Here is a snapshot of the U of S projects that received funding:
Integrated omics for sustainable animal agriculture and environmental stewardship (IntegrOmes)
Funding amount: $6.76 million
Project: A multidisciplinary research team and collaborators from other universities and organizations are working on a wide-ranging research program, looking at bison conservation and addressing challenges facing the beef cattle industry.
The group is working with Indigenous communities to develop the world’s first bison genome biobank, in order to store and preserve genetic material of plains and wood bison populations in Canada. The model could have future applications for other threatened Canadian species.