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Pre-proposal deadline is April 27, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. PST. Full proposal stage follows for invited applicants.
Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) Call for Proposals is a grant from California Department of Food and Agriculture that funds research, outreach, and demonstration projects advancing the environmentally safe and agronomically sound use of fertilizing materials in California. Priority is given to irrigation and nutrient management projects with demonstrable benefits for socially disadvantaged farmers and farm workers.
Eligible applicants include businesses, individuals, nonprofits, public agencies, tribal governments, and other legal entities. Outreach and education projects receive up to $75,000 per year; research and demonstration projects up to $100,000 per year, for a maximum three-year duration. Pre-proposals were due April 27, 2026.
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Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) Call for Proposals - California Grants Portal The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) funds and facilitates projects to advance the environmentally safe and agronomically sound use and handling of fertilizing materials. FREP is now accepting pre-proposals for projects that will begin in January 2027.
Pre-proposals must focus on at least one of the priority areas listed below. Applicants are required to utilize the pre-proposal template (docx). Pre-proposals are due by 5:00 p.
m. (PST) on Monday, April 27, 2026. Grant funding of up to $75,000 per year is available for outreach, education and training projects and up to $100,000 per year for research and demonstration projects.
The maximum grant duration is three years. Requests for projects longer than three years or higher than the award ceiling will be considered on a case-by-case basis contingent on project needs. Projects leveraging other sources of funding are strongly encouraged.
FREP does not support proprietary product development, testing or promotions. CDFA encourages projects that include demonstrable benefits for socially disadvantaged farmers and farm workers. Socially disadvantaged groups include those whose members have been subjected to racial, ethnic, or gender discrimination.
Socially disadvantaged groups are defined in the Farmer Equity Act of 2017. This solicitation, as well as information about FREP activities and projects, is available by contacting FREP at FREP@cdfa. ca.
gov or by visiting www. cdfa. ca.
gov/go/FREP. Pre-proposals must focus on at least one of the priority areas listed in the Request for Proposals call available on FREP grant page. Applicants are required to utilize the pre-proposal template (docx).
Pre-proposals are due by 5:00 p. m. (PST) on Monday, April 27, 2026.
FREP does not support proprietary product development, testing or promotions. Projects must be related to irrigation and nutrient management practices in California. The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker.
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It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number. Through a mill assessment ($0. 001 per dollar) on fertilizers sale, FREP has funded basic and applied research as well as education and outreach on understanding, developing, and improving best nutrient management practices for California agriculture.
The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly). State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.
For questions about this grant, contact: 1-916-900-5022, frep@cdfa. ca.
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Businesses, individuals, nonprofits, public agencies, tribal governments, and other legal entities focused on irrigation and nutrient management practices in California. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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Small Shipyard Grant Program is a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) that funds capital improvements and related upgrades to qualified small shipyard facilities to foster efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration. The program aims to strengthen the domestic shipbuilding and ship repair industry by supporting facilities that would otherwise lack resources for modernization. MARAD notes that applications far exceed available funds and only a small percentage of applicants are funded each year. Eligible applicants are the operating companies of small shipyards with a single facility and no more than 1,200 production employees. Approximately $8,750,000 was available for FY 2025. The FY 2025 deadline of May 15, 2025 has passed; applicants should monitor Grants.gov for the FY 2026 announcement.
Digital Humanities Advancement Grants is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities. The Digital Humanities Advancement Grants (DHAG) program supports innovative, experimental, and computationally challenging digital projects that enhance scholarly research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities. This includes work that contributes to critical infrastructure and emphasizes extensibility, reuse, replicability, and accessibility. Projects can be in any area of the humanities.