{"id":11,"date":"2015-10-21T14:16:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T21:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:42:36","slug":"grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1445462012463\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<header>\n<h2>Competitive Grants<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<ul>\n<li><em><em>USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Pulse Crop Health Initiative Research Project:<\/em><\/em>ChickpeAI: Deployment of machine learning to develop chickpea with improved nutritional, functional and yield profiles (Lead PI: Marilyn Warburton, 2024-2027)<\/li>\n<li><em>US-Israel BARD: <\/em>Smart monitoring and acoustic spray system for precision crop stress management in controlled environment (Lead PI: Amihai Horesh, 2023-2026)<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-NIFA AFRI Foundational and Applied Science<\/em>: Real-time sensing of potato postharvest quality for crop loss management in bulk storage environment (2023-2027)<\/li>\n<li><em><em>USDA-NIFA Equipment Grants Program: <\/em><\/em>Acquisition of a versatile plant phenotyping platform (PhenoPlant) to advance food and agricultural research (Lead PI: Helmut Kirchoff, 2023-2026)<\/li>\n<li><em>National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) Horticultural Germplasm Evaluation: <\/em>High throughput phenotyping of 700 pea accessions for yield components (Lead PI: Marilyn Warburton, 2023-2024)<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-ARS Research Support Agreement: <\/em>Development of phenomics tools for pulse breeding programs (Lead PI: Rebecca McGee, 2022-2024)<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-NIFA AFRI Foundational and Applied Science<\/em>: Phenomics and modeling enabled decision support for climate-adapted wheat germplasm development (2022-2025)<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-NIFA AI Institute<\/em>: Agricultural AI for Transforming Workforce and Decision Support (AgAID) (Lead PI: Ananth Kalyanaraman, 2021-2026)<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-NIFA AFRI <\/em><em><em>IDEAS: <\/em><\/em>In sickness and in health till death do us part: Putting research into practice for a dairy summary measure of health (Lead PI: Craig McConnel, 2021-2026)<\/li>\n<li><em>WSU\u00a0ARC Emerging Research Issues<\/em>: Integration of high spatial and temporal resolution multiscale data for phenomics applications (2020-2023)<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-NIFA REEU<\/em>: FACT: Research experience for undergraduates on phenomics big data management (2020-2023)<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-NIFA AFRI Foundation<\/em>: MCRV: Dissecting microbiome-mediated crop rotational value of pulses and oilseeds in dryland wheat systems (Lead PI: Maren Friesen, 2020-2023)<\/li>\n<li><em>WSU CGIAR Borlaug Fellowship Program<\/em>: Research Partnership and Exchange with CIAT (2019-2020)<\/li>\n<li><em>WSU CSNAR BIOAG Program<\/em>: High-throughput screening of forage crops for environmentally sustainable crop production (2019-2021)<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-NIFA AFRI Foundation:<\/em> Genomics-enabled satellite phenomics for wheat breeding in the Palouse (Lead PI: Zhiwu Zhang, 2019-2023)<\/li>\n<li><em>WSDA Specialty Crop Block Grant<\/em>: Novel sensing for potato postharvest quality and loss management in bulk storage environment (2017-2021)<\/li>\n<li><em>WSU CAHNRS-CVM Livestock Health and Food Security<\/em>: Mothers in Danger: Precision dairying to measure the burden of maternal disease phenotypes (Lead PI: Craig McConnel, 2017-2019)<\/li>\n<li><em>IMAGINE Educational grant<\/em>: Measurement instrumentation for education (2017)<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-NIFA SCRI<\/em>: High-throughput sensing for potato production and breeding (Lead PI Jeffery Endelman, 2017-2018)<\/li>\n<li><em>WSU\u00a0ARC Emerging Research Issues<\/em>: Integration of large-scale genomics, phenomics, and systems-level modeling for next-generation biomarkers in breeding (Lead PI Stephen Ficklin, 2017-2019)<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-NIFA AFRI Foundation<\/em>: High-throughput phenotyping techniques to advance variety selection in grain legume (2017-2023)<\/li>\n<li><em>Washington Wheat Foundation<\/em>: Multispectral camera (visible and near infrared) to phenotype wheat varieties \u00a0(2017-2018)<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-NIFA AFRI Food Security<\/em>: Next generation variety development and education for grains, apples, alternative crops, and cool season legumes (Lead PI Arron Carter, 2016-2020)<\/li>\n<li><em>WSDA Specialty Crop Block Grant<\/em>: Deep sub-surface micro-irrigation to increase water use efficiency in Washington vineyards (Lead PI Pete Jacoby, 2015-2018)<\/li>\n<li><em>AFRI Foundation<\/em>: Advances in high-throughput phenotyping (2015-2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/documents\/2016\/08\/whitepaperafri_htp_spokane.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Final Report<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em>Apple Commission<\/em>: Effectiveness of foliar calcium applications in apple bitter pit management (Lead PI Lee Kalcsits, 2015-2017, <a href=\"http:\/\/jenny.tfrec.wsu.edu\/wtfrc\/PDFfinalReports\/2017FinalReports\/KalcsitsFoliarCalciumFINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Final Report<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em>National Crop Insurance Services:<\/em> Phenomic research development fund (2015)<\/li>\n<li><em>WSDA Specialty Crop Block Grant<\/em>: Rapid detection technologies for in-field and post-harvest apple bitter pit management (Lead PI Lav Khot, 2014-2017)<\/li>\n<li><em>Washington Wheat Foundation<\/em>: 2D light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system for rapid field phenotyping of spring and winter wheat varieties (2014-2015)<\/li>\n<li><em>WSU\u00a0ARC Emerging Research Issues<\/em>: Developing high-throughput sensor technologies to screen water use efficiency in model crops (2014-2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Competitive Grants<\/h2>\n<p><em><\/em><em>USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Pulse Crop Health Initiative Research Project:<\/em>ChickpeAI: Deployment of machine learning to develop chickpea with improved nutritional, functional and yield profiles (Lead PI: Marilyn Warburton, 2024-2027)<br \/> <em>US-Israel BARD: <\/em>Smart monitoring and acoustic spray system for precision crop stress management in controlled environment (Lead PI: Amihai Horesh, 2023-2026)<br \/> <em>USDA-NIFA AFRI Foundational and Applied Science<\/em>: Real-time sensing of potato postharvest quality for crop loss management in bulk storage environment (2023-2027)<br \/> <em><\/em><em>USDA-NIFA Equipment Grants Program: <\/em>Acquisition of a versatile plant phenotyping platform (PhenoPlant) to advance food and agricultural research (Lead PI: Helmut Kirchoff, 2023-2026)<br \/> <em>National Plant &#8230; 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