Highlights: UF/IFAS launches the Office of Strategic Partnerships & Innovation to accelerate public-private partnerships, faculty entrepreneurship and commercialization of agricultural research. Led by Executive Director Damian Adams, ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Highlights: Citizen science lets anyone collect real research data using a phone or notepad, contributing to peer-reviewed studies on wildlife, water and ecosystems. UF/IFAS uses data from apps like iNaturalist, IveGot1 and eBird to ... READ MORE
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Highlights: University of Florida awards $349,250 in Food is Medicine research funding through the PLANTMED Seed Funding Program. New UF Food is Medicine projects advance nutrition science in areas including diabetes, cardiometabolic ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Highlights UF/IFAS awarded $321,811 to five research teams leveraging artificial intelligence for agriculture through the 2026 LIFT AI program. Projects include AI-driven blueberry pollination tracking and machine-harvestable peppers, ... READ MORE
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Highlights Eight UF faculty teams received a total of $524,734 in funding to develop innovative agricultural solutions, spanning multiple departments and off-campus centers. Funded projects include climate-resilient coffee cultivation, ... READ MORE
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UF/IFAS undergraduate research internships provide students with hands-on research experiences and lasting positive impacts. Debriana Love, a Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 2023 graduate, interned with Dr. Raelene Crandall's Fire Ecology ... READ MORE
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The UF/IFAS Dean for Research office supports scientific curiosity among College of Agricultural and Life Sciences undergraduate students. Over 70 students participate a paid research internship program every year, partaking in projects ranging ... READ MORE
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