Serving Farmers and Ranchers Through Targeted Risk Management Education

Western Center for Risk Management Education

Extension Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program

  2012 Western Center Request for Applications (RFA) 

The Western Center for Risk Management Education (Western Center), in conjunction with the Northeast, North Central and Southern Centers, announced a funding opportunity on November 1, 2011 for projects that help farm and ranch families succeed through targeted risk management strategies. Awards will fund projects conducted between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. Grant awards are generally between $5,000 and $50,000; however, there is no absolute upper or lower limit on the funds provided to a single project.

Stage One Pre-Proposal – CLOSED

Stage Two Full Proposal – OPEN for applicants selected to submit a Full Proposal

  1. Logging in to the Online Application System: 
    • Click on the Extension Risk Management Education Results Verification System URL: http://www.agrisk.umn.edu/verification/default.aspx?g=wcrme
    • Click on “new Grants Proposals, Pre-Proposals & Registration
    • On the left menu bar, select “Login to Proposal”.
    • Enter the assigned project number and the password you created at the Pre-Proposal stage. (If you have forgotten your password, click “Resend Password” in the login box.)
    • To log in, click on the “Click to Logon” tab
    • Read the instructions on the “Important Information” page which will save you time and frustration as you enter your proposal content.
  2. Online Application System requirements: You may share your project number and password with other members of your project team so that they can read your  Proposal and make changes, if desired. Only one person can be logged in to their Proposal for the online application system to work properly; if two people (the Project Director and Co-Project Director or Application Contact person) log in to the system simultaneously, you risk losing data that you have either entered or uploaded as part of your  Proposal application.
  3. The online application system contains online help instructions (click the “Instruction” button that appears in the upper right-hand section of each page). Applicants who view, read and follow these instructional resources will have a far greater chance of success in receiving funding.
  4. Budget Guidance: Carefully review instructions provided in  Appendix A of the RFA and pages 14-17 of the RFA.
    • ***If you are an employee of Washington State University or intend to utilize the services of a Washington State University employee or department, please notify the Western Center well in advance of the  submission deadline, as there will be additional budgetary instructions that will apply  at the FULL Proposal Stage.
  5. View Proposal Resources through the online application website. These applicant resources have been developed to help you prepare a successful proposal and include the following:
    • Educational Video Stream – Results Based Projects
    • Tutorials – Pre and Full Proposal
    • Extension RME Cover Sheet (SF 424) and Online Budget & Budget Narrative Instructions
    • PowerPoint – Theory and Practice of Results Based Grant Making
  6. Webinar training for writing a successful application:
      •  URL for viewing:  
    http://breeze.wsu.edu/p62019769/

     

    ***The Center Staff  is available to field questions arising from the application process***

Until you “submit” the  Proposal through the online system, you may return to the application website as many times as you wish and continue entering or editing your application.You will need the project number and password each time to access your application. Your Full Proposal must be submitted electronically through the online application system by Thursday at 5 PM PST, MARCH 1, 2012.

Comments

By Suzanne Jamison on November 2nd, 2011 at 7:53 am

If an applicant organization already is funded through the USDA RMA in Davis, CA, is it eligible to reply to this RFP? Our current project is focused on wool and we would like to start something focused on meat production, but there are a lot of regulatory, jurisdictional, and technical issues to be investigated and understood by Diné producers. This would be a separate project and the organization would not be “double-dipping” for the same project.

The application to your program would be for a start-up project with Diné meat producers to educate them on the various options and opportunities for producing sheep and goats for the meat market. This also has community food security, healthy diet, and local food supply components. thanks, sj

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