Funding Opportunities

The Supplemental and Alternative Crops Competitive Grant Program supports the development of superior germplasm, establishment and extension of various methods of planting, cultivation, harvesting, processing, and transfer of such applied research from experimental sites to on farm practice as soon as practicable. FY 2008 funding will support Canola research. Research to be funded should focus primarily on field production, including, but not limited to, genetic improvement. Grants up to $180,000 will be awarded.