University of Idaho’s project, “Harnessing Artificial Intelligence For Implementing Integrated Pest Management In Small-Grain Production Systems.” This project will develop an AI-based decision support system for identifying pests in wheat-based production systems.

U.S. Ignite, Inc.’s project, “Platforms for Advanced Wireless:  Research Rural Platform,” will form a public-private partnership to support creating four at-scale experimental platforms for advancing fundamental wireless research to enable rural broadband to benefit customers in rural communities, and to attract and retain skilled networking jobs in the local community.

Montana State University’s project, “Transforming Wood into High-Performance Engineering Material with Cellulose Nanocrystals,” to help add value and expand the use of wood, help forest farmers generate additional revenue, and create a new stream of jobs in rural America.

Michigan State University’s project, “Fully Printed Electronics and Energy Devices via Low-dimensional Nanomaterials for Smart Packaging,” will develop a low-cost, wireless smart packaging system based on fully printed self-powered, sensor-based, radio-frequency identification tags to monitor food quality and safety from packaging, transportation, storage, and distribution to retail along the food supply chain.

Auburn University’s project, “Cellulose Nanocrystals: A Versatile Platform for the Detection of Allergens and Emerging Contaminants,” is focused on developing cellulose nanocrystals as a versatile platform for rapid, low-cost, multiplexed detection of food allergens and emerging contaminants in water and food.