Funding

M - R

Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Methyl Bromide Transitions Program (MBT)	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA	Range: $0.00 to $2.95 M Total: $2.95 M Indirect costs = 22% max	May 11, 2009
Project Types and Eligibility Focus will be on short-term projects developing management technologies, integrated and systems approaches, and extension delivery programs for methyl bromide alternatives that support commodities affected by the methyl bromide phase-out. Cooperative Extension activities leading to technology transfer of USDA/ARS and university research results will also be considered. All accredited U. S. colleges or universities are eligible to compete for this funding.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
National Extension Integrated Pest Management Special Projects Program (EIPM)	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA	Range: $0 to $100,000 Total: $490,000	April 8, 2008
Project Types and Eligibility The purpose of this program is to advance the goals of the National Roadmap for Integrated Pest Management by addressing priority national needs associated with the design, development, implementation and evaluation of Extension integrated pest management programs. Only Cooperative Extension Services at 1862 and 1890 Land-Grant Universities and Colleges are eligible to apply.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
National Foliage Foundation (NFF)	Florida Nurserymen and Growers Association (FNGA)	Varies.Total: $25,000 to $40,000 per year (grants); $25,000 per year scholarships)	December 31, 2009
Project Types and Eligibility The National Foliage Foundation (NFF) funds research projects that enhance development of the foliage industry and increase enjoyment of plants used indoors. All research proposals pertaining to foliage plant production or utilization will be considered for funding. The Foundation desires to fund research projects in areas of production, distribution, marketing and utilization of foliage plants. All researchers.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRI)	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA	Ave: $200,000. Range: $5,000 to $1.5M. Total: $181 M (national). Indirect costs are allowed.	September 10, 2007 (solicitation date)
Project Types and Eligibility The NRI program supports (1) high priority fundamental and mission-linked research of importance in the biological, environmental, physical, and social sciences relevant to agriculture, food, and the environment and (2) competitively awarded research, extension, and education grants addressing key issues of national and regional importance to agriculture, forestry, and related topics. Any state agricultural experiment station, college, university, other research institution or organization, federal agency, national laboratory, private organization, corporation, or individual. Applicants for postdoctoral fellowships must be citizens of the US.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
National Research Initiative (NRI) - Agricultural prosperity for Small and Medium Sized Farms(NRI)	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA	Range: $0 to $500,000. Total: $5 M (national). Indirect costs are allowed.	June 5, 2008
Project Types and Eligibility The purpose of this program is to foster interdisciplinary studies to improve our understanding of the interactions between the economic and environmental components important to the long-term viability, competitiveness and efficiency of small and medium-sized farms (including social, biological and other components, if necessary). While small and medium-sized farms account for less than 25 percent of the value of all agricultural products sold in the U.S., the long-term viability of these farms is critical to the prosperity of rural people and places as these farms account for approximately 92 percent of all farms in the U.S.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
North American Strawberry Growers Association Sponsored Research	North American Strawberry Growers Association (NASGA) Research Foundation	Range: $2,000-$5,000. Total: $40,500 in 2005. Indirect costs not allowed.	December 15, 2008
Project Types and Eligibility Proposals that are directly applicable to growers' needs are given a high priority, as are those that benefit growers in wide geographic areas. Projects that consider economics tend to be ranked higher. For 2004, the following are priorities: Cultivar Development and Testing, Pest Management Strategies, Production Efficiency and Profitability, Special Needs. U.S. and Canadian researchers.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Organic Agriculture and Research inititative (OREI)	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA	Range: $0 - $3,000,000. Total: $17.3 M (national). Indirect costs are allowed.	March 9, 2009
Project Types and Eligibility The OREI seeks to solve critical organic agriculture issues, priorities, or problems through the integration of research and extension activities. The purpose of this program is to fund projects that will enhance the ability of producers and processors who have already adopted organic standards to grow and market high quality organic agricultural products. State agricultural experiment stations, colleges and universities, other public or private organizations, and individuals are eligible to compete for this funding.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Pest Management Alternatives Program (PMAP)	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA	Range: $100,000 - $200,000. Total: $1.4 M (national). 21 percent of applications funded last year	April 7, 2009
Project Types and Eligibility Pest Management Alternatives (PMAP) requests applications to address needs in integrated pest management (IPM) for food, feed, fiber, forest, livestock, and ornamental commodities resulting from the implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 and related regulatory actions. State agricultural experiment stations, colleges and universities, other public or private organizations, and individuals are eligible to compete for this funding.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA 2) Partnership Grants	Environmental Protection Agency	Max: $250,000 Total: $1 M	April 15, 2009
Project Types and Eligibility EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is soliciting proposals to advance partnerships that focus on pesticide risk management issues with a special focus on integrated pest management (IPM) approaches. Awards are intended to support a diverse set of project types, including, but not necessarily limited to demonstrations, transfer of innovative IPM technologies, outreach, and education. Organizations, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions and individuals.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Production Research Proposals Studying Colony Health	National Honey Board	Total: $50,000	December 31, 2007
Project Types and Eligibility The goal of this research area is to help honey producers maintain colony health, while preserving honey quality. Controlling such pests as the Varroa destructor, Acarapis woodi and the small hive beetle is the primary objective of this research area; however, other projects will be considered, as well as research outside the United States. NHB will also consider proposals that research new methods, as well as combinations of existing methods to increase efficacy rates.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Pulling Together Initiative (PTI) for Invasive and Noxious Plant Management	National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), with several federal agencies	Ave: $35,000-$45,000. Range: $10,000 to $100,000. Non-federal matching funds required 1:1 (2:1 preferred). 39 proposals funded in 2003.	October 26, 2007
Project Types and Eligibility The goals of PTI are: 1) prevent, manage, or eradicate invasive and noxious plants through a coordinated program of public/private partnerships, 2) increase public awareness of the adverse impacts of invasive and noxious plants. PTI is an opportunity to initiate working partnerships, demonstrate successful collaborative efforts, and develop permanent funding sources for the maintenance of WMAs from the involved parties. Funds the formation of "Weed Management Area" partnerships (WMAs) consisting of public/private agencies and landowners seeking to manage invasive and noxious plants.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Organic Farming Research Foundation Grants	Organic Farming Research Foundation	Max: up to $15,000 per year ($20,000 for fruit projects)	November 16, 2009 May 17, 2010 November 15, 2010
Project Types and Eligibility OFRF offers funds for research on any topic that will improve organic production systems, and for education and outreach projects to share organic farming information with current organic producers and to farmers and ranchers considering transitioning their operations to organic. OFRF particularly encourages farmers, ranchers, researchers, and extension personnel to apply for funding. Farmers and ranchers often find that working with professional researchers can make it easier to design and carry out a research project, and OFRF encourages applications from such partnerships.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Regional Initiative Grants	Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP)/Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA	Max: $47,000 Total: $470,000 (National, divided amongst 10 regions)	March 17, 2008
Project Types and Eligibility Projects that address the reducing the risk of pesticides, pesticide pollution prevention, IPM, IPM in schools, children's health issues related to pesticides, or those research methods for documenting the trends toward the adoption of IPM or the reduction of risk associated with pesticide use will receive priority consideration. Other projects will be considered as they complement these goals through public education, training, monitoring, demonstrations and studies. Any agency of a state (including D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any U.S. territory or possession), including state universities, and all federally recognized Native American tribes.
Program	Source	Range/Size	Deadline
Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program (RAMP)	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA	Ave: $625,000. Range: $150,000 to $2 M. Total: $4.2 M (national).	February 29, 2008
Project Types and Eligibility Supports long-term (up to four years) efforts to develop reduced risk pest management strategies for cropping systems or agroecosystems on a multi-state or regional scale. RAMP provides support for these projects as part of a national effort to eliminate or minimize pesticide residues of concern on foods, in drinking water, and in the environment. All accredited U. S. colleges or universities are eligible to compete for this funding.