Category: Research
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Posted on July 12, 2024
NSF announces topics and dates for bioeconomy advancement workshops
The National Science Foundation (NSF)’s efforts to make federal progress on biotechnology and biomanufacturing will continue in August and September with a series of six […]
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Posted on July 10, 2024
Now available: Video from CALS WAES forum on recent FY26 NIFA Capacity call for proposals
On July 9, the college’s Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station unit hosted a forum to discuss the recently released FY26 NIFA Capacity call for proposals. The […]
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Posted on July 7, 2024
Grant awarded: Jean-Michel Ané receives USDA-NIFA funding for aerial root nitrogen-fixation work in elite maize
Jean-Michel Ané, professor in the Department of Bacteriology, received USDA-NIFA funding for his project Introgression of efficient aerial root nitrogen-fixation from tropical maize landraces into […]
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Grant awarded: Jeff Endelman receives USDA-NIFA funding to improve selection methodology for breeding potato, blueberry
Jeff Endelman, associate professor and extension specialist in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, received USDA-NIFA funding for his project Partnership: Optimization of mate […]
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CALS internal call reminder: Proposals to develop cultivars or other plant germplasm due Aug. 2
Proposals to develop cultivars or other plant germplasm due Aug. 2 Approximately $100,000 per year from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) will be available to […]
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Posted on June 21, 2024
Phase 1 submissions for AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge due July 30
Phase 1 submissions for the $100 million AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge are due Tuesday, July 30. Grantees will receive $50,000 (awarded October 2024) and […]
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Grant awarded: Hasan Khatib receives USDA-NIFA funding to understand the impact of combined maternal and paternal nutrition on offspring phenotypes in sheep
Hasan Khatib, a professor of animal and dairy sciences, received USDA-NIFA funding for his project The impact of the combined maternal and paternal nutrition on […]
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Grant awarded: Gregg Sanford receives USDA-NIFA funding to study soil health, carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas mitigation in cash-grain agroecosystems
Gregg Sanford, a scientist in Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, received USDA-NIFA funding for his project Ecological intensification for soil health, carbon sequestration, and […]
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Grant awarded: Heather White receives USDA-NIFA funding to collect tissue from cows to elucidate tissue metabolism and fetal programming
Heather White, a professor of animal and dairy sciences, received USDA-NIFA funding for her project Comprehensive tissue collection from high and low feed efficient cows: […]
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Posted on June 17, 2024
Six UW–Madison CALS graduate students funded by state-sponsored Dairy Innovation Hub
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently awarded six, two-year graduate student assistantships to help increase dairy-related research capacity through […]