nsf.gov - Office of Legislative and Public Affairs (OLPA) News - NSF Provides $20 Million to Support 15 Projects Through BREAD Program - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

nsf.gov - Office of Legislative and Public Affairs (OLPA) News - NSF Provides $20 Million to Support 15 Projects Through BREAD Program - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States announced on 12 May 2010 that the Foundation, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is awarding 15 grants worth US$20 million in support of basic research for generating sustainable solutions to big agricultural problems in developing countries.

These are the first grants in a new five-year Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD) program, which is jointly funded by NSF and the Gates Foundation.

The awards in this first year of funding will allow leading scientists worldwide to work together in basic research testing novel and creative approaches to reducing longstanding problems faced by smallholder farmers in poor countries.

Scientists from the Nairobi, Kenya, animal health laboratories of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) will participate in 2 of the 15 projects selected among the many submitted to BREAD for funding.