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DPR’s 2025 Research and Alliance Grants Program Solicitation Periods Open Soon!

July 9, 2024

The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is announcing its upcoming grant solicitation periods for the 2025 Research and Alliance Grants Programs. This year, DPR is offering grant funding to support the state’s goal to transition to systemwide adoption of safer, more sustainable pest management, aligned with the Sustainable Pest Management Roadmap objectives. For 2025, DPR's Grants Programs will offer up to $1,900,000 (pending budget approval) to support Research and Alliance Grant projects that advance sustainable pest management practices through integrated pest management (IPM) research, knowledge, tools, outreach, and implementation.

The 2025 Research and Alliance Grants Programs are particularly seeking applications that address one or more of the following priority topic areas:

• IPM for underserved or disadvantaged communities;
• Decreasing the use of pesticides of high regulatory interest (such as fumigants like 1,3-dichloropropene or sulfuryl fluoride);
• Advancement of urban IPM and safer, more sustainable pest management tools and strategies in urban settings;
• Advancement of IPM and safer, more sustainable pest management tools and strategies in agricultural settings adjacent to or near a school(s);
• Meeting the IPM needs of small growers; and/or
• TWO or more of the three sustainability pillars noted below and referenced in the Sustainable Pest Management (SPM) Roadmap
  • Human Health and Social Equity
  • Environmental Protections
  • Economic Vitality

The Alliance Grants Program funds projects that promote or increase the implementation, expansion, and/or adoption of effective, proven, and affordable IPM systems or practices that reduce human health and environmental risks in agricultural, urban, or wildland settings.

The Research Grants Program funds projects that advance IPM knowledge in agricultural, urban, or wildland settings.

The solicitation periods for both Programs will open later this month. Applications will be accepted through September 19, 2024 for Research Grants and November 21, 2024 for Alliance Grants.

Once the solicitation period has opened, application information and materials will be available on DPR's Grants website.

Questions? Contact Us:

Please contact the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Grants Program by emailing IPMGrants@cdpr.ca.gov. For additional information about DPR's Grants Programs please visit DPR's website or view a short video about DPR’s Grants Programs.

Who We Are

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation protects human health and the environment by fostering safer and sustainable pest management practices and operating a robust regulatory system to monitor and manage the sale and use of pesticides across the state. DPR’s work includes registering all pesticides sold or used in California, conducting scientific evaluation of pesticides to assess and mitigate potential harm to human health or the environment, investing in innovative research to encourage the development and adoption of integrated pest management tools and practices, monitoring for pesticides in the air and water, conducting outreach to ensure pesticide workers, farmworkers and local communities have access to safety information, and enforcing pesticide regulations in coordination with 55 County Agricultural Commissioners and their 500 field inspectors.