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President And Trustees Of Colby College

$10,386,763

Total funding

3

Grants

Funding over time

peak $10M · FY2014–24

$10M$7.5M$5M$2.5M$0

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Funding mix

By agency

USDA$10,300,000 · 2

NASA$86,763 · 1

By mechanism

—$10,386,763 · 3

Investigators at President And Trustees Of Colby College

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Rising Stars

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Emerging Leaders

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All-Time

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Largest grants

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** AS EARTH'S POPULATION GROWS, PRESSURE IS MOUNTING TO OPTIMIZE OUR FOOD PRODUCTION. THIS NEWLY FUNDED PROJECT AIMS TO INTENSIFY U.S. DAIRY PRODUCTION BY DEVELOPING NATURAL, NUTRITIONAL ALGAE-BASED FEED SUPPLEMENTS FOR CATTLE. THESE ADDITIVES ARE INTENDED TO IMPROVE FEED EFFICIENCIES AND MILK YIELDS, AND CAN ALSORECAPTURE NUTRIENTS AND REDUCING FRESHWATER USAGE. RECENT RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT CERTAIN SEAWEED FEED ADDITIVES INHIBIT METHANOGENESIS IN THE RUMEN, AN ENERGETICALLY COSTLY PROCESS THAT SLOWS ANIMAL GROWTH AND PRODUCTION EFFICIENCIES. FURTHER, U.S. DOMESTIC SEAWEED PRODUCTION PROVIDES NATURALLY OCEAN-SOURCED VITAMINS AND MINERALS. MICROSCOPIC ALGAE CAN OFFER SIMILAR BENEFITS, AND WOULD PROVIDE A UNIQUELY SCALABLE SOLUTION FOR STATES FAR FROM THE COAST. WITH EITHER APPROACH, DOMESTIC ALGAE PRODUCTION FOR LIVESTOCK FEED ADDITIVES PRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO FACILITATE RURAL PROSPERITY FOR DAIRY AND ALGAE FARMERS, AND SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM COAST TO COAST.THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM'S LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND FIELD TRIALS TO TEST CANDIDATE SCALABLE ALGAE SPECIES WILL BE PAIRED WITH SUPPLY CHAIN, ECONOMIC IMPACT, AND LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENTS. OUR GOAL IS TO BALANCE SAFE, NUTRITIOUS, VALUE-ADDED MILK PRODUCTION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. THIS HOLISTIC APPROACH WILL ALLOW THE RESEARCHERS TO OPTIMIZE ALGAL FEED ADDITIVES AND ASSESS THEIR IMPACT ON ANIMALS, FARMS, COMMUNITIES, AND THE PLANET. AN INTEGRATED OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAM WILL ENGAGE DAIRY PRODUCERS, AQUACULTURE FARMERS, FEED SUPPLIERS, INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS, STUDENTS AT EVERY ACADEMIC LEVEL, POLICYMAKERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO AMPLIFY THE RESEARCH PROGRAM'S IMPACT.$10,000,000

· FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE SUCCESS OF THE U.S. BLUE MUSSEL AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY IS DEPENDENT ON THE ABILITY TO RELIABLY CAPTURE HEALTHY WILD LARVAE ('SEED') FROM THE OCEAN. IN RECENT YEARS, HOWEVER, MUSSEL LARVAL SUPPLY HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY UNPREDICTABLE, LEADING TO SEED COLLECTION FAILURES AND THUS CONSIDERABLE FINANCIAL AND PRODUCTION HARDSHIPS FOR MUSSEL FARMERS. IN THIS WORK, WE WILL DEVELOP NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL TRANSFORM FARMERS' ABILITY TO MONITOR WILD MUSSEL LARVAE AT THEIR FARMS OR SEED COLLECTION SITES. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, OUR OBJECTIVES ARE TO: (1) DEVELOP RAPID AND USER-FRIENDLY MOLECULAR TOOLS DESIGNED TO DETECT LIVE MUSSEL LARVAE IN WATER SAMPLES, (2) PARTNER WITH MAINE'S MUSSEL FARMERS TO COLLECT COMMERCIALLY RELEVANT SAMPLES AND TO TEST THESE TOOLS ON OPERATIONAL MUSSEL FARMS, AND (3) DISSEMINATE OUR RESULTING METHODS, SAMPLING KITS, ASSAYS, AND EARLY DATA TO THE U.S. SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE COMMUNITY TO FACILITATE THEIR IMMEDIATE USE. THROUGH THE INCORPORATION OF RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES, WE WILL DELIVER SCIENCE-BASED KNOWLEDGE AND FIELD-VALIDATED TECHNOLOGIES TO END USERS (E.G., MUSSEL FARMERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS), ALLOWING THEM TO MORE ACCURATELY PREDICT WHEN AND WHERE WILD MUSSEL SEED WILL BE IN THE WATER COLUMN TO ULTIMATELY ENHANCE DOMESTIC MUSSEL PRODUCTION. THE TOOLS DEVELOPED THROUGH THIS WORK WILL MITIGATE STAKEHOLDER PRODUCTIVITY LOSSES AS A RESULT OF SHIFTING MUSSEL POPULATION DYNAMICS AND SEED AVAILABILITY, PERMIT GROWERS TO MAKE DATA-INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT LEASE-SITE APPLICATIONS AND/OR INVESTMENT IN SHELLFISH HATCHERIES, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE MUSSEL LARVABIOFOULING REMOVAL EFFORTS AND COSTS FOR NON-MUSSEL FARMERS, AND OPTIMIZE SUSTAINABLE PROTEIN PRODUCTION TO MEET THE PROJECTED FOOD DEMANDS OF A RISING POPULATION.$300,000

· FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture

THERMAL METAMORPHISM OF THE UNEQUILIBRATED CK CHONDRITES: EVIDENCE FOR A SINGLE CK-CV CHONDRITE PARENT BODY? THE CV AND CK CHONDRITES SHARE MANY SIMI$86,763

· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration