Dear Colleagues,
1) The Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (WCAHS) Small Grant Program is seeking research proposals that address agricultural health and safety in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and/or Nevada. WCAHS welcomes applications on a wide range of topics relevant to agricultural health and safety. Proposals that identify an occupational health or safety issue that is attributable to the agricultural worksite, not general community exposures, will be prioritized. Projects that include collaboration with cooperative extension specialists, farm advisors, community-based organizations, farm labor contractors, and/or those that result in industry, community, and/or policy outputs are encouraged.
Visit the program web page at https://agcenter.ucdavis.edu/funding/small-grant-program for more information.
Proposal Due: August 05, 2024
Amount: $30,000
2) The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is accepting applications for the Conservation Partners Program. The Conservation Partners Program will fund projects that provide technical assistance to agricultural producers seeking to voluntarily adopt regenerative agriculture systems and conservation practices. Grant recipients will hire or support field conservation professionals to help producers develop and implement economically sound management practices that yield positive environmental outcomes.
Geographic Focus: For California, eligibility is limited to the Western Grazing Lands focus area.
Western Grazing Lands includes grasslands, shrublands, and pasturelands in the Western United States. Key objectives for this category include:
- Sustain and enhance conservation and economic values associated with working grasslands, pasturelands, and shrublands.
- Improve soil health and maximize soil carbon on grazing lands.
- Enhance habitat quality and connectivity for birds, pollinators, and other species that depend on grassland complexes in the region.
Priority strategies include grazing management and habitat enhancement. Special priority will be given to projects that conserve and restore intact grazing landscapes, reduce the expansion of conifers and exotic annual grasses, restore wet meadows and other mesic areas, and increase drought resilience of farm operations.
Visit the program web page at https://www.nfwf.org/programs/conservation-partners-program/conservation-partners-program-june-2024-request-proposals for more information.
Proposal Due: August 14, 2024
Amount: $200,000 to $1,000,000 (Average award $500,000)
Match: Not required, however, the ratio of matching contributions offered is one review criteria
Thank you.
ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)