Archived Funding Opportunities for the Western IPM Center
Exotic Pests and Diseases Research Program: Request for Proposals
The University of California Center for Invasive Species Research and the Statewide IPM Project are soliciting new proposals for developing and promoting basic and applied research and extension programs related to exotic pests and diseases found in agricultural, urban or natural environments in California.
Goals. In the evaluation process and relative ranking of research proposals for funding, reviewers will consider the importance of the research to California and priority areas that have been identified by the CISR Advisory Committee. Multidisciplinary and multi-institutional proposals are encouraged as appropriate to address specific issues, and to allow the results of sponsored research projects to have broader utility. An extension or outreach program to disseminate information resulting from the research is highly recommended.
Proposals will be reviewed by review panels in three areas:
- agriculture
- urban
- natural environments
Who May Apply. The Exotic Pests and Diseases Program will solicit proposals from scientists affiliated with public research institutions, both within California and external to California. Funding is not restricted to University of California investigators, although projects are strongly encouraged to include at least one UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources academic employee as an investigator, to ensure relevance to exotic pests and diseases/invasive species of particular importance to California, and linkage to the Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension systems. If any PI or cooperator is a member of an Area Review Panel, the proposal must be sent to a different panel for review.
Questions. Questions regarding this RFP should be directed to Donna Connolly, grants assistant, UC IPM, at (530) 752-5336. Technical questions should be addressed to Dr. Michael Rust, director, Center for Invasive Species Research, University of California, Riverside.
Deadline: All proposals must
be received in the UC IPM office in Davis by 5:00 p.m., Friday, July
6, 2001.
Information: All information and application instructions are on the Statewide
IPM Project Web
site. This also includes a PDF version. For a print version of this
RFP, telephone (530) 752-5336.
Contacts: Donna Connolly,
grants assistant, UC Statewide IPM Project
Technical questions: Michael Rust,
director, Center for Invasive Species Research, Riverside
