Deadline: 8-Dec-22
The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is excited to announce that the 2023 Alliance Grants Program to support the use of safe, effective, sustainable pest management practices in California, DPR annually funds Alliance projects that promote or increase the implementation, expansion, and/or adoption of effective, proven, and affordable integrated pest management (IPM) systems or practices in agricultural, urban, or wildland settings.
Projects should focus on reducing impacts to public health or the environment from pesticides of high regulatory concern and/or considered high-risk.
Funding Information
This year, the Program has $1.5 million in funding for projects up to 2.5 years in length (end date of December 31, 2025). Projects with budgets between $50,000 and $1.5 million are invited to apply.
Eligibility Criteria
- The project must primarily benefit the people of California.
- The project must not mention, promote, or disparage a pest control brand or trade name in a deliverable or use the image of a product in a deliverable. Active ingredient names must be used instead.
- All applicants, principal investigators, key personnel, subawardees, subcontractors, and consultants must meet all eligibility requirements and be eligible to contract with DPR.
- All University of California/California State University System (UC/CSUS) grantees, principal investigators, key personnel, subawardees, subcontractors, and consultants must abide by all of the provisions of the applicable UC/CSUS Terms and Conditions, including overhead capped at 25 %. They highly recommend UC/CSUS applicants have grant administration staff review application materials to ensure that the Terms and Conditions can be met.
- All Non-UC/CSUS grantees, principal investigators, key personnel, subawardees, subcontractors, and consultants must abide by all of the provisions of the Non-UC Terms and Conditions, including overhead capped at 25%. They highly recommend applicants have any relevant grant administration personnel review application materials to ensure that the Terms and Conditions can be met.
- Alliance Team members must have the appropriate background and technical experience to complete the project. DPR’s Grant Manager assigned to the grant must be a full and participating member of the Alliance Team.
- The funding requested must be within the minimum and maximum funding limits of $50,000-$1.5 million.
- The project must not depend on other sources of funding for the completion of any task or deliverable. However, in-kind contributions of personnel time, equipment, facilities, and materials by Alliance Team members are allowed.
- The project goals and objectives must be clearly stated and must promote or increase the implementation, expansion, and/or adoption of effective, proven, and affordable integrated pest management (IPM) systems or practices that reduce pesticide impacts to public health and the environment in agricultural, urban, or wildland settings.
- The project must demonstrate adoption of the IPM strategy is taking place (or beginning to) by the end of the grant period.
- The project must not focus primarily on research. Projects that focus on research, are encouraged to apply to DPR’s Research Grants Program.
- The project must not include activities directed toward, or used to subsidize, DPR personnel, DPR work activities, or any DPR-funded work activities delegated to others, such as county agricultural commissioners.
- Eligible applicants may include (but are not limited to) entities such as government and tribal agencies, universities, colleges, consultants, pest control businesses, commodity groups, and nonprofit organizations. Principal Investigators, key personnel, subawardees, subcontractors, and consultants must not have outstanding fines or penalties with DPR or with any County Agricultural Commissioner.
- DPR employees are not eligible to receive funds or participate as part of the Alliance Team with the exception of the Grant Manager; however other State employees may receive funds and participate as part of the Alliance Team.
- PMAC members or their alternates involved in an Alliance Grant Proposal Application must abide by the conflict of interest requirements contained within the PMAC Charter.
For more information, visit https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pestmgt/grants/alliance/index.htm