Funding Opportunities for the Western IPM Center

IPM and Food Quality Protection Act Transition Projects: Request for Proposals (Deadline November 1, 2002)

This is to alert you to a grant opportunity which will allow groups to implement IPM programs in Oregon, Washington, Idaho or Alaska.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 is continuing a small-grant program in 2002-2003 to help implement the Food Quality Protection Act and support "transition" efforts by growers. The program supports innovative efforts that enable growers to reduce their reliance on pesticides targeted for removal under FQPA while maintaining or enhancing their present income.

The program is administered by the American Farmland Trust's Center for Agriculture in the Environment through a cooperative agreement with EPA. We are looking for projects that focus on results or actual on-the-ground changes, rather than activities. Each award will be up to $50,000. A total of $245,000 is available for funding this year. Proposals are due November 1, 2002. Decisions will be made by December 31, 2002. The award will be available February 2003 and funding can be used for up to two years after the award date.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) is posted at http://www.farmlandinfo.org/cae/EPARegion10RFP2003.doc.

HTML and pdf versions of the RFP are available at http://www.farmlandinfo.org/cae/home.html.

Projects that were funded during FY01 can be reviewed at http://www.epa.prosser.wsu.edu; click on the link to Projects in 2001; to access a table of the projects and links to the proposals.

Sandy Halstead
US EPA Region 10
@ WSU Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center
24106 N. Bunn Rd.
Prosser, WA 99350
Phone: (509) 786-9225
Fax: (509) 786-9370
Cell phone: (206) 321-6055