Overview
We regularly fund empirical research into the impacts of agricultural practices at labs, as well as desk researchers to conduct literature reviews or to provide feedback on our work. While we don’t have open calls for applications, we’re always looking to build our network of scientists who we might reach out to with opportunities for further work. If you’re interested in hearing from us about funding opportunities, submit your interest, and we’ll review your background and profile.
What kinds of work do we fund?
We’re looking for scientists with expertise in the following domains, but if your skills are elsewhere and you think they might apply to our work, let us know. Our typical empirical research grant size is $20,000-$400,000, but grant size will depend on the nature of the project and our relationship with the collaborator.
Entomology
- Respirometry
- Nervous system electrophysiology
- Insecticide toxicology
- Stress physiology
- Animal behavior
- Nociception and pain
Ecology
- Modeling animal population impacts of ecosystem changes
Economics
- Market shaping
- Economics of agriculture
What do we look for in partners?
We typically work with labs that are interested in working on a highly specific projects aligned with our current research priorities, and our work tends to be somewhat constrained by external opportunity windows. This means we’re interested in working with labs who move quickly, and have the capacity (e.g. via grad students, etc.) to scale up. We’re much more likely to fund projects led by postdocs and PIs, and projects that labs are able to start on immediately.
To express interest in opportunities to work with us, complete this brief form.
For universities and community colleges: our maximum allowed indirect cost or “overhead” rate is 10%. That is, indirect costs may not exceed 10% of total direct costs. The primary grantee may not charge indirect costs on amounts transferred to subgrantees or subcontractors.
Fairer Fields defines indirect costs as expenses related to the general operations and administration of an organization, which are not directly allocated to or identified with a specific project.