University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Launching Innovative Faculty Teams in AI funding program (LIFT AI), which provides UF/IFAS researchers with funding to pursue artificial intelligence research within agriculture.
Five UF/IFAS teams were chosen this year, with a total of $321,811 funded. The teams will use UF’s supercomputer, HiPerGator, to reach their research goals that strive to solve problems of food system security, disease prevention and environmental protection.
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