fiscal year
2007-2008:
spring call for proposals

Faculty in the School of Veterinary Medicine are invited to submit new or continuation proposals for funding for Temporary Hatch, Multi-State Research (formerly known as Regional Research), Bovine Abortion and Endemic Disease projects. All new requests for Temporary Hatch projects must include the required CRIS forms. ALL continuation requests (for all fund sources) must include a progress report.

TEMPORARY HATCH
Continuation requests must be submitted using the pre-approved Hatch title. The development of a new project proposal must be brought to the attention of the Office of Research (752-6865), for School approval and required paperwork. The approval process for a Temporary Hatch project involves submission of the required program forms to DANR and subsequently to the USDA for final approval.

These funds are part of a State/Federal Program. The Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) makes the allocation to the SVM each year. Projects must be approved by the SVM, DANR and USDA/CSREES in Washington before projects can be funded. The historic total allocation for all projects of funding each year is approximately $23,000. The level of funding each year is determined by DANR and that office has the option for input into which projects should be funded.

MULTI-STATE RESEARCH (Formerly known as Regional Research)
Continuation requests must be submitted using the approved Multi-State Research project title. Our office can provide advice and guidance to faculty interested in joining an ongoing regional project.

This program is also part of a State/Federal Program. In order to be a part of a Multi-State Research Program, faculty must develop a work plan that fits into a national multi-state five-year plan on a targeted subject matter area. Participating faculty are expected to attend an annual meeting where progress of projects that fit with the targeted objectives of the 5-year program plans are evaluated. Project approval and funding is through DANR and USDA/CSREES. The total level of funding to the SVM for research projects is approximately $40,000.

According to CFAH policy, a total of $10,000 is set aside annually to provide travel funds for PI's with approved Multi-State Research projects. PI's may annually request up to $1,500 in travel funds to attend a Multi-State Research meeting or workshop. Requests for travel funds should NOT be included in the annual request for project funds, but rather should be submitted in a separate letter addressed to Juanita Humphrey, Assistant Dean. Requests for Multi-State Research travel funds should be submitted by May 16, 2008.

ENDEMIC DISEASES
New or continuation proposals will be accepted. This aspect of the CFAH Program is to address high priority food animal health issues and problems of livestock and poultry producers of California which have recently been established by the Food Animal Stakeholder Workgroup. Commodity targets for allocations are derived from the annually published California Agricultural Resource Directory. The targets are based on the California cash income by commodities and commodity groups. The current commodity targets are Dairy (49%), Beef (17%), Poultry (20%), and other commodities (14%).

BOVINE ABORTION
Research proposals which fit into a collaborative study on the cause and/or control of epizootic bovine abortion(s) are sought. New or continuation requests will be accepted. Funding for this program resulted from a line item appropriation from the State to address Epizootic Bovine Abortion. These discretionary funds are used to address project plans developed by faculty working on the EBA problem. For the most part, the funds are used for this purpose. This State appropriation has been consistent over the years at the $46,229 level.

APPLICATION PROCESS
In the allocation process, Hatch, Multi-State, and Epizootic Bovine Abortion projects that have the highest priority will be funded first. The remaining unfunded projects will be funded by commodity, on a priority score basis. All requests for CFAH funding must be submitted on forms CFAH-1, 2, 3 and 4, up to a maximum of $30,000. These forms, as well as the CRIS forms for new proposals, may be obtained from our web site here. Continuing proposals for projects funded on 06-07 must include a progress report and publications resulting from PI's research. The forms can now be completed in Adobe Acrobat or MS Word. Please submit an original plus one copy to the Office of Research by Friday, May 16, 2008. THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSIONS. Questions may be addressed to Juanita Humphrey at 530-752-6865 or Bonne London at 530-752-0549.