Brewers Association Awards 2019 Research Grants

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More than half a million dollars given to support 17 hop and barley projects

Boulder, Colo.—The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers—today announced the recipients of its 2019 Research and Service Grants Program, designed to further the development of a healthy and sustainable raw materials supply chain. This year, 17 grants totaling $509,058 were awarded to researchers and organizations across the country.

“Ensuring a healthy supply chain is critical for our members,” said Bob Pease, president & CEO, Brewers Association. “As the agricultural landscape weathers a number of challenges, the Brewers Association is proud to fund grants that will enhance beer production and enable a more sustainable future.”

The BA has provided more than $1.7 million in funding for 77 projects since the inception of the grant program in 2015. Funding has supported research and service grants addressing public barley and hop variety development, hop disease and hop aroma, as well as supporting affiliated national and state-level grower organizations.

“We are grateful to the Brewers Association for the grant ‘Stable and Sustainable Dryland Production of High Quality Malt Barley’ to Montana State University,” said Dr. Jamie Sherman, assistant professor, Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University. “The support of the Brewers Association will enable the creation of barley lines with high malt quality under dryland conditions. Ultimately, the grant will increase sustainable production of barley by reducing water use. Dryland production is important to the long-term security of the barley supply chain particularly for Montana where 80 percent of available acres are dryland.”

2019 Grant Recipients

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Barley

Building a Winter Malting Barley Market for the Great Plains

  • Partner(s): University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Principal: Stephen Baenziger

Characterization of Genotype by Environment Interaction for Malting Quality in New York State

  • Partner(s): Cornell University Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics
  • Principal: Mark Sorrells

Stable and Sustainable Dryland Production of High-Quality Malt Barley

  • Partner(s): Montana State University
  • Principal: Jamie Sherman

Interaction Between Barley Genetics and Malt Process Impact on Flavor

  • Partner(s): Montana State University
  • Principal: Hannah Turner

Winter and Spring 2-Row Malt for Conventional and Organic Systems

  • Partner(s): Montana State University
  • Principal: Jed Eberly

Improving Malting Quality in Two-Rowed Barley by Reducing Grain Protein and β-Glucan Content Through Marker Assisted Backcrossing

  • Partner(s): University of California, Davis
  • Principal: Alicia del Blanco

Development of Two and Six-Rowed Winter Malt Barley Varieties for the Eastern U.S.

  • Partner(s): Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Principal: Carl Griffey

Evaluating a Multi-State Breeding Project to Produce Local Malting Barley for the Craft Brewing Industry

  • Partner(s): University of Minnesota
  • Principal: Kevin Smith

The Continuing Quest for Flavor: From the Oregon Promise to the Romp of Otters

  • Partner(s): Oregon State University
  • Principal: Pat Hayes

Enhancement of Winter Hardiness in Two-Rowed Barley Germplasm for the Craft Brewing Industry

  • Partner(s): University of Minnesota
  • Principal: Brain Steffenson

Identifying Spring Malting Barley Varieties for the Craft Brewing Industries

  • Partner(s): North Dakota State University
  • Principal: Richard Horsley

Effects of Variety by Malting Interactions on the Malt and Beer Metabolome

  • Partner(s): Colorado State University
  • Principal: Adam Heuberger

Metabolomics and Genomics Analysis of the ‘Romp of Otters’ Barley Flavor Project

  • Partner(s): Colorado State University
  • Principal: Adam Heuberger

Brewers Association Awards 2019 Research Grants

Hops

Multifaceted Impacts of Nitrogen and Sulfur Fertility on Hop Productivity, Quality, and Brewing Characteristics

  • Partner(s): US Department of Agriculture; Oregon State University
  • Researcher: David Gent

Mapping Novel Loci for Powdery Mildew Resistance in Hops

  • Partner(s): University of Minnesota
  • Principal: Gary Muehlbauer

Development and Application of Cost-Effective DNA-Based Markers for Hops

  • Partner(s): USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository
  • Principal: Nahla V. Bassil

Development of Thiols and Thiol Precursors in Different Hop Varieties During Hop Harvest and their Impact on Beer Flavour

  • Partner(s): Nyseos, Barth-Haas Group
  • Researcher: Laurent Dagan, Christina Schoenberger

Brewers Association Awards 2019 Research Grants

Proposals for 2020 calendar year funding will be accepted from March 1, 2019 until May 31, 2019 and can be submitted on the Brewers Association website.

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Contact: Abby Cohen (on behalf of the Brewers Association) 646-695-7044

About the Brewers Association

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