California DPR 2013/2014 Pest Management Research Grant Solicitation Release

The Department of Pesticide Regulation's (DPR) 2013/2014 Pest Management Research Grant Solicitation is now available. DPR’s Research Grant Program will provide a total of $500,000 for research projects with terms of up to three years that develop practices to reduce use of high-risk pesticides and thereby the risk of unanticipated impacts on public health and the environment. DPR will consider proposals requesting $50,000 to $200,000.

Grant proposals must contribute to integrated pest management (IPM) systems by addressing the following:

   ● decision-making for pest management,

   ● preventing and managing pests, or

   ● improving application technologies.

Priority Research Topics include: 

   ● field agricultural fumigants 

   ● organophosphate insecticides used on cole crops in the Central Coast

Additional Research Topics include:

   ● rodent management to avoid hazards related to persistent residues in target animals

   ● precision application technology to address potential offsite movement or reduction in use of pesticides

   ● field scale demonstrations of innovative pest management practices

   ● cost comparisons of innovative and conventional practices to assist decision-making

   ● ant management practices to reduce potential pesticide runoff to surface water

If you are interested in this funding opportunity, please view the

2013/2014 Solicitation on DPR’s web site at <http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pestmgt/grants/research/solicitation.htm>.

Please feel free to pass this information on to other interested parties.

Proposals must be submitted by 5:00 PM on Monday, December 3, 2012.

A conference call will be held on at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, to answer questions regarding proposal development and any other questions about the grant program. Participation in the conference call is voluntary. The conference call-in number is (888) 390-3412 and the participant passcode is 50533.

For additional information on the Pest Management Research Grant Program, please visit <http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pestmgt/grants/research/index.htm>.

If you have any questions, please contact Kimberly Steinmann at

916-445-7929 or <ksteinmann@cdpr.ca.gov>.