← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
University Of California Office Of The President
$27,089,404
Total funding
50
Grants
Funding over time
peak $7.6M · FY2009–25$10M$7.5M$5M$2.5M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
USDA$27,089,404 · 50
By mechanism
—$27,089,404 · 50
Investigators at University Of California Office Of The President
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
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Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
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Largest grants
THE HATCH ACT OF 1887 (REGULAR RESEARCH)$4,611,322
· FY2012 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
THE HATCH ACT OF 1887 (REGULAR RESEARCH)$2,993,120
· FY2011 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
FY 11-12 FINAL FGO THE HATCH ACT OF 1887 (MULTISTATE RESEARCH FUNDS)$2,109,226
· FY2012 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
PIERCE`S DISEASE RESEARCH IN CALIFORNIA$1,861,335
· FY2010 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
THE HATCH ACT OF 1887 (MULTISTATE RESEARCH FUND)$1,789,167
· FY2011 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
THE HATCH ACT OF 1887 (REGULAR RESEARCH)$1,624,970
· FY2011 · 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.** CALIFORNIA IS THE LARGEST AND THE MOST DIVERSE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN THE NATION WITH REVENUE EXCEEDING $50 BILLION, WHICH IS LARGER THAN THE COMBINED AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY OF THE OTHER 10 WESTERN STATES. DESPITE THAT, STATE IS HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. FARMERS AND RANCHERS, INCLUDING SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED ARE UNDER CONSTANT PRESSURE TO ADJUST TO UNCERTAIN WEATHER AND CLIMATE EVENTS TO MINIMIZE RISKS, BUT OFTEN HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FEWER RESOURCES TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE. SIMILARLY, TECHNICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE OFTEN ASKED QUESTIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, WEATHER VARIABILITY, AND LOCAL IMPLICATIONS, BUT HAVE NO TO VERY LIMITED TRAINING ON CLIMATE CHANGE. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS, OUR NEXT GENERATION OF CLIMATE-READY WORKFORCE, LACK EDUCATIONAL TRAINING CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURE NEXUS ALONG WITH PRACTICAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES.THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THIS INTEGRATED PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP MULTIFACETED PATHWAYS TO CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE THROUGH STAKEHOLDERS NEEDS ASSESSMENTS; CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE TRAININGS FOR TECHNICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS; REGIONAL WORKSHOPS FOR FARMERS AND RANCHERS; AND STUDENT EDUCATION WITH EXTENSION SERVICE-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. PARTICIPATORY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY THROUGH EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF STAKEHOLDERS, COLLABORATORS, AND SUPPORTERS ARE AT THE CORE OF THIS INTEGRATED PROPOSAL. PROPOSED GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE CLEARLY IN-LINE WITH SEVERAL PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS CONSISTENT WITH THE USDA CALIFORNIA CLIMATE HUB PRIORITIES: STAKEHOLDERS NEEDS, PRIORITIES, PREFERRED METHODS OF LEARNING; SERVE AS A CLIMATE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR REGION-SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDER NEEDS; PROVIDING TRAINING FOR TECHNICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND EXTENSION; TARGETED PROGRAMMING FOR UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS; AND PROVIDING FORMAL EDUCATION WITH EXTENSION SERVICE-LEARNING COMPONENT.$1,500,000
· FY2022 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
PIERCE`S DISEASE, CA 2009$1,427,332
· FY2009 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
A WESTERN IPM CENTER LED BY CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND OREGON$951,455
· FY2012 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
A WESTERN IPM CENTER LED BY CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND OREGON$877,739
· FY2013 · 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.** SCHOOL MEALS OFFER AN UNPARALLELED OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE STUDENT FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION OUTCOMES AND TO MINIMIZE FOOD AND PACKAGING WASTE TO FACILITATE BOTH HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. NATIONALLY THE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF SCHOOL MEALS HAS IMPROVED, BUT STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE LUNCH PROGRAM IS DECLINING AND HIGH LEVELS OF WASTE PERSIST. A LARGE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICT AIMS TO REVERSE THESE TRENDS BY TRANSITIONING FROM PRE-PACKAGED REHEATED MEALS TO FRESH, LOCALLY-PREPARED MEALS SERVED USING MORE REUSABLE SERVICEWARE. BY LEVERAGING BASELINE DATA COLLECTED FROM A PRIOR AFRI-FUNDED SCHOOL DINING REDESIGN, WE AIM TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH REDESIGN ON STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND INTAKE OF SCHOOL MEALS. COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WILL PROVIDE STAKEHOLDER EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF THE SCHOOL MEAL REDESIGN FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND STAFF. USING A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL PRE-POST DESIGN, 10 MIDDLE/HIGH AND ELEMENTARY INTERVENTION SCHOOLS WILL BE COMPARED TO 10 CONTROL SCHOOLS OVER 3 YEARS. WE WILL TRACK STUDENT LUNCH AND BREAKFAST PARTICIPATION, AND ASSESS PLATE WASTE TO ESTIMATE STUDENT INTAKES, PACKAGING WASTE TO ESTIMATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, AND FOODSERVICE COSTS TO DOCUMENT FINANCIAL IMPACTS. STUDENT SURVEYS AND STUDENT/PARENT FOCUS GROUPS WILL PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR OTHER QUANTITATIVE RESULTS. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT MEAL APPEAL, STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND INTAKE OF SCHOOL MEALS WILL INCREASE, STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY AND FOOD AND PACKAGING WASTE WILL DECREASE, AND AFTER AN INITIAL INVESTMENT, FOODSERVICE COSTS WILL BE STABLE OR DECREASE. FINDINGS WILL BE DISSEMINATED IN PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND A TOOLKIT TO INFORM OTHER DISTRICTS ABOUT COSTS AND BENEFITS TO IMPROVING SCHOOL MEALS.$790,049
· FY2020 · 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.** TECHNOLOGY-SAVVY YOUTH WITH POSITIVE ATTITUDES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE CONTINUED ADVANCEMENT OF TRANSFORMATIVE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES THAT ADDRESS RELATED COMPLEX AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. ADDITIONALLY SCIENCE-BASED CURRICULA NEED TO INTEGRATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.TO ADDRESS THIS WE WILL CULTIVATE STEM FOCUSED FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL INTEREST IN YOUTH THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT TESTING AND EVALUATION OF EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION CURRICULA THAT FOCUS LEARNING ON REAL-WORLD COMMUNITY RELEVANT EXPERIENCES. CURRICULUM #1-SKYMAPPERS: AGRICULTURAL DRONES AND GIS MASTERY TARGETS THE DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS WITH UNCREWED AERIAL SYSTEMS (DRONES) REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS. CURRICULUM #2-DRONOVATION: CULTIVATING CHANGE WITH TEENS INVITE YOUTH TO APPLY THEIR LEARNING BY UNDERTAKING A REAL-WORLD PROJECT VARYING WITH THEIR LOCAL GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS (E.G. CHARTING LANDSCAPE CHANGES STORYTELLING AGRICULTURAL HISTORIES MONITORING LIVESTOCK BEHAVIOR OR ANALYZING FOOD ACCESS AND JUSTICE). THESE YOUTH WILL BECOME AG CHAMPIONS' AND SHARE THEIR LEARNING AND PROJECTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO COMMUNICATE THE BENEFITS OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES. TARGET PARTICIPANTS ARE TEENAGERS WITH EDUCATOR INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADAPTATION AND INCLUSION FOR THOSE FROM GROUPS UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM INCLUDING FEMALES AND LATINO YOUTH.THE CURRICULA AND EDUCATOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GUIDE WILL BE REPLICABLE FOR USE IN MANY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS AND AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES. AFTER THREE YEARS WE WILL DISSEMINATE EVIDENCE-BASED CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEER REVIEWED CURRICULA EDUCATOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GUIDE AND PROMISING PRACTICES BRIEFS REPLICABLE IN A BROAD ARRAY OF NON-FORMAL EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS WITH THE NOVEL APPROACH OF APPLYING LEARNING TO REAL-WORLD COMMUNITY RELEVANT AGRICULTURAL ISSUES THROUGH PROJECT-BASED LEARNING.$750,000
· FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
FRESH PRODUCE SAFETY CA$698,001
· FY2010 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
VITICULTURE CONSORTIUM, CA$677,773
· FY2009 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
2010 VITICULTURE CONSORTIUM-WEST$676,596
· FY2010 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
FRESH PRODUCE FOOD SAFETY, CA$656,330
· FY2009 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
SOUTHWESTERN U.S. IS FACING INCREASING THREATS TO ITS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND FOOD SECURITY DUE TO THE RISING FREQUENCY OF PROLONGED DROUGHTS AND OVERDRAWN WATER RESOURCES. FORAGE CROPS IN PARTICULAR ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR UNSUSTAINABLE WATER USAGE PATTERNS AND CONSUME 70% OF THE TOTAL AGRICULTURAL WATER SUPPLY IN COLORADO RIVER BASIN, FURTHER EXACERBATING THE WATER SCARCITY IN THESE REGIONS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WATER EFFICIENT, DROUGHT TOLERANT CROPS ARE ADAPTED TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY OF KEY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION STATES LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. SILAGE SORGHUM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PROMINENT ALTERNATIVE CROP FOR THIS PURPOSE WHICH CAN ENSURE THE FOOD SECURITY OF THE FUTURE. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP WATER USE CURVES FOR SILAGE SORGHUM, ELIMINATING THE LACK OF INFORMATION ON REGION-SPECIFIC WATER-USE PATTERNS OF SORGHUM, WHICH HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING CHALLENGE TO EFFICIENT ADAPTION AND WATER MANAGEMENT OF SORGHUM IN THE REGION.$588,000
· FY2025 · 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 PROJECT SEEKS TO MORE FULLY UNDERSTAND (THROUGH FIELD TESTING) THE OFF-SITE MOVEMENT OF PESTICIDES APPLIED IN ORCHARDS/VINEYARDS WHEN USING AIRBLAST SPRAYERS AND TO UTILIZE THE LEARNING IN DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE MECHANISTIC MODEL TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND RELIABLE SPRAY DRIFT ESTIMATES. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ARE TO: 1) DEVELOP A MECHANISTIC SPRAY DRIFT MODEL, BASED ON AN EXISTING DEPOSITION MODEL; 2) CONDUCT SPRAYER DISPLACEMENT FIELD TRIALS TO EXAMINE AND INTEGRATE INTO THE MODEL THE EFFECTS (ON DRIFT) OF MOVING SPRAYER TO DIFFERENT DRIVE LANES OF ORCHARD/VINEYARD; AND 3) VALIDATE THE DEVELOPED MODEL UTILIZING PREVIOUSLY GENERATED CANOPY, METEOROLOGICAL, AND DRIFT DATA FROM MULTIPLE CROPS (ALMOND, CITRUS, AND GRAPE). THE USE OF THE MODEL WILL ALSO INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF BEST PRACTICES FOR MINIMIZING DRIFT WHICH WILL TRANSLATE INTO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE DISSEMINATED THROUGH EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE THE USE OF SAFE, EFFECTIVE, SUSTAINABLE PEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER TREE/VINE CROP PRODUCTION AREAS BOTH WITHIN AND BEYOND THE PROJECT PERIOD. THE MODEL WILL ALSO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR EVALUATING/INCORPORATING THE BENEFITS OF PRECISION APPLICATION INTO RISK ASSESSMENT AND RISK MITIGATION OF PESTICIDES. THIS FOCUS ON IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY WILL REDUCE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS FROM HIGH-RISK PESTICIDES OF HIGH REGULATORY CONCERN.$516,449
· FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
FY2010-11 MCINTIRE-STENNIS COOPERATVIE FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM FINAL FGO$376,120
· FY2011 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
METHYL BROMIDE (MEBR), AN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE FUMIGANT FOR CONTROLLING SOILBORNE PATHOGENS AND WEEDS WHEN MIXED WITH CHLOROPICRIN, WAS PHASED OUT OF USE IN CA STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION IN 2016 UNDER THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL. IN RESPONSE, CA STRAWBERRY GROWERS INCREASED THEIR USE OF OTHER FUMIGANTS SUCH AS CHLOROPICRIN AND 1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE THAT ARE NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS MEBR. BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGHLY VOLATILE NATURE AND HIGH APPLICATION RATES, FUMIGANTS CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THEIR USES ARE HIGHLY REGULATED. REGARDLESS, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE REGULATION HAS DOCUMENTED HUNDREDS OF ACUTE ILLNESSES CAUSED BY ACCIDENTAL FUMIGANT EXPOSURE TO AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AND PEOPLE LIVING NEAR FUMIGATED FIELDS SINCE 2003, MAKING DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF NON-FUMIGANT ALTERNATIVES A PRIORITY. TODAY, FUSARIUM WILT CAUSED BY FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. FRAGARIAE (F.O.F.), AND CHARCOAL ROT CAUSED BY MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA ARE THREATENING CALIFORNIA'S TWO-BILLION-DOLLAR STRAWBERRY INDUSTRY. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE SUPPRESSIVE CROP ROTATIONS AS A COMPONENT OF INTEGRATED NON-FUMIGANT SOILBORNE DISEASE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR STRAWBERRIES. STUDIES SHOWED THE POTENTIAL OF USING SUPPRESSIVE CROPS TO CONTROL LETHAL SOILBORNE PATHOGENS FOR STRAWBERRIES (E.G., ALLIUM CROPS FOR FUSARIUM WILT, AND SUMMIT 515 WHEAT FOR CHARCOAL ROT). OUR GOAL IS TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPRESSIVE CROPS, OPTIMIZE THEM FOR CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, DEMONSTRATE THEM AT COMMERCIAL SCALE TRIALS, EVALUATE THEIR ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY, AND DISSEMINATE THE RESEARCH OUTCOMES. WE WILL CONDUCT A SERIES OF GREENHOUSE AND FIELD TRIALS, AND COMMERCIAL-SCALE DEMONSTRATIONS OF SUPPRESSIVE ROTATIONS WITH AND WITHOUT ANAEROBIC SOIL DISINFESTATION (ASD), A BIOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVE TO FUMIGATION, FOR CONTROL OF MAJOR SOILBORNE PATHOGENS IN STRAWBERRY. SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL 1) EXAMINE THE EFFECT OF ALLIUM CROPS ON F.O.F. POPULATION IN THE SOIL WITH AND WITHOUT SUMMER ASD IN GREENHOUSE TRIALS, 2) STUDY THE EFFECT OF SUMMIT 515 WHEAT ON M. PHASEOLINA IN THE SOIL WITH AND WITHOUT SUMMER ASD IN GREENHOUSE TRIALS, 3) EXPLORE THE SOIL MICROBIOLOGICAL MECHANISM OF SOIL M. PHASEOLINA SUPPRESSION BY SUMMIT 515 WHEAT, 4) TEST SUPPRESSIVE CROP ROTATIONS WITH OR WITHOUT SUMMER ASD FOR F.O.F. AND M. PHASEOLINA IN STRAWBERRIES AT REPLICATED FIELD TRIALS AND LARGE-SCALE DEMONSTRATION FIELD TRIALS ACROSS COASTAL CALIFORNIA, 5) CONDUCT AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SUPPRESSIVE ROTATION SYSTEMS, AND 6) DISSEMINATE THE OUTCOMES VIA WORKSHOPS, FIELD DAYS, AND WEBINARS. TO REACH OUT TO LATINO AND RESOURCE-LIMITED GROWERS, WE WILL WORK WITH A LOCAL NGO AGRICULTURE & LAND-BASED TRAINING ASSOCIATION (ALBA).$352,912
· FY2020 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture