Scott Brainard, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Horticulture, received $225,000 for his project “Leveraging seedling chestnut orchards to rapidly breed higher yielding varieties using […]

Julie Dawson, associate professor in the Department of Horticulture, received $649,604 for her project “Breeding for improved kernel quality characteristics in American hazelnut” through NIFA’s […]

Hasan Khatib, professor in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, received $650,000 for his project “The effects of paternal nutrition on early embryonic development […]

Xuejun Pan, professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, received $1,000,000 for his project “Biobased, fully soil-biodegradable mulch films prepared from biomass for sustainable […]

Sixteen projects have been selected for funding in the third round of Research Forward, including four projects with CALS co-PIs. These projects, described in further detail […]

Please join Troy Runge, Casey Hillmer and Todd Newman to discuss the recently released FY25 Call for Proposals for Capacity funds. This will be an […]

Derrick Grunwald, research associate in the Department of Horticulture, received $210,048 for his project “Detection of hemp viral pathogens and their mitigation through novel virome-based […]

Jennifer Kushner, director of CALS Global, received $45,219 for her project “Food Systems Transformation Summit: Creating a U.S. and Latin American agenda” through the Sustainable […]

Matt Ruark, professor in the Department of Soil Science and extension specialist, received $294,000 for his project “Carbon farming: Does enhancing soil carbon boost soybean […]