FOA-Limited Submission – USDA/NIFA – Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Program (USDA-NIFA-CPPM-008055); March 15, 2021

 

Purpose:  The purpose of the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) program is to provide funding for integrated, multifunctional agricultural research, extension, and education activities. The goals and objectives of CPPM are to address high priority issues related to pests including insects, nematodes, pathogens, weeds, and other pests and their management using integrated pest management (IPM) approaches at the state, regional and national levels. The CPPM program supports projects that will ensure food security and respond effectively to other major societal pest management challenges with comprehensive IPM approaches that are economically viable, ecologically prudent, and safe for human health. The CPPM program is soliciting new applications to provide funding in three of the program’s five focus areas:

 

•        Plant Protection Tactics and Tools: Need for discovery, development, and introduction of new pest management tactics for use in IPM systems.

 

•        Enhancing Agricultural Biosecurity: To develop and maintain key information systems, networks, and decision support tools that provide the knowledge infrastructure needed for early detection and the application of science-based IPM systems for invasive, emerging and high-consequence pests that threaten U.S. agriculture.

 

•        IPM for Sustainable Communities: Direct application of IPM knowledge and expertise to address pest management challenges in non-traditional settings such as urban structures, landscapes and gardens, homes and schools.

 

Applicants must propose one of three project types - Applied research, Research-led, Extension-led.

 

•        Applied research (single-function) projects develop innovative, ecologically based, sustainable IPM technologies, tactics, strategies and systems that address regional and/or national IPM priorities.

 

•        Research-led projects enhance the adoption of innovative, ecologically based, sustainable IPM strategies and systems.

 

•        Extension-led projects extend implementation of innovative, ecologically based, sustainable IPM strategies and systems by IPM practitioners and growers. Extension-led projects enhance outreach efforts and maximize opportunities to build strategic alliances with stakeholders to expand their active participation in increasing the implementation of IPM methods.

 

Note: CPPM encourages (but does not require) projects that develop content suitable for delivery through Extension.

 

Cost Sharing/Match: 1:1 match required (NIFA may waive the matching funds requirement for a grant if the results of the project under certain conditions. See program guidelines.)

 

Funding Amount/ Project Period: single-state application: $200,000 total costs for up to 3 years; multi-state application: $325,000 for up to 3 years

 

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

 

Institutional Limit: 1 

 

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process,please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal, with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by February 2, 2021  :

·        Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners

·        Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number

·        Project Type (Applied research, Research-led, or Extension-led)

·        Brief project description (2 pages maximum)

·        Brief biographical sketch

·        Budget, including source of matching funds

 

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

 

Agency Deadline: March 15, 2021