← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Organic Seed Alliance
$3,601,394
Total funding
3
Grants
Funding over time
peak $3.6M · FY2014–24$5M$3.8M$2.5M$1.3M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
USDA$3,601,394 · 3
By mechanism
—$3,601,394 · 3
Investigators at Organic Seed Alliance
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
Not enough data
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Not enough data
All-Time
Most funded here, all years
Not enough data
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.** ORGANIC SEED PRODUCTION AND ORGANIC PLANT BREEDING ARE CRUCIAL TO THE INTEGRITY AND LONG-TERM SUCCESS OFORGANIC AGRICULTURE. ORGANIC SEED PRODUCERS AND SEED COMPANIES HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR: THE LACK OF ROBUST,PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SEED YIELD DATA AND PRODUCTION PROTOCOLS IS A BARRIER TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIC SEEDINDUSTRY - AND A BARRIER TO THE WIDER AVAILABILITY OF ADAPTED, AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY ORGANIC SEED FOR ALL ORGANICPRODUCERS WHO USE SEED.THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE RESILIENCE AND SUCCESS OF ORGANIC SEED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS.BY CREATING A ROBUST, NATIONAL COLLABORATION OF ORGANIC SEED RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS FOCUSED ON ADVANCINGTHE FIELD OF ORGANIC SEED PRODUCTION RESEARCH, THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP PRACTICAL TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT THEORGANIC SEED INDUSTRY NEEDS TO DEVELOP, TEST, PRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE AND MAINTAIN SEED OF REGIONALLY AND ORGANICALLYADAPTED CULTIVARS.TO ACHIEVE THIS LONG-TERM GOAL, WE ARE PURSUING THREE OBJECTIVES WITHIN THIS PROPOSAL:1) BETTER ELUCIDATE THE EFFECTS OF GENETICS, CLIMATE, AND MANAGEMENT ON ORGANIC VEGETABLE SEED YIELDS THROUGHMULTI-LOCATION SEED YIELD TRIALS, SEED PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT TRIALS, PARTICIPATORY SEED RESEARCH, AND THEDEVELOPMENT OF A ROBUST VEGETABLE SEED YIELD DATABASE.2) DEVELOP ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING TOOLS FOR ORGANIC SEED PRODUCERS.3) EXPAND SEED PRODUCTION INFORMATION EXCHANGE FOR AND AMONG ORGANIC SEED STAKEHOLDERS.$3,493,549
· FY2024 · 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 ORGANIC SEED GROWERS CONFERENCE IS A BIENNIAL GATHERING BY AND FOR AGROECOLOGICAL SEED COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. AND ACROSS THE WORLD. THE EVENT CREATES SPACES WHERE EXPERIENCED AND EMERGING SEED STEWARDS CAN CONVENE TIMELY CONVERSATIONS, EDUCATIONAL TRAINING, AND STRATEGY SESSIONS. THE GATHERING SERVES AS A CONDUIT FOR MAKING NEW CONNECTIONS AND CATCHING UP WITH OLD FRIENDS, NETWORKING ACROSS ORGANIC SEED COMMUNITIES, SHARING KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHER PARTICIPANTS, AND CELEBRATING THE GROWING MOVEMENT. ORGANIZERS CURATE A CONFERENCE AGENDA THAT REFLECTS THE MULTIFACETED NEEDS OF SEED GROWERS AND ADVOCATES, NO MATTER THE EASE OR DISCOMFORT OF THE TOPICS. THE GOAL OF THE ORGANIC SEED GROWERS CONFERENCE IS TO INSPIRE INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND BUSINESSES TO TAKE ACTIONS THAT SUPPORT AND IMPROVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND PRACTICAL SYSTEMS THAT MAKE UP THE ORGANIC SEED MOVEMENT AND TRADE.$74,845
· FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE ORGANIC PLANT BREEDING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST$33,000
· FY2014 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture