FFAR-OCP Disruptive Fertilizer Technology Fellowship Program
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
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Other requirements
- _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://foundationfar.org/grants-funding/opportunities/ffar-ocp-disruptive-fertilizer-technology-fellowship-program/)._
- The FFAR OCP Fellowship will provide stipend support for up to five early career scientists (within up to ten years of receiving a Ph
- D.) and seeks to enable high impact research in the focus areas of the project
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: Brand new research proposals without any prior history of research progress
- Not eligible: Matching funds are not required for this program
Overview
FFAR-OCP Disruptive Fertilizer Technology Fellowship Program
Fertilizers are an essential input to produce healthy, high-yielding crops; however, plants may not absorb all the fertilizer applied, and excess fertilizer can produce harmful environmental consequences. Farmers need improved fertilizer technologies and guidance to improve soil and plant health, crop productivity and environmental resilience.
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and OCP North America (OCPNA), a subsidiary of the global plant-nutrition company OCP Group, created the FFAR-OCP Disruptive Fertilizer Technology Fellowship (FFAR-OCP Fellowship) to provide early-career scientists with opportunities to advance research on precision fertilizer application methods, nutrient recommendation methods and guidance on land applications of animal waste to customize and enhance fertilizer efficiency. Ultimately, the FFAR-OCP Fellowship intends to deliver new innovations in fertilizer products that are safe, effective, commercially scalable and easily understood by farmers. The FFAR-OCP Fellowship is a two-year program supported by $250,000 from both FFAR and OCP North America for a total program fund of $500,000.
Funding Availability
Awardees will receive a maximum of $75,000 and will cover 12 to 24 months of funding to conduct projects in fertilizer efficiency research and technology development that have already demonstrated promise in a first phase of research and would clearly benefit from a catalytic push to achieve proof of concept or early product development to progress to a second phase.
Eligibility
_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._
* The FFAR OCP Fellowship will provide stipend support for up to five early career scientists (within up to ten years of receiving a Ph.D.) and seeks to enable high impact research in the focus areas of the project.
Ineligibility
* The FFAR OCP Fellows Program will not support brand new research proposals without any prior history of research progress.
* Matching funds are not required for this program.
What Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 28
- Total given
- $25.7M
- Median grant
- $450K
- Range
- $38K–$3.75M
- By dollars: North Carolina 15%, Kansas 12%, Wisconsin 10%. Top recipient cities: Davis, CA; Raleigh, NC; Madison, WI.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 54% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC
Research
$3.75M
University of Wisconsin Madison · Madison, WI
Research
$2.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA
Research
$2.5M
Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS
Research
$2.22M
Swine Health Information Center · Ames, IA
Research
$2M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
- Agriculture
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