{"id":1656,"date":"2020-12-23T12:56:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T20:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/FREP\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2020-12-23T13:00:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T21:00:22","slug":"now-accepting-proposals-for-2021-fertilizer-research-and-education-program-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/FREP\/index.php\/now-accepting-proposals-for-2021-fertilizer-research-and-education-program-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Accepting Proposals for 2021 Fertilizer Research and Education Program Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The California Department of Food and Agriculture\u2019s (CDFA) Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is now accepting proposals for the 2021&nbsp;grant cycle.&nbsp;FREP\u2019s competitive grant program funds research that advances fertilization practices and minimizes environmental&nbsp;impacts of fertilizing materials.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2021&nbsp;Request for Proposals (RFP) includes several initiatives put forth by the department to help effectively manage nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s priorities&nbsp;include:&nbsp;demonstrating and\/or validating management practices that optimize fertilizer and irrigation water use, addressing challenges and barriers to adoption of management practices, technical education, filling knowledge gaps in nitrogen management for specific crops, research on the role of organic input materials in soil nutrient management, understanding nitrogen movement and investigating mitigation strategies to reduce nitrogen loss.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applicants are invited to submit two-page concept proposals to FREP\u00a0(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:FREP@cdfa.ca.gov\" target=\"_blank\">FREP@cdfa.ca.gov<\/a>)\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Friday, January\u00a029, 2021<\/strong>. Concepts submitted should be aligned with at least one of the identified priority research areas. Further information on the 2021\u00a0FREP request for concept proposals, including timelines, application criteria, and priority research areas are available\u202fon the\u202fGrant Program web page\u00a0at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/is\/ffldrs\/frep\/CompetitiveGrantProgram.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.cdfa.ca.gov\/is\/ffldrs\/frep\/CompetitiveGrantProgram.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All concept proposals will be reviewed by the Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board\u2019s Technical Advisory Subcommittee (TASC). Concept proposals that are selected&nbsp;by&nbsp; TASC&nbsp;will be invited for development into full project proposals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1990, FREP has funded more than 250 research projects, investing over 22 million dollars in research and outreach projects focusing on California\u2019s important and environmentally sensitive cropping systems. A database of completed and ongoing research is available on the\u202fFREP Research web page&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/go\/FREPresearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.cdfa.ca.gov\/go\/<strong>FREPresearch<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, send email inquiries to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:FREP@cdfa.ca.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FREP@cdfa.ca.gov<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California Department of Food and Agriculture\u2019s (CDFA) Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is now accepting proposals for the 2021&nbsp;grant cycle.&nbsp;FREP\u2019s competitive grant program funds research that advances fertilization practices and minimizes environmental&nbsp;impacts of fertilizing materials.&nbsp; The 2021&nbsp;Request for Proposals (RFP) includes several initiatives put forth by the department to help effectively manage nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture.&nbsp;&nbsp; This year\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-y-md text-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/FREP\/index.php\/now-accepting-proposals-for-2021-fertilizer-research-and-education-program-grants\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" aria-label=\"Continue reading the blog post...\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1618,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9r16A-qI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":195,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/FREP\/index.php\/now-accepting-concept-proposals-for-2017-fertilizer-research-and-education-grants\/","url_meta":{"origin":1656,"position":0},"title":"Now Accepting Concept Proposals for 2017 Fertilizer Research and Education Grants","author":"Brooke Elliot","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The California Department of Food and Agriculture\u2019s Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is currently accepting concept proposals for the 2017 grant cycle. 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