The Kansas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the 2026 Crop & Livestock Research Grant Program.
Donor Name: Kansas Department of Agriculture
State: Kansas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 11/25/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The State Water Plan is a comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous adaptive plan to address current water resources and to plan for future needs. It presents five guiding principles, which provide the foundation and framework for addressing water issues in Kansas, identifying the overarching challenges, and the steps needed to meet those challenges. Those principles are:
- Conserve and extend the High Plains Aquifer
- Secure, protect, and restore the Kansas reservoirs
- Improve the state’s water quality
- Reduce the vulnerability to extreme events
- Increase awareness of Kansas water resources.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture seeks to fund projects that align with the first three guiding principles. Areas of particular interest include:
- Improving the performance and marketability of drought-tolerant crops
- Improving the ability of farmers to target inputs to reduce input requirements, increase effectiveness, and reduce nutrient runoff
- Agriculture technology, livestock feed/forage and water efficiency, and crop science innovations that reduce water use, improve water quality, or improve drought resilience.
Funding Information
The funding appropriation for the FY26 Crop & Livestock Research Program is $450,000. Applicants may request up to $100,000 per project, and projects can be up to two years in duration. This is a competitive, reimbursement-based grant program.
Grant Period
January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027.
Public Benefit Requirement
- Applications for grant funds should describe how the project potentially affects and produces measurable water conservation outcomes for the agriculture industry and/or the public rather than a single organization, institution or individual.
- KDA will not award grant funds for projects whose products or services promote or provide profit that solely benefits a single organization, institution, or individual. In addition, recipients and subrecipients cannot use grant funds to compete unfairly with companies that provide equivalent products or services. Single organizations, institutions, and individuals are encouraged to participate as project partners.
For more information, visit KDA.
