- Author: Kathleen P Nolan
1) Extension Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program
Application Due Date: 11/16/15
Purpose:Funding for results and outcome-based risk management education projects designed to help producers learn and use tools and approaches that can reduce the adverse effects of the uncertainties of weather, yields, prices, credit, government policies, global markets and other factors – all of which may result in wide swings in farm income or threaten the economic viability of the farm or ranch.
2) Farm Service Agency - Outreach and Education, Technical Assistance, and Financial Education for FSA Programs, Functions, and Activities
Application Due Date: 11/20/15 (multiple deadlines through 5/27/16)
Purpose:
This RFA seeks proposals to further support and expand FSA's existing outreach and education efforts. The additional outreach and education could, for example, be public meetings, training sessions, and/or workshops for producers including new and beginning farmers, veterans, underserved communities, and/or established producers. Emphasis will be afforded to proposals that propose to address producers who are ethnic minorities, women, new and beginning, veterans, urban, or who grow non-commodity crops (e.g., fruits and vegetables or specialty crops).
3) U.S. Poultry & Egg Association
Application Due Date: 11/2/2015
Purpose:
Proposed research projects should be designed to provide information that has the potential to resolve real industry problems. Please see their website for the full list of priorities.
This announcement is intended to highlight only a few of the exciting new funding opportunities that are coming up. Please visit our Funding Opportunities Calendar for more upcoming funding opportunities. New opportunities will be posted to this calendar frequently. Please remember this calendar is not exhaustive and we encourage you to seek out other opportunities as applicable to your program/research.
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Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)
- Author: Kathleen P Nolan
1) Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I
Application Due Date: October 8, 2015
Eligibility: Each applicant submitting an application must qualify as a Small Business Concern (SBC) for R/R&D purposes at the time of award. Involvement of university through subcontracting arrangements is permitted and may be particularly helpful to small businesses that have not previously received Federal research awards.
Purpose:
Proposed Phase I projects should prove the scientific or technical feasibility of the approach or concept. Projects dealing with agriculturally related manufacturing and alternative and renewable energy technologies are encouraged across all SBIR topic areas. USDA SBIR's flexible research areas ensure innovative projects consistent with USDA's vision of a healthy and productive nation in harmony with the land, air, and water.
2) UC Mexus – Small Grants
Application Due Date(s): August 3, September 7, October 5, November 9 and December 7, 2015
Purpose:
A small grants competition for travel, short-term research, initial planning, or other special one-time needs related to the seed phase of projects or programs conducted by University of California researchers or research teams in the areas of:
- Mexico-Related Studies—All Disciplines
- Latino Studies
- United States-Mexican Relations
- Critical U.S.-Mexico Issues
- Latino and Mexican Topics in the Arts
- Collaborative Research Projects with Investigators at Mexican Institutions
This announcement is intended to highlight only a few of the exciting new funding opportunities that are coming up. Please visit our Funding Opportunities Calendar for more upcoming funding opportunities. New opportunities will be posted to this calendar frequently. You can also sign up for the RSS feed to get automatic notices when new opportunities are added. Please remember this calendar is not exhaustive and we encourage you to seek out other opportunities as applicable to your program/research.
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)
- Author: Kathleen P Nolan
1) Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation
Letter of Intent Due Date: August 3, 2015
Purpose:
ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH PROGRAM PRIORITIES
To promote the long-term good health and viability of communities and regions
- by supporting programs to prevent harm to human health from toxic substances and other environmental hazards;
- by encouraging planning and development at the regional level, aimed at integrating economic and social goals with sound environmental policies; and
- by supporting initiatives for sustainability in agriculture and food systems.
EDUCATION PROGRAM PRIORITIES
To provide environmental and arts education opportunities to children and youth:
- by supporting programs for educators and artists to improve and apply their teaching skills in these subjects; and
- by supporting efforts to advance environmental and arts education programs.
2) Western SARE – Professional Development Program
Application Due Date(s): October 28, 2015, 12:00 noon MDT
Purpose:
Professional Development Program Grants are designed to educate agricultural professionals about sustainable agriculture so that they, in turn, can help educate and train farmers and ranchers. Funded PDP grants must help achieve this long-term outcome:
Cooperative Extension, Natural Resource Conservation Service and other agricultural professionals are conversant in sustainable agriculture principles and systems. They have ready access to resources that can help producers make informed decisions about adopting sustainable approaches with greater certainty and less risk.
Projects must improve the ability of agricultural professionals to conduct educational programs and activities in sustainable agriculture principles and systems and to respond to inquiries on the subject from farmers, ranchers and the public.
This announcement is intended to highlight only a few of the exciting new funding opportunities that are coming up. Please visit our Funding Opportunities Calendar for more upcoming funding opportunities. New opportunities will be posted to this calendar frequently. You can also sign up for the RSS feed to get automatic notices when new opportunities are added. Please remember this calendar is not exhaustive and we encourage you to seek out other opportunities as applicable to your program/research.
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)
- Author: Kathleen P Nolan
Soon you're going to notice a change to the Grant Tracking System (GTS) to include a subaward tab under the Project Information section. This is essentially a new subaward database within GTS which will allow us to better track and manage subawards that we issue to other entities under your sponsored projects. A subaward is when we are transferring out a substantial part of the programmatic effort to another entity. This includes other UC Campuses, such as UC Davis.
On this new tab there are three questions asking you if any subawards will be issued under this project and if yes, will any of the subawards result in an agreement with a current or former university employee. Next, in order to enter the subawardee into the database, there is a section where you can enter the name of each subaward entity and their project director. Subaward documents such as their Scope of Work, Budget, and Subrecipient Commitment Form should continue to be uploaded in the documents section.
We hope that you find this new tab easy to use, but if you encounter any problems or have questions please give us a call at 530-750-1276 or email us at ocg@ucanr.edu.
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)
- Author: Kathleen P Nolan
2016 President's Research Catalyst Awards
Letter of Intent Due Date: June 4, 2015
Purpose: UC President Janet Napolitano and UC Research Initiatives are pleased to issue a Request for Proposals for the 2016 President's Research Catalyst Awards. This president's initiative aims to advance innovative research in areas of strategic importance to UC that has the potential to benefit California, the nation and the world, and to stimulate public support for UC research. Awards are made on a competitive basis for highly meritorious research that fulfills the following programmatic goals:
- Catalyze innovative scholarship that makes significant contributions to knowledge and science in areas of strategic importance to UC, and that has the potential to improve human lives, society, the environment, or the economy, enhance culture and community, or provide other public benefit
- Catalyze multicampus and systemwide collaboration that positions UC as a national leader
- Catalyze faculty collaboration across career stages to provide mentorship, support professional advancement, and position UC faculty as leaders in key fields
- Catalyze graduate student training opportunities in cutting-edge interdisciplinary or multi-disciplinary research
- Catalyze public engagement in the UC research mission through opportunities for community collaborative research, citizen science, or other community outreach, education and engagement
- Catalyze undergraduate participation in research through educational, curricular or training/internship components (as appropriate to the fields and disciplines)
Eligibility: Proposals must be submitted by a lead Principal Investigator who holds a PI status at a UC Campus. Proposals must also identify a collaborating PI at another UC Campus, the UC managed National Laboratories, the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, or other systemwide research entities. Proposals must include the participation of at least 3 campuses and broader systemwide engagement is encouraged.
This announcement is intended to highlight only a few of the exciting new funding opportunities that are coming up. Please visit our Funding Opportunities Calendar for more upcoming funding opportunities. New opportunities will be posted to this calendar frequently. You can also sign up for the RSS feed to get automatic notices when new opportunities are added. Please remember this calendar is not exhaustive and we encourage you to seek out other opportunities as applicable to your program/research.
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)
