Currently Funded Projects

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“Effect of rye shading on corn roots and shoots in traditional and short stature corn”                             2/28/2023-2/27/2026
United States Department of Agriculture
PIs: Alyssa Koehler, Jarrod Miller & Erin Sparks
"Systems-level characterization of Pythium pathogenesis, an emerging threat to maize production"    3/1/2023-2/29/2028​United States Department of Agriculture                                                                                                       
PIs: Alyssa Koehler & Erin Sparks
​"Collaborative Research: PlantSynBio: Deciphering the roles of genetic and biochemical redundancy and pathway regulation via refactoring the protective plant cuticle"                                                                                          8/1/2022-7/31/2025
National Science Foundation Award #2212800                                                                                                                                    
PIs: Marna Yandeau-Nelson, Erin Sparks, Rajib Saha & Basil Nikolau
The Sparks Lab has been previously supported by:
Royal Society International Exchange 
National Science Foundation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Delaware Bioscience Center for Advanced Technology
University of Delaware Research Foundation 
Thomas Jefferson Fund/FACE Foundation