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Current funding opportunities found in the national IPM Centers funding database

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EPA	Strategic Agricultural Initiative (SAI) Grant Program		$75,000-$100,000	Apr, 12, 2010
	EPA Region 2 is seeking applications from eligible organizations that will promote the transition to reduced-risk pest management practices in agriculture to protect human health and the environment. The SAI program focuses financial resources primarily on minor agricultural crop production. Grant funding assistance under this program is generally available to: States, U.S. territories or possession, federally recognized Indian tribal governments and Native American Organizations, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions, local governments, individuals, and international entities. For profit organizations are not eligible. Grant activities that are supported under the SAI program and this Request for Applications (RFA) include: education, extension, demonstration, and studies for Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) transition and reduced risk pest management practices in agriculture. Project activities should support achieving the adoption of reduced risk pest management practices, and/or ecologically based Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Follow the link about for more information and to access the RFA.

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EPA	Pollution Prevention (P2) Grant Program			Apr, 06, 2010
	The Pollution Prevention (P2) grant program supports state and tribal technical assistance programs which help businesses identify better environmental strategies and solutions for reducing or eliminating waste at the source. EPA anticipates it will award approximately $4.1 million in total program funding during Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. P2 grants will be awarded in the form of grants and/or cooperative agreements. All awards will be issued and managed by EPA’s Regional Pollution Prevention Program Offices (herein referred to as the Regions). The amount of grant funding available is dependent upon Congressional appropriation and the quality of proposals received. Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants include the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S., any agency or instrumentality of a state including state colleges or universities, federally-recognized tribes that meet the requirements for treatment in a manner similar to a state as described in 40 CFR 35.663, and intertribal consortia that meet the requirements described in 40 CFR 35.504. Local governments, private universities, private nonprofit organizations, private businesses, and individuals are not eligible to apply for funding.

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EPA	Pesticide Safety Program for Agricultural Workers and Farmworker Children			Apr, 05, 2010
	The Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is soliciting applications from eligible parties for an EPA cooperative agreement to provide financial assistance to an eligible organization for an education and training pesticide safety program aimed at reducing exposure to pesticides for agricultural workers, their families and the agricultural community. The grantee will conduct a national train-the-trainer program to educate farmworkers about how to reduce risks from pesticides. As part of this program the grantee will also train pesticide safety educators who will work with farmworker service organizations, growers and other members of the agricultural community in key rural areas with high pesticide use and large numbers of farmworkers to conduct interactive pesticide safety programsfor agricultural workers and their families. The grantee may utilize existing worker protection and children protection pesticide safety training and education materials or may develop new and/or improved materials to address pesticide safety issues for farmworkers and farmworker children. Written materials need to be targeted at the low literacy, predominately Spanish speaking agricultural worker population. This announcement provides qualification and application requirements to those interested in submitting applications for fiscal year 2010. Eligible applicants include: States, U.S. territories or possession, federally recognized Indian tribal governments and Native American Organizations, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions, local governments, and individuals and international entities.

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US EPA	Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA 2)			Apr, 19, 2010
	EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) and Office of the Science Advisor (OSA) are soliciting initial 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 limited to demonstrations, transfer of innovative IPM technologies, outreach, and education. This announcement provides qualification and application requirements to those interested in submitting initial proposals for fiscal year 2010. The total amount of funding available for award is expected to be $900,000 which is authorized by the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act and from the Science and Technology appropriation from the Office of the Science Advisor. The number of awards to be made under this announcement will depend on individual proposal costs, the availability of funds, and the quality of proposals received. This competition begins with a call for initial proposals from which candidates will be selected and offered an invitation to submit full applications. This announcement contains information on the format and content for the initial proposals as well as criteria for the evaluation of invited applications. The maximum funding level is $250,000 per project for Agricultural IPM and Community IPM; $300,000 per IPM for Infectious Diseases; and, $100,000 per Ecosystem Modeling to Evaluate Benefits of IPM project. The project period of performance is limited to two years from the award date.

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USDA - NIFA	Integrated Pest Management: Crops at Risk Program			Mar, 22, 2010
	The goal of the CAR program is to enhance the development and implementation of innovative, ecologically based sustainable IPM systems. Preferably, this should involve a diversity of tactics and approaches for a single or specific food or fiber commodity in commercial production for pre- and/or post-harvest systems. The program addresses either a major acreage or high value crop commodity such as key fruits and vegetables. The primary emphasis is on crop productivity and profitability, while addressing critical environmental quality and human health issues. The CAR program funds integrated multifunctional/multidisciplinary research, education, and extension projects for crops with high priority IPM needs as identified by stakeholders and that contribute to the goals identified in the National Road Map for Integrated Pest Management. Follow the link above for more information.

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USDA - NIFA	Integrated Pest Management: Methyl Bromide Transitions Program		0-2,950,000	Mar, 22, 2010
	The goal of the Methyl Bromide Transitions (MBT) program is to support the discovery and implementation of practical pest management alternatives to methyl bromide uses or minimize methyl bromide emissions for which the United States is requesting critical use exemptions. The program seeks to ensure that economically viable and environmentally sound alternatives to methyl bromide are in place and available as soon as possible for the current 2011 Critical Use Nominations. The program is focused on integrated commercial or field scale research that targets short- to medium-term solutions that will develop new alternatives, result in registration and adoption of new alternatives, and/or minimize methyl bromide emissions. Follow the link above for more information.

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USDA - NIFA	Integrated Pest Management: Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program (RAMP)		0-625,000	Mar, 22, 2010
	The goal of the Risk Avoidance and Mitigation (RAMP) program is to enhance the development and implementation of innovative, ecologically based sustainable IPM strategies and systems for (a) multi-crop food and fiber production systems; (b) an area-wide or a landscape scale agroecosystem; or (c) a documented pesticide impact on human or environmental health. RAMP projects address major acreage agricultural production systems, high value crops such as key fruit and vegetable systems, or other agroecosystems. The primary emphasis is on productivity and profitability while addressing critical environmental quality and human health issues. The intent of RAMP is to fund medium-term projects that emphasize systems approaches, are multi-state/regional in scale, or show relevance beyond an individual state. The program funds projects for crops with high priority IPM needs as identified by stakeholders and that contribute to the goals identified in the National Road Map for Integrated Pest Management. Follow the link above for more information.

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• Crops at Risk Program (CAR)
• Methyl Bromide Transitions Program (MBT)
• National Research Initiative (NRI)
• Organic Transitions Program (ORG)
• Pest Management Alternatives Program (PMAP)
• Regional IPM Grants Programs (RIPM)
• Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program (RAMP)
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
• Sustainable Agriculture (SARE)
• Biology of Weedy and Invasive Plants
• Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative
• Plant Production and Protection

• Council for Biotechnology Information
• Organic and Transition Agriculture [under development]
• Sustainable Agriculture (SARE)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP)

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