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The 2025 Research Grants Program Solicitation Period is Currently Open

August 13, 2024

This is a reminder that DPR’s 2025 Research Grants solicitation period is now open!

The 2025 Research Grants Program is offering up to $1,900,000 in grants to support the state’s goal of transitioning to systemwide adoption of safer, more sustainable pest management, aligned with the Sustainable Pest Management Roadmap objectives.

The Department of Pesticide Regulation’s (DPR's) Research Grants Program annually awards funding for projects that advance integrated pest management (IPM) knowledge in agricultural, urban, or wildland settings.

The 2025 Research Grants Program is 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

To learn more about these priority topic areas, please visit the 2025 Research Grants Solicitation.

Proposal Applications will be accepted through Thursday, September 19, 2024, 11:59:59 PM Pacific Time (PT). Application information and materials can be found on the Research Grants Program website.

For examples of past projects, please visit our Funded Pest Management Research Grants website.

If you are interested in applying or learning more about our Program, please visit the Research Grants Program website and consider meeting with our team during DPR Office Hours. Office hour appointments will take place via Zoom and will provide applicants with an opportunity to discuss non-competitively-ranked aspects of their proposal applications, including how to correctly complete the budget and budget justification.

Office Hour Appointments

Agenda: 30-minute appointments are available Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 – 11:30 AM PT for interested applicants to discuss non-competitively-ranked criteria in the proposal application.

To sign up for an office hour appointment, please use the 2025 DPR Grants Program Office Hours Form.

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.