 2024-67013-42275 2024 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE Hammer, Tobin 05/01/2024 04/30/2026
2024
ACTIVE $300,000.00
Protection of Honey Bees through Paratransgenic Peptide Secretion 1032119 National Institute of Food and Agriculture NIFA Non Formula 2024-67013-42304 2024 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Barrick, Jeffrey 08/01/2024 07/31/2027 2024 ACTIVE $750,000.00
The interplay between queenliness, the honey bee microbiome, and colony health 1032082 National Institute of Food and Agriculture NIFA Non Formula 2024-67013-42302 2024 TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY Newton, Irene 07/01/2024 06/30/2027 2024 ACTIVE $749,651.00
No More Mummies: Novel and integrative treatment options for Ascosphaera apis in honey bees 1032073 National Institute of Food and Agriculture NIFA Non Formula 2024-67013-42303 2024 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE Walsh, Elizabeth 09/01/2024 08/31/2027 2024 ACTIVE $749,891.00