Funding

A - G

Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
American Floral Endowment (AFE)		Total: $970,000 in 2002. Range: $1000 to $280,000 (includes marketing research)	June 01, 2006
Project Types and Eligibility The Basic Research Priorities are: Plant Breeding and Genetic Engineering of Floricultural Crops Management Protocols for Floricultural Crops Management Systems for Diseases for Floriculture Crops Management Systems for Insects Affecting Floricultural Crops Post-Harvest Management Systems for Floriculture Crops University research faculty. Scholarship, internship, and conference monies also available.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management (A): Organismal and Population Biology	USDA - CSREES - NRI	Range: $0-$450,000 Total: $5.3M	November 26, 2007
Project Types and Eligibility Several emerging issues are challenging our ability to provide high quality food and fiber to the Nation's global economy. This unprecedented level of population growth will necessitate increased production and protection of agricultural commodities. Our ability to respond to and recover from pests and diseases that threaten our food supply has recently assumed paramount importance. Fundamental knowledge is needed to form the basis of novel management strategies for pests, which will lead to better utilization of beneficial species. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the entire Program Description section for current priorities and additional information relative to the program of interest. Please carefully review the RFA guidelines to ensure application acceptance.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management (B): Suborganismal Biology	USDA - CSREES - NRI	Range: $0-$400,000 Total: $3.1 M	March 14, 2008
Project Types and Eligibility The Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management Program supports fundamental research at the suborganismal and molecular levels to address the problem of controlling invasive and re-emerging pests and the Nation's over-dependence on environmentally persistent pesticides. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the entire Program Description section for current priorities and additional information relative to the program of interest. Please carefully review the RFA guidelines to ensure application acceptance.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management (C): Tools, Resources, and Genomics	USDA - CSREES - NRI	Range: $0-$750,000 Total: $3.5 M	March 14, 2008
Project Types and Eligibility The Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management Program advances research to better develop genomic resources, tool development, and fundamental knowledge about the functions of genes for arthropods and nematodes of agricultural importance. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the entire Program Description section for current priorities and additional information relative to the program of interest. Please carefully review the RFA guidelines to ensure application acceptance.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management (D): Protection of Managed Bees Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP)	USDA - CSREES - NRI	Range: $0-$400,000 Total: $4M	November 26, 2007
Project Types and Eligibility The Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management CAP will focus on the decline of managed bee pollinators. This program will solicit a community of researchers, extension specialists and/or educators focusing on an existing or emerging issue at the national level on the biology and management of arthropods or nematodes, and which is poised to lead to practical management solutions for pests or beneficial species. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the entire Program Description section for current priorities and additional information relative to the program of interest. Please carefully review the RFA guidelines to ensure application acceptance.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA	Ave: $223,000. Range: $ 5,000 to $400,000. Total: $3 M (national)	February 28, 2008
Project Types and Eligibility Supports environmental assessment research concerning the introduction of GMO's into the environment, including development of appropriate management practices to minimize risks, methods to monitor the dispersal of GMO's, analysis of possible gene transfer between GMO's and related wild and agricultural organisms, and environmental impact assessment research comparing the relative impacts of GMO's to other types of production systems. Any United States public or private research or educational institution or organization.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Citrus tristeza Research (CTV) Program	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA	Total: $645,000.00 Ave: $150,000 Indirect costs 25%.	February 07, 2007
Project Types and Eligibility The purpose of this program is to support cutting edge research that mitigates or eliminates problems caused by the Citrus tristeza virus and/or the Brown Citrus Aphid. Research using the latest technologies in new ways is encouraged. US higher education institutions and non-profit organizations.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)	Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)	Total: $20 M Max: $1 M	February 20, 2008
Project Types and Eligibility Funds projects targeting innovative on-the-ground conservation, including pilot projects and field demonstrations. Federally-recognized Indian Tribes, State and local governments, and non-governmental organizations and individuals.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Conservation Partnership Initiative (CPI)	Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)	Max: $1 M	February 17, 2005
Project Types and Eligibility Funding to create and foster relationships between agencies and organizations in a watershed region. Projects will result in planning and cooperation for conservation of watersheds of special significance and other geographic areas of environmental sensitivity. State and local governments and agencies; Indian Tribes; and non-governmental organizations that have a history of working with agricultural producers
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Crops At Risk (CAR)	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA	Ave : $200,000. Range: $0-$800,000. Total: $1 .275M (national).	February 29, 2008
Project Types and Eligibility Supports intermediate-term (two to four years) research, education and extension efforts for crops with high priority IPM needs. All accredited U. S. colleges or universities are eligible to compete for this funding.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Ecological Biology Cluster Grants	National Science Foundation (NSF)		January 9, 2008
Project Types and Eligibility The Ecology Program supports studies of interspecific interactions and species diversity at diverse spatial and temporal scales. These include, but are not limited to, (1) food-web structure and trophic dynamics, (2) biotic interactions, including mutualism, competition, predation and parasitism, (3) mechanisms of coexistence, community assembly and the maintenance of species diversity, (4) co-evolution and (5) landscape ecology, habitat fragmentation and macroecology. Ecology particularly encourages studies that can be applied to a wide range of habitats and taxa across multiple scales. Unsolicited proposals should be prepared as described in the Grant Proposal Guide. All researchers.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Environmental Education Grants	Office of Environmental Education (OEE), EPA	Ave: Regional-$12,000-$20,000, Headquarters- $50,000-$125,000 Total: $3 M (National, divided amongst 10 regions)	December 20, 2007
Project Types and Eligibility All proposals must satisfy the OEE definition of ''environmental education'' and also address one of the following educational priorities: capacity building, education reform, community issues, health, teaching skills, career development, environmental justice. Any local education agency, state education or environmental agency, college or university, not-for-profit organization, or noncommercial educational broadcasting entity.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
*Expansion of the Integrated Pest Management Pest Information Platform for Education and Extension (ipmPIPE) to Address New Crop/Pest Complexes of Importance to U.S. Agriculture*	USDA - RMA	Max: $900,000 Total: $1M	December 7, 2007
Project Types and Eligibility The initial focus will be on plant pests of agricultural and agroforestry systems; however, broader scope applications may be considered by the Steering Committee in the future. Many resources of the existing ipmPIPE system are expected to be useful in planning for and responding to outbreaks of pests other than SBR, including the following: national and regional communications and coordination, facilitators and coordinators, support for training and outreach tool development, flexible web-based information technology architecture, assistance in developing standardized procedures and approaches. Eligible applicants include colleges and universities, Federal, State, and local agencies, Native American tribal organizations, non-profit and for-profit private organizations or corporations, and other entities.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Expert IPM Decision Support System	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA	Total: $146,000	April 30, 2007
Project Types and Eligibility The purpose of the Expert Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Decision Support System (EIPMDSS) program is to support development of expert systems that help guide, demonstrate and multiply impacts of USDA supported IPM programs. The EIPMDSS created and maintained by the successful applicant will help these programs establish and communicate IPM research, education, and extension priorities; allow a diverse group of stakeholders to obtain access to selected program outputs; compile LOGIC model based program reports; and synthesize program impacts. State agricultural experiment stations, land-grant colleges and universities, research foundations established by land grant colleges and universities, colleges and universities receiving funds under the Act of October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), and accredited schools or colleges of veterinary medicine, for the purpose of facilitating or expanding ongoing State-Federal food and agricultural research programs.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Extension Risk Management Education Grants	Southern Region Risk Management Education Center	Range: $5,000-$50,000	December 15, 2007
Project Types and Eligibility Applications will be accepted in the following two categories: • Unrestricted Risk Management Education Grants: This general category is intended to include all other proposed risk management education projects which address needs of producers that are consistent with the areas of risk previously identified. • Joint SARE/RME: In conjunction with Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE), the Southern Center is seeking proposals directed at agricultural producers who use grazed forages to produce small and large ruminant animals for meat. Applicants under the joint SARE/RME category should identify targeted results related to: Improving the understanding of the economic risk associated with utilization of sustainable agriculture principles, production systems and practices and applying risk management tools and activities to manage these risk. Private and public groups, organizations and institutions including land grant colleges and universities, cooperative extension, other colleges and universities, and other qualified public and private entities in the region.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
FIRST Grants	Floriculture Industry Research and Scholarship Trust	Ave: $10,000. Total: $140,000 (approx.). Travel and overhead not allowed.	September 01, 2008
Project Types and Eligibility Funds "research and education in floriculture to improve plant production for the benefit of the people and the environment." Past awards include pest and disease research. US/Canadian horticulturists and researchers in related sciences.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI), various Directorates Industrial-Academic Interaction	National Science Foundation	Range: $25,000-$50,000	December 31, 2007
Project Types and Eligibility The GOALI initiative aims to synergize university-industry partnerships by making funds available to support an eclectic mix of industry-university linkages. Special interest is focused on affording the opportunity for: (1) faculty, postdoctoral fellows and students to conduct research and gain experience with production processes in an industrial setting, (2) industrial scientists and engineers to bring industry's perspective and integrative skills to academe, and (3) interdisciplinary university-industry teams to conduct long-term projects. This initiative targets high-risk/high-gain research with a focus on fundamental topics that would not have been undertaken by industry, new approaches to solving generic problems, development of innovative collaborative industry-university educational programs, and direct transfer of new knowledge between academe and industry.