Process and Deadlines: Please note the Funding Consortium has a new online system. All Applicants to the Consortium will need to sign in and register in the new system. Old passwords and accounts are no longer supported. There is no link back to applications under the old electronic system. June 1 2012 – Call-for-proposal begins. Letters-of-intent are invited. Sept 30 2012 – LOI applications close at 4:30 PM. Nov 1 2012 – Invitations for full proposal announced to sucessful applicants. Dec 2 2012 – Full proposal applications close (Sunday at 4:30PM) March 1 2013 – funding announcements to applicants. Important Note: Members of the Agriculture Funding Consortium will NOT support overhead costs in approved projects. Only costs that are incremental, justifiable and directly related to the proposal activity will be considered. Priorities: Each of the three Agriculture Funding Consortium members, and each of the twelve associate members are responsible for their own priorities and investment mandate. Information on current areas of research and development investment is available from the specific organization. For more information about the identities of the members click on the live members button. Consortium Application Forms and Instructions: Electronic Application System All applications to the Fall Call-for-Proposal must be submitted through the electronic application system. This process begins with a Letter of Intent (LOI). If the LOI is selected by members of the Consortium, a Full application will be invited. The full application will be subject to a scientific technical and strategic review process. Final acceptance for funding will take place in March of the year following application. Applicants are required to register on the electronic application system. Keep you password as it will be required for applications in future years. The LOI applications will be available from June through Oct each year. Please note, the closing date and time for both LOI and full applications is final. Computers monitor the timelines and will NOT accept applications after the deadline. Given the last minute rush, the Funders STRONGLY recommend submitting applications two or three days in advance of the deadline to avoid system slowdowns and missed applications. Successfully submitted applications will be acknowledge by the electronic system. If you did not recieve e-mail notification shortly after submitting you should consider checking the status of your submission. Why apply now? All members of the Agriculture Funding Consortium accept proposals 365 days/year, HOWEVER, in an effort to maximize efficiencies, we try to handle the majority of the proposals during the Fall period. If you plan to submit a Letter of Intent outside of the Fall Call, know that it should be directed to a specific funder, and may require a specific application form. Operating Guidelines for R & D Funding 2006/2007 (historic reference file) MSWord 68 kb Interim Reporting For Existing Projects To streamline processing of projects, the Consortium asks that all interim reports be sent in electronically. Dates are specified in the grant contract's schedule A. Interim payments will not be made until interim reports and income/expenditures statements have been submitted and accepted. Early reporting is acceptable. Late reporting will result in late payment which is not acceptable to some research organizations Right-click the icon and select "Save Target as..." to download an  Interim Progress Report Form

For your convenience click on either the “LOI working copy or the Full Proposal Application for off line use” button below to give you a template to save your work on your computer. Then you can just cut and paste sections into your electronic application. Just click on the “electronic application” button on the right of this note pad or on the button below. Use for Call-for- proposal online system only. *PLEASE NOTE: On the online full proposal form, Questions 2b and 2c are misplaced. Please answer these questions in Section 4. Knowledge- Innovation and Uniqueness 2b. How does this work add specific knowledge, particularly in relation to your team? 2c. What is novel, innovative or unique about this project?

Important Dates June 1 2012- Letters of Intent opens on an electronic application system. Sept 30 2012 - Deadline for submitting Letters of Intent is enforced by computer. Closes 4:30 pm.  Nov 1 2012-  Invitations for full proposal go out to sucessful applicants. Dec 2 2012 -Full proposal applications close (Sunday at 4:30PM) March 1 2013-  Announcement of supported Full proposals