- Author: Kendra T Rose
Dear Colleagues,
The California Governor's Office of Planning and Research seeks applications from University of California/California State University researchers to lead the development of California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment Topical Synthesis Reports. While only UC/CSU affiliates will be considered for the Coordinating Lead Author role, other funded roles will be available to a broad range of individuals or organizations to support the scoping, research, and development process.
The Topical Reports will uplift issues of statewide significance, focusing on climate change impacts and risks in California as well as opportunities to build adaptation capacity and resilience to those impacts. The focus of these reports is to uplift and synthesize existing research and resources alongside the findings from the Fifth Assessment's Original Climate Research programs, where relevant. These reports are not intended to generate completely new research (except where necessary).
Priority topic areas include (see page 4 of the call for more detail):
- Racial Equity & Climate Justice: The effects of current and projected climate change impacts on racial equity and climate justice in California.
- Climate-Induced Human Displacement & Migration: The effects of current and projected climate change impacts on human displacement and migration in California.
- Climate Impacts to the Economy: The fiscal and economic impacts of current and projected climate change events and trends in California.
Please review the Call for Topical Report Coordinating Lead Authors for further details about the author team roles, compensation, expectations, and how to apply to an author team.
Applications are due: July 31, 2024
Amount: $250,000
Thank you.
ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)
- Author: Kendra T Rose
Dear Colleagues,
California Department of Food and Agriculture's (CDFA) Office of Pesticide Consultation and Analysis (OPCA) is now accepting applications for the Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) Program. The focus of this RFP is to help growers transition away from non-selective, biologically disruptive pesticides, especially those of high regulatory concern. The BIFS program supports the demonstration, refinement, and outreach of California's Sustainable Pest Management (SPM) based farming systems that are economically viable and protective of human health and the environment. All aspects of the farming system may be considered as they relate to pest management, including factors such as adjacent landscapes, whether they are farmed or not.
For the current solicitation, CDFA is prioritizing projects focusing on the following topic:
- Dacthal (dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate, DCPA) alternatives in Brassica and onion crops
- Neonicotinoid alternatives in tomato
- Lygus management in cotton
- Fumigant alternatives
Projects will typically include all the following elements:
- On-farm demonstration/evaluation of an innovative, biologically based farming system that employs SPM strategies;
- A collaborative outreach effort for sharing technical information about the farming system with growers, PCAs, commodity groups, and others engaged in pest management, and;
- An organized program for monitoring key biological and economic variables to inform on-farm decision making and evaluate project success.
Visit the program web page at https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/opca/bifs.html for more information.
Concept Proposal Due: July 26, 2024, 5pm
Full proposal by invite only
Amount: $1,000,000 (only 1 project expected to be funded)
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)
- Author: Kendra T Rose
Dear Colleagues,
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) are seeking research proposals that will drive innovations at the intersection of human health, climate-smart agriculture, and social justice, equity, and opportunity to advance nutrition security. The “Nourishing Next Generation Agrifood Breakthroughs” Innovation Challenge will fund early-career scientists (within 10 years of receiving a Ph.D. or equivalent degree) to lead highly collaborative, interdisciplinary teams on groundbreaking research that addresses nutrition security.
The program seeks to support projects that:
- Identify and support dynamic and disruptive technologies in nutrition security that align with the USDA Science and Research Strategy, 2023 – 2026: Cultivating Scientific Innovation (USDA's S&RS)
- Stimulate new professional interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary relationships and connections in service to agricultural innovation aligned with nutrition security
- Integrate themes of human health, climate-smart agriculture, and social equity, justice and opportunity
- Leverage existing, unconnected resources in novel ways
Proposed projects should also demonstrate the following characteristics:
- Contribute to one or more of the following goals:
- Develop and deploy advanced solutions to prevent, prepare and protect against threats to U.S. agriculture and food
- Overcome barriers to the development of agricultural technologies, research tools and qualified products and projects that enhance export competitiveness, environmental sustainability and climate resiliency
- Ensure that the U.S. remains a leader in developing and deploying agricultural technologies, research tools and qualified projects and products that increase economic opportunities and security for farmers, ranchers and rural communities
- Accelerate disruptive innovation that is aligned with USDA's S&RS.
For this RFA, disruptive innovation may take one or more of the following forms: - Radical Innovation
- Applied Innovation
- Re-imagined Innovation
- Be consistent with FFAR's Priority Areas.
Visit the program web page at https://foundationfar.org/grants-funding/opportunities/usda-ffar-innovation-challenge/ for more information.
Full Proposal Due: July 29, 2024, 2pm PT
Grant Amount: $350,000 to $500,000
Match: Encouraged, but not required, for this funding opportunity
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)
- Author: Kendra T Rose
Dear Colleagues,
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is soliciting proposals for new soil conservation management practices to be considered for future inclusion in their Healthy Soils Program.
The goal of the Healthy Soils Program (HSP) is to promote the development of healthy soils on California's farmlands and ranchlands. HSP funds on-farm management practices that include but are not limited to cover cropping, no-till, reduced-till, mulching, compost application, and conservation plantings, via 3 grant programs:
- The HSP Incentive Grants: provides financial incentives directly to growers and ranchers to implement HSP practices
- The HSP Demonstration Grants: funds on-farm demonstration projects that collect data, promote and showcase conservation management practices, and assess the potential of innovative practices in California
- The HSP Block Grant Pilot: funds on-farm implementation projects by growers and ranchers through regional block grant administrators, while building their technical assistance capacity
CDFA currently covers 27 eligible conservation management practices under the 3 grant programs of HSP (For a complete list of management practices covered by HSP, please see this link: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/docs/CDFAHealthySoilsPractices.pdf). Through this request for proposals, CDFA is soliciting proposals to include new conservation management practices in its 3 HSP grant programs. The proposals must demonstrate that the proposed new practice, if implemented, will 1) Improve soil health and 2) Provide GHG benefits, by referencing peer reviewed/ public research literature.
Proposals will be reviewed and recommended by a technical sub-committee, and will be submitted to Secretary of Food and Agriculture along with public comments and recommendations made by Environmental Farming Act – Science Advisory Panel (EFA-SAP). The secretary will subsequently finalize the decision on which new practices will be included as eligible conservation management practices in future HSP grant program funding solicitations.
Interested applicants should submit a proposal using the provided template via E-mail to cdfa.HSP_tech@cdfa.ca.gov by the due date outlined below.
Proposals Due: August 2, 2024 5PM PT
Proposal Template: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/docs/2024HSPNewPracticesProposalTemplate.docx
Visit the program web page at https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/for more information.
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)
- Author: Kendra T Rose
Dear Colleagues,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is soliciting concept proposals for the Addressing Childhood Obesity and Health Inequities program. This program seeks to provide funding to projects that support, sustain, and evolve equity-oriented childhood obesity prevention, including efforts that promote systems-level change to prevent childhood obesity, address structural racism, and advance health equity. Special consideration is given to projects that:
- Address structural racism and other systems that perpetuate health inequities.
- Respond to gaps in evidence or action identified by the field.
- Engage with communities most impacted by childhood obesity and nutrition insecurity and organizations focused on people of color.
- Leverage and complement existing field assets (RWJF's and others').
Below four broader goals are highlighted in the Call for Proposals (CFP) as suggestions, but not as restrictive guidelines. Projects that cut across or go beyond these broader goals are also encouraged to apply.
- Influence Policy and Systems Change
- Produce and Disseminate Actionable Evidence and Data
- Catalyze Investment in Communities
- Change Narratives
Partnerships/ collaborations between two or more organizations; projects that engage and center communities most impacted by structural racism and other systems of oppression; and partnerships spanning state and community-level organizations are encouraged.
Interested applicants should submit a concept proposal of not more than 4 pages in length and a brief write-up on the organization and key partners by the concept proposal due date. Short listed applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal in August 2024.
Visit the program web page at https://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/active-funding-opportunities/2024/addressing-childhood-obesity-and-health-inequities.html?rid=0034400001rmHq IAAU&et_cid=2198117 for more information.
Concept Proposals Due: June 27, 2024, 12PM PT
Limited Submission: Universities can submit multiple proposals, however, RWJF is limiting proposal submissions to one per university department. Please double check with others in your unit before submitting.
Invitations to Submit Full Proposals: August 29, 2024
Full Proposal Due (Only by invitation): October 24, 2024, 12PM PT
Recommended Grant Amount: $3-$4 million, no less than $1 million
Duration: 1-4 Years
Required Match: No match required
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)