USDA awards funding for projects at Cornell, NY Ag Experiment Station

ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University and the New York Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) in Geneva will use more than $1.37 million in in federal funding for food and agriculture research.

Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences operates the NYSAES, also known as Cornell AgriTech.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded the funding, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) said in a news release. 

Specifically, this funding was awarded through NIFA’s agriculture and food-research initiative — education and workforce development program.

This program provides funding to support postgraduate research and training for the next generation of food and agricultural scientists. The funding is divided among nine separate grants.

“This federal funding is a wise investment in two great agricultural research institutions, Cornell University and the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, that will help our farmers and agricultural community develop cutting-edge agricultural technology and keep us at the forefront of agricultural development,” Schumer said.

Gillibrand said the funding will help “support the work of up-and-coming scientists and researchers who will contribute to developments from our academic institutions, private industry, and government entities.”

The projects and grant amounts are listed in the accompanying chart.