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MSU awarded $500,000 USDA-NIFA grant to support food processing program
Published on June 11, 2020
The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources receives grant supporting certificate program that develops skilled food processing and safety operators. -
MSU-led national cucurbit project reupped for $7.1 million
Published on September 8, 2020
The Cucurbit Coordinated Agricultural Project has been awarded $7.1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative. -
MSU leads study exploring the viability of using indoor farming to grow leafy greens
Published on January 29, 2020
A multi-university team of horticulturists, engineers and agricultural economists led by MSU has received a four-year, $2.7 million grant from the USDA to study indoor production of leafy greens. -
MSU receives $2 million USDA grant to improve blueberry pollination
Published on October 21, 2020
Michigan State University has received a four-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative to improve blueberry pollination. -
MSU entomologist leads training for Latino/a farmers, receives new $600K USDA grant
Published on September 23, 2020
MSU's La Cosecha (a Spanish word for harvest) program, which provides training for first- and next-generation Latino/a farmers in Michigan, has received a $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. -
MSU receives USDA grant for potato breeding and genetics program
Published on February 26, 2020
MSU has received $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to invest in its potato breeding and genetics program. -
Postdoctoral researchers in MSU Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences awarded USDA NIFA fellowships
Published on July 23, 2019
Two postdoctoral researchers in the MSU Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences have received fellowships from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. -
Michigan State University researcher receives grant to study turkey breast muscle development
Published on July 29, 2020
Gale Strasburg, professor in the Michigan State University Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, will examine how temperature affects meat quality with $500K USDA NIFA grant -
Michigan State University researcher awarded $9.8M to study low-moisture food safety
Published on June 22, 2020
Bradley Marks, professor and chair of the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, has received funding from USDA NIFA to investigate pathogens in foods like flour, cereals, dried fruit and nuts. -
Michigan State University researchers awarded NIFA grant to examine potential food safety benefits of genetically modified corn
Published on May 27, 2020
Felicia Wu and David Hennessy, faculty in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, have received USDA funding to study whether Bt corn has the ability to reduce aflatoxin, a toxin produced by corn mold. -
Michigan State University researchers lead $5.2 million grant to investigate management strategies for fire blight
Published on September 3, 2020
George Sundin and Nikki Rothwell will lead a USDA-funded project examining fire blight, a disease that can kill apple and pear trees. -
Three students earn USDA NIFA predoctoral fellowships
Published on September 24, 2020
Kaitlyn Casulli, Genevieve Hoopes and Natalie Kaiser, doctoral students conducting research with CANR faculty, are among 57 award recipients nationwide. -
MSU Food Science and Human Nutrition postdoctoral researcher awarded USDA NIFA Fellowship
Published on July 23, 2019
Alyssa Beavers has received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a project investigating impact of gardening on the human gut microbiome and antibiotic resistance. -
Michigan’s Land-Grant Colleges and Universities Build a Connected System to Serve Tribal Communities
Published on November 13, 2020
In 2018, NIFA awarded the two-year, $200,000 MILES grant to Bay Mills Community College and MSU Extension to help continue to build a foundation of connection, collaboration and learning between Michigan’s four land grant colleges and universities. -
MSU-led international research team receives $1 million grant to build multi-disciplinary precision livestock farming network
Published on March 1, 2021
Building a multi-disciplinary livestock farming network is the focus of a new $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems program. -
MSU awarded USDA-NIFA grant to support Native American students in agriculture
Published on December 16, 2020
The $140K Growing Native American Student Pathways into Agriculture will expand opportunities and support systems for Indigenous students at MSU.
