National Science Foundation Awards $22.5M Grant for Crop Research Center
What happened
The National Science Foundation provided a five-year grant of nearly $22.5 million to the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS). CROPPS, led by Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, is a multi-institutional effort that includes Colorado State University. This funding renews a previous $25 million grant awarded to CROPPS in 2021.
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Why it matters
The research aims to enable direct communication between crop plants and humans, using digital tools to transform how crops grow and adapt. This work could lead to new agricultural practices, such as crops signaling low soil nitrogen or closing leaf pores to preserve water during drought.
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Who's involved
- Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information ScienceLeads the CROPPS research center and received the grant funding.
- National Science FoundationProvided the five-year, nearly $22.5 million grant funding.
- Colorado State UniversityIs a formal partner in the CROPPS research center.
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The entities involved
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Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
faculty
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National Science Foundation
United States government agency
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Colorado State University
public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA