USDA grant to support expansion of online tool for pollinator conservation Christina Grozinger, Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will lead a project to expand an online tool aimed at conserving pollinator populations and the ecosystem services they provide. Image: Grozinger laboratory USDA grant to support expansion of online tool for pollinator conservation April 14, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A Penn State-led research team has received a nearly $950,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to create the next generation of an online decision-support tool designed to help conserve pollinator populations across the United States. USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded the funding under its Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics and Tools grant program, which supports projects aimed at enabling research and stakeholder communities to leverage data and technologies to improve management of U.S. food and agricultural systems and natural resources.