Note: Proposals funded by SBARE do not need to go through the NDSU approval process in Novelution. Send a draft of the proposal, a final budget and budget justification to Ona Vig, NDSU Ag Budget Office at ona.vig@ndsu.edu for approval  at least three days in advance of the deadline. Due to the increasing number of proposals needing review, Ona Vig may not be able to accommodate late proposals.  

The State Board of Agricultural Research and Education (SBARE) is calling for research proposals for fiscal year 2024-2025.  Funding for the research comes through the Agricultural Research Fund (ARF). The ARF is funded from an imposed tax upon the gross receipts of retailers from all sales at retail, including the leasing or renting, of farm machinery or irrigation equipment used exclusively for agricultural purposes and state general fund appropriations.  For the current fiscal year, a total of $606,617 is available for grants. This amount is distributed among 11 commodity-based granting committees based on percentages of cash receipts from farm marketings from the previous fiscal year. 

We have been able to collect the data needed to determine the grant dollars available to each granting committee and have provided those amounts below. 

***All submissions of proposals for SBARE funds for 2024-2025 will be electronic.***  Submit a PDF copy to: mhelvig@ndarec.com 

• Wheat: Proposals due October 18, 2024. Amount available: $105,003. Matching funds required. 
• Animal Agriculture:  Proposals due October 25, 2024. Amount available: $109,19. No matching funds required. 
• Barley: Propoals due November 1, 2024. Amount available: $12,565. Matching funds required.
• Corn:  Proposals due November 8, 2024. Amount available: $87,633. Matching funds required. 
• Soybean:  Proposals due November 14, 2024. Amount available: $114,229. Matching funds required.
• Sugarbeet:  Proposals due November 25, 2024.  Amount available: $25,607. Matching funds required.
• New & Emerging Crops:  Proposals due December 2, 2024. Amount available: $72,794. No matching funds required.
• Sunflower: Calls for proposals will be issued in conjunction with the National Sunflower Council’s call for proposals. (Pre-proposals due October 1, 2024.) Full proposals due December 9, 2024. Amount available: $14,890. Matching funds required.
• Canola:  Proposals due January 31, 2025. Amount available: $36,891. Matching funds required
• Potato: Proposals due February 3, 2025. Amount available: $11,840. Matching funds required.
• Dry bean:  Proposals due February 21, 2025. Amount available: $15,975. Matching funds required. 

SBARE appointed committees will select projects based on importance of the addressed problem to producers in the state of North Dakota, the impact of the proposed outcome, the generation of new information, and feasibility. 

Guidelines, policies and application forms can be found online here. Applications are limited to five pages of narrative plus supplements and attachments.

SBARE requires a minimum of 25% match for projects led by individuals in North Dakota, and a 50/50 match for projects led by individuals outside North Dakota. Proposals from out-of-state individuals or agencies are eligible for ARF funding provided that the project includes a North Dakota collaborator approved by the SBARE or its chair.

1. SBARE will provide the committee members with a copy of the original application.
2. Researchers should provide the following:
   1. Current scope of work for the project
   2. Current budget
   3. Narrative describing the research results from the previous year
   4. PeopleSoft trial balance for the previous grant period(s)

Mary Helvig mhelvig@ndarec.com

For additional information, contact Mary Helvig, Coordinator for the Agricultural Research Fund, at 701-667-6404 or mhelvig@ndarec.com.

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