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    Apply for Funding from the Potato Research Program

    The Pennsylvania Potato Research Program supports potato production research. You can submit an email proposal during the yearly application period. 

    Email proposal

    Overview

    The Pennsylvania Potato Research Program represents each producer who grows five or more acres of potatoes for sale or marketing. The funds collected from each producer are used exclusively for potato production research. 

    Research include, but is not limited to:

    • Germplasm
    • Verticillium Wilt

    Additional resources:

    Apply for funding

    New funding is made available each year. The request for research proposals (RFP) is published each year through the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) schools in November.

    Proposals have to be emailed during the announced application period to RA-AGCOMMODITIES@pa.gov.

    The proposals are reviewed by Pennsylvania Potato Program Board. The grants are awarded at the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention, which is generally held the last week of January or the first week of February each year. 

     

    Reporting requirements

    Grantees are required to report twice a year about the progress on their research. The progress report should provided updates on the deliverables within their proposal. 

    Progress reports are due the on October 1 and April 1st. 

    The progress report has to be sent the resource account at RA-AGCOMMODITIES@pa.gov.

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