February 2025 Grants and Awards
Evaluating Biostimulant Products for Strawberry Crop Vigor, Yield, and Fruit Quality
Principal Investigator:
Jayesh B. Samtani
Associate Professor
Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$5,000
Sponsor:
Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium
Enhancing Low Temperature Resilience of Apple: A Study on Dormancy Dynamics, Phenology, and PGRs
Principal Investigator:
Sherif M. Sherif
Associate Professor
Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$205,291
Sponsor:
Washington State University
Molecules and Mechanisms of Suppressive Activity of Pseudomonas Strain ORMW6 Against Soybean Disease
Principal Investigator:
Mark A. Williams
Professor
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$5,320
Sponsor:
Virginia Soybean Board
Chesapeake Bay Voluntary Agricultural Best Management Practices Producer Survey Version 2.0
Principal Investigator:
Daniel L. Goerlich
Associate Director, Economy, Community and Food, Virginia Cooperative Extension
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Extension
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$500,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Investigating Leadership Education in a Formal Program at a Private, Secondary School
Principal Investigator:
Austin D. Council
Collegiate Assistant Professor
Agriculture Leadership and Community Education
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$1,000
Sponsor:
Association of Leadership Educators
Expedite CSI Processing with Lightweight AI in Massive MIMO Communication System
Principal Investigator:
Rose Qingyang Hu
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$16,5000
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Evaluation of Soybean Meal Processing on the Energy Digestibility and Release of Soybean Meal for Broiler Chickens
Principal Investigator:
Michael E. Persia
John W. Hancock Professor
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$20,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Agricultural Council
Flourishing in the Garden Physical Activity Mini Grant LEAP Award
Principal Investigator:
Naida Young
Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
Southwest District Cooperative Extension
Director of Cooperative Extension
Total Anticipated:
$800
Sponsor:
Local Environmental Agriculture Project Inc
Utilizing Cover Crops to Offset Fertilizer Inputs for Corn in Virginia
Principal Investigator:
Mark S. Reiter
Professor
Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$26,904
Sponsor:
Virginia Corn Board
Identification of Potential Management Tools for Invasive Spotted Lanternfly in Ontario
Principal Investigator:
Douglas G. Pfeiffer
Professor
Department of Entomology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$32,564
Sponsor:
Ontario Grape and Wine Research Inc
Cerebellar Alterations as Prospective Predictors of General Psychopathology Risk During Adolescence
Principal Investigator:
Adrienne L. Romer
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$70,000
Sponsor:
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation