The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) funds and facilitates projects to advance the environmentally safe and agronomically sound use and handling of fertilizing materials.
Donor Name: California Department of Food and Agriculture
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 12/16/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Priority Areas
- Outreach, Education, and Demonstration Funding Priority Areas
- Nutrient and Irrigation Technical Education: The implementation of optimal nutrient and irrigation management practices depends on skilled and knowledgeable growers, managers, and field staff. Technical training and education, as well as demonstration projects will increase grower and field staff knowledge, leading to improvements in on-farm management practices.
- Research and Demonstration Priority Funding Areas
- Improving Nutrient and Irrigation Management
- Evaluating Challenges and Barriers to Adoption of Management Practices
- The Role of Organic Input Materials in Soil Nutrient Management
- Demonstrating and/or Validating Management Practices that Optimize Nutrient and/or Irrigation Water Use
- Filling Knowledge Gaps for Nutrient and Irrigation Management
- Evaluating Nutrient Loss Pathways
- Understanding Nutrient Movement from the Root Zone
- Mitigation Strategies to Reduce Nutrient Losses.
- Improving Nutrient and Irrigation Management
Funding Categories
- Outreach, Education, and Demonstration Projects: Up to $75,000 per year and three years in length
- Projects in the outreach, education, and demonstration category focus on increasing the adoption of efficient nutrient and irrigation management practices and technologies. These projects should include an evaluation of project outcomes and impact on practice adoption.
- Research and Demonstration Projects: Up to $100,000 per year and three years in length
- Projects in the research and demonstration category focus on investigating innovative practices and technologies and understanding processes related to nutrient and irrigation management. All research and demonstration projects should have strong scientific merit and must include outreach to end-users.
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