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Food Animal Production (NP #101)
	Optimizing Welfare for Food Producing Animals (In-House Appropriated)
	Characterizing Formula-fed Veal and Dairy Beef Calf Welfare through Audits and Industry Engagement (Cooperative Agreement)
	Integrating Functional Genomics, Behavior, and Health Measures to Mitigate the Cumulative Effects of in Utero Heat Stress on Swine Welfare (Cooperative Agreement)
	PARTNERSHIP: Characterizing formula-fed veal and dairy beef calf welfare through audits and industry engagement (Cooperative Agreement)
	Thermal Perches as Warming Devices for Reducing Cold Stress in Laying Hens (Cooperative Agreement)
	Thermal perches as warming devices for reducing cold stress in laying hens (Cooperative Agreement)
	Characterizing Formula-fed Veal and Dairy Beef Calf Welfare Through Audits and Industry Engagement (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Thermal Perches as Warming Devices for Reducing Cold Stress in Caged Laying Hens (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Utilize the Purdue Animal Care and Use Committee (PACUC) (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Determine relationships between stress-load and calf behavior in precision livestock farming (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Identifying Phenotypic and Genotypic Indicators of Dairy Cattle Resilience in Automated Farming Systems (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Improving the Environment of Piglets and Sows to Enhance Performance and Welfare (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Reducing the Negative Impact of In Utero Heat Stress on Swine Immune Function Through Functional Genomics (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Swine Thermal Stress Mobile Application HotHog (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Synbiotics Increase Production and Immunity in Heat Stressed Broilers Via the Gut-Brain Axis (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Water Availability and Watershed Management (NP #211)
	Assessment of Sediment and Chemical Transport Processes for Developing and Improving Agricultural Conservation Practices (In-House Appropriated)
	Improving Understanding of Soil Processes for Making More Informed Agricultural Management Decisions that Increase Agricultural Sustainability in the Central U.S. (In-House Appropriated)
	Legacy Phosphorus Assessment in the Western Lake Erie Basin – Phase 2 (FY25 UK) (Cooperative Agreement)
	Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 1 - NSEU (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Contribution of Legacy Phosphorus to Watershed Outcomes Phase 3- Stream Sediments - W Layayette (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) - NSE (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands), NSEU (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	IRA GHG Quantification Action Area #6 (M#6)- Improve temporal and spatial coverage of national conservation activity data - West Lafayette, IN (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Legacy Phosphorus Assessment in the Western Lake Erie Basin – Phase II: Examining the Interaction between Soil Chemistry and Hydrology (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Assessment of Sediment and Chemical Transport Processes for Developing and Improving Agricultural Conservation Practices (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Optimizing Phosphorus Removal Structures: Improvements for Existing Structures and Identifying Next-Generation Designs (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Legacy phosphorus assessment in the Western Lake Erie Basin – Phase 2 (FY25 Purdue) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Soil and Air (NP #212)
	Assessment of Sediment and Chemical Transport Processes for Developing and Improving Agricultural Conservation Practices (In-House Appropriated)
	Improving Understanding of Soil Processes for Making More Informed Agricultural Management Decisions that Increase Agricultural Sustainability in the Central U.S. (In-House Appropriated)
	Legacy Phosphorus Assessment in the Western Lake Erie Basin – Phase 2 (FY25 UK) (Cooperative Agreement)
	Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 1 - NSEU (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Contribution of Legacy Phosphorus to Watershed Outcomes Phase 3- Stream Sediments - W Layayette (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) - NSE (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands), NSEU (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	IRA GHG Quantification Action Area #6 (M#6)- Improve temporal and spatial coverage of national conservation activity data - West Lafayette, IN (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Legacy Phosphorus Assessment in the Western Lake Erie Basin – Phase II: Examining the Interaction between Soil Chemistry and Hydrology (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Assessment of Sediment and Chemical Transport Processes for Developing and Improving Agricultural Conservation Practices (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Optimizing Phosphorus Removal Structures: Improvements for Existing Structures and Identifying Next-Generation Designs (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Legacy phosphorus assessment in the Western Lake Erie Basin – Phase 2 (FY25 Purdue) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Sustainable Agricultural Systems Research (NP #216)
	Improving Understanding of Soil Processes for Making More Informed Agricultural Management Decisions that Increase Agricultural Sustainability in the Central U.S. (In-House Appropriated)
Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (NP #301)
	Designing Soybeans with Enhanced Seed Quality and Plant Health Traits (In-House Appropriated)
	Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Plant-Insect Interactions in Cereal Crops (In-House Appropriated)
	Identifying Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Multitrophic Interactions Between Insect Pests and Cereal Plants (Cooperative Agreement)
	National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests / Yield, Disease Resistance and Quality Traits Evaluation of Public Breeding Lines (FY25 - W. Lafayette) (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Genetic Approaches for Alternative Protein Improvement (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Identifying Important Pathogenicity Factors in Fungal Pathogens for Developing Novel Soybean Disease Control Strategies (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Multitrophic Interactions of Aphids, Viruses, Microbiomes and Cereal Plants (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Understanding Mechanisms of Multitrophic Interactions between Aphids, Viruses, Symbionts and Cereal Plants (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Diseases (NP #303)
	Designing Soybeans with Enhanced Seed Quality and Plant Health Traits (In-House Appropriated)
	Fungal Host-Pathogen Interactions and Disease Resistance in Cereal Crops (In-House Appropriated)
	Improvement of Oat Germplasm for Resistance/Tolerance to Yellow Dwarf Viruses (Cooperative Agreement)
	Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - Purdue University (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Determining the Roles of Fusarium Effector Proteases in Plant Pathogenesis (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests / Yield, Disease Resistance and Quality Traits Evaluation of Public Breeding Lines (FY25 - W. Lafayette) (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Ag-Discovery Summer Enrichment Program (2024) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Developing New Technologies for Improving Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Developing New Technologies for Improving Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight (2025) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Developing Tools for Genotype Independent Transformation and Gene-Editing in Cereals (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Fungal Host-pathogen Interactions, Phylogeography and Microbiomes of Cereal Diseases (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Genetic Approaches for Alternative Protein Improvement (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Identifying Important Pathogenicity Factors in Fungal Pathogens for Developing Novel Soybean Disease Control Strategies (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Improvement of Oat Germplasm for Resistance/Tolerance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus Utilizing Marker-Assisted-Selection Breeding (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)