Ongoing
- Funding Source: USDA SBIR
- Grant Amount: $80,000
- Project Timeline: 2024-2025
- Role: co-PI
- Funding Source: Cobb Research Initiative
- Grant Amount: $254,403
- Project Timeline: 2023-2025
- Role: PI
- Funding Source: AI TENNessee Exploratory Research Seed Grant
- Grant Amount: $75,000
- Project Timeline: 2023-2024
- Role: PI
- Funding Source: AI TENNessee Exploratory Research Seed Grant
- Grant Amount: $3,000,000
- Project Timeline: 2023-2026
- Role: co-PI
- Funding Source: UT AgResearch
- Grant Amount: $200,000
- Project Timeline: 2022-2023
- Role: co-PI
- Funding Source: 1000USDA-NIFA
- Grant Amount: $1,000,000
- Project Timeline: 2022-2026
- Role: PI
- Funding Source: USDA Cooperative Agreement
- Grant Amount: $164,900
- Project Timeline: 2020-2025
- Role: PI
Completed
- Funding Source: USDA Cooperative Agreement
- Grant Amount: $200,000
- Project Timeline: 2019-2020
- Role: PI
- Funding Source: US Poultry & Egg Association
- Grant Amount: $123,937
- Project Timeline: 2019-2021
- Role: PI
- Funding Source: Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiments Station
- Grant Amount: $47,700
- Project Timeline: 2020-2021
- Role: PI
- Funding Source: Egg Industry Center
- Grant Amount: $85,605
- Project Timeline: 2018-2020
- Role: PI
- Funding Source: Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
- Grant Amount: $350,000
- Project Timeline: 2019-2020.
- Role: co-PI
- Funding Source: Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiments Station
- Grant Amount: $50,000
- Project Timeline: 2019-2020.
- Role: PI
- Funding Source: Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiments Station
- Grant Amount: $50,000
- Project Timeline: 2018-2019.
- Role: PI
- Funding Source: USDA Cooperative Agreement
- Grant Amount: $500,000
- Project Timeline: 2017-2019.
- Role: co-PI
- Funding Source: USDA-NIFA
- Grant Amount: $500,000
- Project Timeline: 2016-2018.
- Role: co-PI
- Funding Source: USDA-NIFA
- Grant Amount: $499,998
- Project Timeline: 2014-2017.
- Role: (Dr. Zhao led proposal development)
- Funding Source: USDA-NIFA
- Grant Amount: $100,000
- Project Timeline: 2015-2016.
- Role: (Dr. Zhao led proposal development)
- Funding Source: American Egg Board
- Grant Amount: $120,000
- Project Timeline: 2015-2016.
- Role: co-PI
- Funding Source: Iowa Cage Free & Iowa State University
- Grant Amount: $93,045
- Project Timeline: 2013-2014.
- Role: co-PI
