Agriculture is the focus of part of a Biden administration announcement to localize economic growth through National Science Foundation spending.
The 10 NSF Regional Innovation Engines each will receive $15 million in federal funding, which will be combined with more than $365 million in matching funds from non-federal partners. According to the White House, the funding is aimed at “stimulating economic growth across a range of sectors, including semiconductor manufacturing, clean energy, sustainable textiles, climate-resilient agriculture, regenerative medicine, and more.”
Among the investments is the North Dakota Advanced Agriculture Technology Engine, which aims to “reinvent the way we feed our nation, combining advanced crop data, genetic data, climate modeling and sensor technologies to adapt our food systems to the challenges and technology of the 21st Century."
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The Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine plans to “develop advanced, trustworthy, and scalable methods to monitor and predict methane emissions, soil carbon capture, wildfires, and more, advancing essential technology to help the world adapt to a changing climate,” the White House said.
An administration fact sheet also spells out departmental actions that will be taken across the federal government, including plans for USDA’s Rural Development state offices to work with NSF to ensure rural communities benefit from the NSF Engines.
Funding for the Innovation Engines was included in the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.
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