EDINBURG — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Monday celebrated receiving a $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will fund research into monitoring screwworms with imaging technology and drones.
The grant is part of about $105 million the USDA awarded in June through its New World Screwworm Grand Challenge, which funded research aimed at stopping the pest’s spread north.
UTRGV was one of 40 to receive the funds out of 226 applicants.
Traditionally, screwworm monitoring relies on seeing animal wounds firsthand or trapping flies.
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Matt Wilson
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Matt Wilson is a Hidalgo County–based freelance reporter and contributor to the Rio Grande Valley Business Journal. He previously covered education and general assignment for The Monitor, frequently writing about the dramatic ways business changed during the coronavirus pandemic. Before that he worked as a reporter in rural Central Texas where he covered everything from house fires to school board meetings.
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