F3 Challenge Grants for Ag-Food-Tech and Climate Smart Food Systems Now Open-Proposals Due April 18th

March 9, 2022
By Kathleen P Nolan

Dear Colleagues,

We received the following announcement from Joshua Viers at UC Merced. If you have any questions, please contact him at the emails or phone number below.

Thank you.

Kathleen Nolan, Director, Office of Contracts & Grants

F3, the Fresno-Merced Future of Food Innovation Initiative, is sponsoring $600k in seed and collaborative challenge grants for cooperative early stage research in ag-food-tech and climate smart food systems. The seed funds up to $15k can be used as top off funds, whereas the collaborative grants up to $75k are intended to spur activity between faculty at UC Merced, UC Ag & Natural Resources, and Fresno State. Proposals are due by April 18th. The full announcement can be found here: https://citris.ucmerced.edu/f3_collaborative_grant.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you are seeking partners at UCM, UCANR and/or CSUF, as well as industry or community stakeholders, or if you have questions. We appreciate your participation!