**School of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences Awarded Nearly $3 Million For Capacity Building Projects

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**School of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences Awarded Nearly $3 Million For Capacity Building Projects

The School of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences submitted 22 proposals to the USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture Capacity Building Grants program last year.  Recently, the University was informed that 10 of the proposals were funded for a total of $2,922,321. TSU ranked third among the 18 eligible institutions in total funding awarded.

This is the highest amount the School of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences has earned in a year from this particular funding opportunity in its history.  In addition, this month, the School also received $400,000 from USDA to transfer technologies to disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in Tennessee.

Dr. Chandra Reddy, Dean of the School of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, credits the high success rate to the quality of the faculty in the School and the implementation of a proposal peer-review process, “We have outstanding faculty doing outstanding work,” he says, “when you combine that with a good review process it is a recipe for success”.

The Capacity Building Grant program is intended to strengthen teaching, research and extension programs in the food and agricultural sciences by building the institutional capacities of the 1890 land grant institutions and Tuskegee University.

The funded proposals address areas such as food safety, youth development, environmental science, bioenergy, biotechnology and curriculum enhancement:

• Bringing Sustainable Environmental Consumer Practices to the Community and the Classroom   A. S. Ballard de Ruiz, M. Machara. $149,774

• Proteomic Analysis of Campylobacter Surface Antigens for Developing an Innovative Fingerprinting Scheme. F. Chen, S. Zhou, and S. Nahashon. $299,998

• Building Capacity in Graduate Agricultural and Extension Education: Curriculum and Instructional Delivery. S. P. Singh, S. Comer, D. Pitchay, J. Hinsey, and E. Ekanem. $149,301

• Characterization of Novel Hydrolytic Enzymes for Improving Conversion Efficiency of Lignocellulosic Biomass. S. Zhou, R. Sauve, K. Vercruysse, T. Johnson, and C. Lee.  $299,999

• Alternatives to Conventional Pesticide in Disease and Pest Management in Nursery Production System. M. Mmbaga and J. B. Oliver. $199,997

• Development of Biological based IPM for Powdery Mildew in Flowering Dogwood. M. Mmbaga, S. Ochieng, and R. Sauve. $299,981

• A Molecular Model for Tolerance to Toxic Metal Ions in Plants. R. Sauve,S. Zhou, J. Stewart, T. Thannhauser, L. Mueller. $299,992

• Developing and Evaluating Sustainable Production of Eastern Gamagrass as Complementary Bioenergy.  E. Dzantor, D. Tyler, F. Tegegne, D. Hui, A. Clardy. $423,287

• Building Capacity of Youth – Active and Media Savvy.  V. Oates, E. Ekanem, R. Fleming. $563,992

• Water Smart: Watershed Academy for County Agents in Tennessee. S. Dennis, and T. Byl. $188,000

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