As we head into August, it always feels like a busy time here in CAFNR. Our Research, Extension and Education Centers around the state are preparing to welcome hundreds of producers for field days. We are preparing to welcome students back to campus, and the CAFNR Research Council is starting to make plans for our Research Symposium. But, our research labs stay busy all year long; this year more than any year before, the numbers are showing the fruits of all of those labors.

I am thrilled to announce that our grant funding has continued to grow, and we have more than doubled the award amounts from just five years ago. You may recall that when we launched the strategic plan in 2019 our goal was to double grant funding and expenditures by FY2025. In FY2018, CAFNR saw $40,183,954 in grant awards, and in FY2023 that number has climbed to an impressive $110,160,012! This is all because of you, our amazing faculty, staff, students and postdocs! Our faculty are continuously engaging in innovative research and extending the knowledge, and our grants office staff are incredibly dedicated. The graph below shows the different source of the funding in FY2023. Our grant expenditures also set a new record in FY2023 with $62,320,234!

I want to give a heartfelt “thank you” to each of you who helped make this milestone happen!

Shibu Jose
Associate Dean for Research and Director of MOAES

A dual-benefit grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health will support scientific exploration to refine gene-editing processes that are poised to inform biomedical and agricultural innovation

University of Missouri climate expert and interim state climatologist Anthony Lupo explains the atmospheric patterns driving drought conditions in the Midwest

The NIFA Grant Funding Dashboard provides an inside look into NIFA funding for competitive and capacity grants from FY2018 forward.

The NIFA Grant Funding dashboard has four main components:

• Overview – Provides a look into NIFA funding obligated by fiscal year and by federal program (assistance listing number) for competitive and capacity grants.
• Funding Map – Provides a look into the primary performance location of NIFA funding obligated by congressional districts and states.
• Matching – Provides a look into NIFA funding obligated and match funding received from grantees, by grant type and recipient organization.
• Download – Provides the user the capability to download and save data with filters included.

CAFNR faculty members have received the following recent grants (listed by Principal Investigator):

Jinglu Tan, Ice Cream Test Samples, Bunge Limited, 4/26/23-4/25/24, $4,999

Damon Hall, Collaborative: Exploring the Influence of Agricultural Tile Drainage on Streamflow and Water Temperature in the Midwestern US using a Stakeholder-driven Approach, National Science Foundation, 1/15/23-12/31/25, $274,269

Grover Shannon, Development of functional ultra-high stearic acid soybean germplasms, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, 7/1/23-6/30/24, $25,000

Pei Liu, Developing a Collaborative Education and Training Program to Advance Food Safety for Hmong Growers, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 9/1/23-8/31/26, $549,493

Jennifer Reidy, Bird Response to Pine Woodland Restoration, US Forest Service, 7/7/23-12/31/27, $41,999.55

Patrick Market, Maintaining access to LDM and EDEX data streams to support CAVE and legacy NA WIPS software at the University of Missouri, Unidata, 7/6/23-5/31/24, $20,000

Reid Smeda, Reducing dicamba injury to tomatoes using an activated charcoal fence, Missouri Department of Agriculture, 6/1/23-9/20/25, $29,688.27

Jianfeng Zhou, Digital Agriculture Technology Development, Evaluation, and Deployment, Agricultural Research Service, 8/1/23-7/31/25, $184,813

Man Phuoc Huynh, Feeding Preference of Western Corn Rootworm (CRW; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) in response to Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph (PPFM) Treatments, NewLeaf Symbiotics, 6/14/23-6/13/24, $19,950

Grover Shannon, Screening soybean germplasm and breeding soybeans for flood tolerance, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, 7/1/23-6/30/24, $160,000

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