Funded Research Projects
Dr. Steinbach and his research team are involved in several research projects funded by federal and state agencies, commodity boards, and private-sector partners.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AFRI Program, 2024–28: Evaluating the Economic Consequences of Genetically Modified Organism Regulations on International Trade, Food Security, and Welfare, with Colin A. Carter, William Nganje, and Carlos Zurita. Role: Principal Investigator.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, NNF Program, 2024–28: Empowering Women Leaders and Transforming Agribusiness Education through an Experiential MS Program in Agribusiness and Data Analytics, with Anne Denton, Kerianne Lawson, Simone Ludwig, Ruilin Tian, Cheryl Wachenheim, and Mingao Yuan. Role: Principal Investigator.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AFRI Program, 2024–28: U.S. Soybean and Corn Supply Chain Resilience: Impacts of Extreme Droughts on Production, Shipping, Trade, and Global Food Security, with Raghav Goyal, Lynn Kennedy, Siew Lim, and Zhulu Lin. Role: Co-Principal Investigator.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AFRI Program, 2024–25: Conference on Agricultural Sustainability and International Trade, with Marcel Adenäuer, Amanda Countryman, Annelies Deuss, and Jason Grant. Role: Principal Investigator.
Office of the Chief Economist, Cooperative Agreement, 2024–25: Agricultural Policy Evaluation Framework for Risk Management and Market Disruptions, FY 2024. Role: Principal Investigator.
Agricultural Marketing Service, Cooperative Agreement, 2024–25: Implications of Climate Disruptions for the U.S. Grain Transportation Network, with Carlos Zurita. Role: Principal Investigator.
North Dakota State University, RCA Sparking Big Ideas Seed Project Program, 2024–25: Enhancing Global Food Supply Chain Modeling with a Transdisciplinary Network, Open Data Ecosystem, and Big Data Analytics, with Bong-Jin Choi, Dongin Kim, Anupa Sharma, and Mingao Yuan. Role: Principal Investigator.
North Dakota Soybean Council, Market Development Program, 2024–25: Understanding Trade Strategy Impacts on Soybean Exports and Farm Income in North Dakota, with Carlos Zurita. Role: Principal Investigator.
North Dakota Soybean Council, Market Development Program, 2024–25: Identifying Emerging Foreign Market Opportunities for North Dakota Soybeans through Advanced Economic Analysis, with Dongin Kim and Carlos Zurita. Role: Principal Investigator.
Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth, Faculty Scholar Program, 2024–25: U.S. Trade Integration Policies and Global Value Chain Participation. Role: Principal Investigator.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AFRI Program, 2023–27: Global Implications of the Russia–Ukraine War for Agricultural Trade and Value Chains, Commodity Prices, and Cross-border Investment, with Raghav Goyal, Md Deluair Hossen, Sunghun Lim, Andrew Muhammad, and Anupa Sharma. Role: Principal Investigator.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AFRI Program, 2023–27: Consumer Choices and Behavior of Visitors to Farmers’ Markets: New Insights from Human Mobility Data and Artificial Intelligence, with Cristina Connolly and Suining He. Role: Co-Principal Investigator, relinquished after leaving the University of Connecticut, Current Role: Project Partner.
Genome Canada, Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems–Interdisciplinary Challenge Teams Program, 2023–27: PeaCE (Pea Climate-Efficient): Developing Climate-Resilient, Low Carbon Footprint Field Pea as a Preferred Rotation Crop through Inter-Disciplinary Integration of Genomic Technologies, with Pankaj Bhowmik, Deng-Jin Bing, Syama Chatterton, Kishore Gali, Raju Jetty, Jill Hobbs, Sateesh Kagale, David Konkin, Reynald Lemke, Sara Lira, Prachi Loliencar, Wendy Lyzenga, Peter Slade, Raju Soolanayakanahally, Dae-Kyun Ro, Marcus Samuel, Sandro Steinbach, Nicholas Tyack, Tom Warkentin, David Wishart, Yang Yang, and Wentao Zhang. Role: Co-Investigator.
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, Research for Novel Approaches Grant Program, 2023–26: Operationalizing Drone Imaging Technology to Detect Nutrient Deficiencies in Fruit Orchards, with Mary Concklin, Evan Lentz, and Chandi Witharana. Role: Co-Principal Investigator, relinquished after leaving the University of Connecticut, Current Role: Project Partner.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AFRI Program, 2022–26: Harnessing Mobility Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Through a Transdisciplinary Research Network in Food Production, Processing, and Consumption Systems, with Cristina Connolly, Suining He, Dongjin Song, Debarchana Ghosh, and Tao Lu. Role: Co-Principal Investigator, relinquished after leaving the University of Connecticut, Current Role: Project Partner.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AFRI Program, 2022–25: Evaluating the Impact of Preferential Trade Agreements on Agricultural and Food Trade: New Insights from Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning, with Caiwen Ding and Dongjin Song. Role: Principal Investigator, relinquished to Caiwen Ding after leaving the University of Connecticut, Current Role: Project Partner.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AFRI Program, 2022–25: The Evolving Food Retail Market Structure: New Insights into Entry, Competition, and Employment, with Rigoberto Lopez and Aviv Nevo. Role: Co-Principal Investigator, relinquished after leaving the University of Connecticut, Current Role: Project Partner.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, EWD Program, 2021–25: Measuring the Impact of Foreign Trade Shocks on Agriculture in the United States, with Dongin Kim. Role: Co-Principal Investigator.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AFRI Program, 2020–24: The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Agriculture in the United States. Role: Principal Investigator.