Grants

A new research project aims to improve sustainability in the preservation of food products. The project focuses on using natural biological preservation methods rather than chemical preservatives in order to eliminate the food waste problem. The project will develop a proof-of-concept for a bio-preservative system that can significantly enhance food safety and reduce food waste. The project is headed by Aarhus University, Denmark, and is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

The Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands receives 3.8 million euro from the Dutch Research Council for the GLOBALISE project to provide digital access to the UNESCO archive of the VOC, enabling a better understanding of colonial history, the Dutch East India Company and the early-modern histories of countries and cultures of the Indian Ocean and Indonesian Archipelago Worlds.

The Gula Tech Foundation has awarded UTSA's Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) a $250,000 grant to raise public awareness about cybersecurity. The foundation distributed $1 million in grants across seven winners, with the CIAS being recognized as its first-place recipient.