Vertical Farming at the UW Plant Growth and Phenotyping Facility
Published August 05, 2024
In August 2024, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the University of Wyoming’s engagement in a $16 million grant led or supported by the University of New Mexico. This funding is a part of a $77.8 million investment from NSF in projects that will build climate resilience capacity as part of the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). The $2.08 million in funding coming to the University of Wyoming will lead the project’s core science components, characterizing how the environment, plants and microbes interact in hydroponic systems and impact crop yield. This work includes partnerships across New Mexico, South Dakota and Wyoming.
UW will lead the project’s core science components, which examine how plants and microbes interact in hydroponic systems and affect crop yield in different environmental settings. Carmela Rosaria Guadagno, director of the UW Plant Growth and Phenotyping Facility in the Science Institute and associate director of the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Center, will lead UW’s effort as primary investigator. UNM will oversee the socioeconomic aspects of the project, assessing the drivers and impacts of CEA on tribal communities.
For more information, please visit https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2418347&HistoricalAwards=false