Round-Up: Davis College announces research grant awards for 2023
By: Norman Martin
Texas Tech's Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources provides an array of high-quality expertise to support an ongoing research mission. Recently, college officials announced the launch of a monthly research round-up, reflecting research grants awarded the previous month.
“Our faculty continue to grow the research enterprise of Davis College and we are proud and appreciative of their efforts,” said Darren Hudson, Davis College Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Assessment, and the Larry Combest Endowed Chair for Agricultural Competitiveness in the Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics. “They continue to prove why Davis College is a great place to do research of major importance to society and why Davis College is a top college in the fields of agricultural sciences, natural resources, and landscapes.”
December 2023 ($124,998)
- “Anthropogenic Risk Assessment of Bat Species of Greatest Conservation Need for Texas” (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, $124,998) Richard Stevens, President's Excellence in Research Professor and Professor of Natural Resources Management, Department of Natural Resources Management >> more
November 2023 ($5.3 million)
- Major Award: “Establishing Climate Smart Commodities with Reduced Greenhouse Gas Footprints to Enhance Environmental and Economic Sustainability in the Texas High Plains” (USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service, $5 million) Department of Plant & Soil Science Professor Krishna Jagadish, Associate Professor Lindsay Slaughter, Assistant Professor Haydee Laza, Associate Professor Wenxuan Guo, Assistant Professor Matthew Siebecker, Research Assistant Professor Impa Somayanda; Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics Associate Professor Donna McCallister; Agricultural Education & Communications Professor Rudy Ritz and Associate Professor Amy Boren-Alpizar >> more
October 2023 ($1.6 million)
- Major Awards: (1) “Review of the Evidence-Based Food Safety Education Program Called Produce Safety University” (USDA Food & Nutrition Service Agricultural Research Service, $600,000) Angela Shaw, Professor Department of Animal and Food Sciences, along with Department of Agricultural Education & Communications professors David Lawver, Todd Brashears and John Rayfield (2) “Improved Field Classification and Laboratory Measurements of Soil Structure for Incorporating Measurements of Large-Scale Hydrologic Processes and Soil Change Models” (USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, for $491,478) Daniel Hirmas, B. L. Allen Endowed Chair in Pedology, Department of Plant & Soil Science >>more
September 2023 ($1.2 million)
- Major Award: “Developing industrial hemp fiber standards” (USDA Agricultural Research Service, $704,000) Noureddine Abidi, Leidigh Professor in the Department of Plant & Soil Science and Director of the university's Fiber & Biopolymer Research Institute. >> more
August 2023 ($3.4 million)
- Major Awards: (1) “Capacity Building for AI-driven Research and Education on UAS Applications in Precision Agriculture” (USDA-NIFA, $675,000) Wenxuan Guo, PSS and Chenggang Wang, AAEC; (2) “Analysis of Farm and Food Policy” (USDA-Office of the Chief Economist, $250,000)Darren Hudson, AAEC; (3) “Identifying Key Alleles for Improving Sorghum Grain Nutrition” (USDA Agricultural Research Service, $225,000) Yinping Jiao, PSS >> more
July 2023 ($2.4 million)
- Major Awards: (1) “Developing Data-Driven Marketing Incentives for Sustainable Cotton Production throughout the Supply Chain” (USDA-NIFA, $650,000) Laura Fisher, AEC; Donna Mitchell McCallister, AAEC and Syed Badrudozza AAEC (2) “Implications of Mergers and Concentrations for Food Industries” (USDA-NIFA, $653,000) Stephen Devadoss, AAEC; (3) “Conservation of Natural and Sustainable Environmental Resources and Verified Engagement” (National Sorghum Producers, $1 Million) Krishna Jagadish, PSS. >> more
CONTACT: Darren Hudson, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Assessment, Professor, and Larry Combest Endowed Chair for Agricultural Competitiveness and Director of International Center for Agricultural Competitiveness, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University at (806) 834-0546 or darren.hudson@ttu.edu
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