The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for $1.4 million in Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education Council grants to support research, education and technology transfer projects focused on agricultural fertility, regenerative agriculture, and water-quality protection.
Applications must be submitted through the online application system by 4 p.m. on Nov. 25.
Funding is available to organizations, researchers, businesses, farmers, Tribal entities, and local units of government with agricultural research capabilities and authorization to conduct business in Minnesota. Eligible projects must address fertilizer production and application, soil amendments, plant amendments, regenerative agriculture, or water-quality protection.
All funded projects also must include an outreach component that helps ensure research findings are shared in a timely manner with agricultural producers or urban fertilizer users.
Applicants should review the AFREC Request for Proposals and align project proposals with identified funding priorities.
Examples of eligible applicants include:
- Individual researchers
- Farmers and farmer networks
- Public and private colleges and universities
- Research organizations and institutions
- Agricultural cooperatives
- Agricultural businesses
- Nonprofit organizations
- Local units of government
- Tribal organizations and Tribal sovereign nations
Questions about the RFP may be submitted to Aicam Laacouri at Aicam.Laacouri@state.mn.us with “AFREC RFP Question(s)” in the subject line.
Questions will be accepted through 4 p.m. on Nov. 4. Responses will be posted on the AFREC RFP Questions and Answers page.
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