UCANR New Project Proposal Form

This form is exclusively for submitting New Project Proposals and is meant to capture general information about your project. Detailed information about land, labor, and facilities needs will be collected in the Land, Labor, and Facilities Form, which will be shared with you via email once you submit your proposal.

⚠️📢 If you are continuing an existing, active project and need to update its information, please wait for instructions from your REC. They will provide guidance on how to proceed with your project for the upcoming fiscal year.⚠️📢

Project Title

Proposed Research Location*

If you'd like to conduct this research at more than one location, please list the others below

Project Lead

Affiliation - Project Lead*

Phone

AES Number (if applicable)

Is this a federally funded project?*

Project Cooperator(s)

Total Principal Investigators (PI)

Total Co Principal Investigators (CoPI)

Total Post Docs

Total Graduate Students

Total Undergraduates

Total Key Contributors

Estimated Start Date*

Estimated End Date (Optional)

Billing Contact Name

Billing Contact Email

Billing Contact Phone

🏦Account Information (enter TBD if unknown)

Enter in the Chart of Accounts or other billing account information here

1a. Describe the problem and the importance of the proposed research for agriculture or natural resources

1b. How will this research benefit California agriculture, natural resources, or the California population (expected outcomes and benefits)?

1c. Explain why the project is ideally suited to be conducted at this Center

2a. What previous work has been done in this area by yourself and other colleagues?

3a. List the specific objectives or hypotheses of the proposed work. Number your objectives and limit them to one sentence each

3b. What preliminary data, if any, indicate that the proposed research will accomplish the stated objectives?

4a. For each objective, discuss the experimental procedures you propose to use. Include the experimental design (size and number of plot areas, number of treatments, number of replicates, etc.), data to be collected, and methods of data analysis.

4b. Please include any information on acreage needs, greenhouse space, cooler and laboratory requirements, use of livestock/animals, etc.

5a. Explain plans for sharing research results including publications, demo days, field days, seminars, websites, etc.

5b. When will these research results be available for use by end user?

5c. Will Cooperative Extension (CE) be involved in demonstrating the results, and if so, who in CE will be involved and in what manner?

6a. What is the expected duration of the project?

6b. Will the project expand in scope?

6c. Provide an estimated timeline for the various phases of the project, including any expansion of the scope.

7a. Public Values (choose 2)*

8a. Upload any documents that would provide additional support to your proposal

Drop your files here to upload