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: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 12/18/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Categories
- Outreach, Education, and Demonstration Projects
- Projects in the outreach, education, and demonstration category focus on increasing the adoption of efficient nutrient and irrigation management practices and technologies. Outreach, education, and demonstration projects should include an evaluation of project outcomes and impact on practice adoption.
- 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 trainings 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 Projects
- 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.
- Priority 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
Funding Information
Grant funding of $75,000 per year for up to three years is available for outreach, education, demonstration, and/or research projects addressing funding priorities.
Evaluation Criteria
The Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board (FIAB) has a Technical Advisory Subcommittee (TASC) consisting of subject matter experts who are responsible for the evaluation of submitted pre-proposals. TASC selects pre-proposals to be developed into full proposals based on alignment with the program’s priority research areas, project concept, scientific merit, impact, methodology, and feasibility. FREP staff notifies applicants of the TASC decision and invites selected applicants to submit full proposals. Full proposals are evaluated by TASC. TASC then sends its recommendations to FIAB, which determines whether to approve TASC’s recommendations for proposed funding.
For more information, visit CDFA.
