Integrated Pest Management Funding Opportunities

The application process is simple. Write an application letter and state your work or job, how your travel will help you learn about IPM and how you will share what you learn with growers back at home. Funds are available for agriculture professionals in the private sector as well as those who work for public universities. For complete information on how to apply, see the Request for Applications at the link.

The SAI program focuses financial resources primarily on minor agricultural crop production. Grant funding assistance under this program is generally available to: States, U.S. territories or possession, federally recognized Indian tribal governments and Native American Organizations, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions, local governments, individuals, and international entities. For profit organizations are not eligible.

Grant activities that are supported under the SAI program and this Request for Applications (RFA) include: education, extension, demonstration, and studies for Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) transition and reduced risk pest management practices in agriculture. Project activities should support achieving the adoption of reduced risk pest management practices, and/or ecologically based Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

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Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants include the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S., any agency or instrumentality of a state including state colleges or universities, federally-recognized tribes that meet the requirements for treatment in a manner similar to a state as described in 40 CFR 35.663, and intertribal consortia that meet the requirements described in 40 CFR 35.504.

Local governments, private universities, private nonprofit organizations, private businesses, and individuals are not eligible to apply for funding.

This announcement provides qualification and application requirements to those interested in submitting applications for fiscal year 2010. Eligible applicants include: States, U.S. territories or possession, federally recognized Indian tribal governments and Native American Organizations, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions, local governments, and individuals and international entities.

The total amount of funding available for award is expected to be $900,000 which is authorized by the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act and from the Science and Technology appropriation from the Office of the Science Advisor. The number of awards to be made under this announcement will depend on individual proposal costs, the availability of funds, and the quality of proposals received. This competition begins with a call for initial proposals from which candidates will be selected and offered an invitation to submit full applications. This announcement contains information on the format and content for the initial proposals as well as criteria for the evaluation of invited applications.

The maximum funding level is $250,000 per project for Agricultural IPM and Community IPM; $300,000 per IPM for Infectious Diseases; and, $100,000 per Ecosystem Modeling to Evaluate Benefits of IPM project. The project period of performance is limited to two years from the award date.

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