2009 Full Proposal Invitations

The Citrus Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) is pleased to announce its October 2009 Invitation to Submit for Full Proposals. This page contains links to the information you need to apply for funds. The CRDF is proud to partner with the Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council and the Florida Department of Citrus to administrate this proposal program.

 

The overall goals of this research program are to rapidly find both short- and long-term solutions to the current disease crises affecting the Florida citrus industry. Projects should be planned so that they facilitate rapid commercialization of solutions.

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Download the Instructions

Full Proposal Submission Guidelines (362 kb pdf)

Proposal Cover Sheet and Budget Form (592 kb pdf)

Proposal Cover Sheet Instructions (293 kb pdf)

Subcontractor Form (245 kb pd)

 

The links above contain the instructions for submitting full proposals. You will find contact information, format guidelines and other information that will help you prepare your documents.

 

(If you have trouble entering numbers in the Full Proposal Cover Sheet and Budget, try not using dollar signs or numbers as the currency formatting is applied automatically. Note that some of the subtotal and total fields will calculate automatically.)

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If You Have Questions

Information Forum Registration

 

The first place to look if you have questions is to check the Information Forum. Many questions about proposals are answered under the FAQs section. To ensure you do not miss other alerts and announcements from our organization, register for the Information Forum and ensure that your SPAM filters are set to allow emails from the ecostat.info domain. To reduce SPAM, our Information Forum uses an opt-in email notification system, so be sure to toggle your Information Forum profile to send emails to you for the topics in which you are interested. If you do not find an answer to your question in the Information Forum, you should post your question there.

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This research program is an excellent opportunity for collaboration with your colleagues. Click on the link above to automatically create an email message for them containing the url to this page.

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Timeline and Calendar

 

August 21, 2009: Request for Preproposals Announcement
October 2, 2009: Preproposal Submission Deadline
October 23, 2009: Invitations to Submit Full Proposals
November 23, 2009: Full Proposal Submission Deadline
January 29, 2010: Award Notification

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Background Information and Literature

 

Bove: About Citrus Greening (1.8 mb hi-res pdf)
http://www.fcprac.com (general background)
http://swfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/hlb/database/
(Citrus Greening Bibliographical Database)

 

Background literature is provided to familiarize you with the issues faced by the Florida citrus industry. Huanglongbing disease (also called citrus greening or HLB) is considered to be the current research priority. Other important diseases include citrus canker and exotic diseases such as CVC (citrus variegated chlorosis).

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Currently Funded Projects

 

Currently Funded Projects (57 kb MS Excel file)

 

You probably want to know what is being funded currently (2009-2010) to help you avoid proposing a duplicate project (unless you have a better way, of course). This information is presented in a single-table MS Excel file (xls format).

You can search for and read current progress reports and summary updates at

Progress Report Archive (general background)

We also harvest news about citrus research in real time and post it under the Recent News heading on our Reports page.

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Research Priorities

 

The August 2009 call for Preproposals targeted comprehensive methods of controlling psyllid transmission of HLB and testing new methods of disease control made possible using the bacterial genomic sequence.

 

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Award Notification: January 29, 2010

 

The announcement of project awards and details on the next steps to executing contracts will be posted in the Information Forum.

 

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For Help and More Information

If you have a question, first check the FAQs in the Information Forum at fcprac.com. If you are unable to find the answer you need there, post your question in the Information Forum. Any questions that still remain should be directed to the CRDF using the mailto link below. Your message will be routed to the proper individual for a prompt answer.

 

Contact the CRDF