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With 47 research units at 21 locations and several additional worksites where ARS employees are located throughout eight states, the Pacific West Area (PWA) is the largest and most diverse of the eight Areas in ARS.    There are 375 scientist positions in PWA and total workforce of about 1,400 employees.    Research in PWA is conducted in 21 of the 22 ARS National Programs and addresses all five REE research priorities:

1) Climate Change

2) Food Safety

3) Children's Nutrition / Health

4) Global Food Security

5) Bioenergy

Total base funding for PWA research projects is $164 million (net to location).    Base funds are augmented by about $16 million in trust, reimbursable, interagency and CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement) funds direct to ARS; and about $4 million of in kind support.   

 Intellectual property and technology transfer activities in PWA include over 30 active CRADAs, over 80 issued patents, over 60 pending patent applications and 65 active licenses.

PWA Directors