Greetings from the National Sclerotinia Initiative!

To continue the strong research productivity of the Initiative, we are looking forward to receiving and reviewing your proposed plans of work for FY20 funding.  Please be advised of the following:

• Application templates have been modified slightly from last year, so you MUST use the FY20 template.
• Applications should be submitted in Word format.
• A checklist is included with the last page of the template. This should be filled out and included with the completed application document.
• For continuing projects, it is important for the review process that you clearly document progress over the past year, as well as the life of the project in the appropriate section of the template (Project Progress to Date).
• Current Strategic Milestones and Accomplishment Report as well as related documents and information can be found at the links in the table at the bottom of this page.
• Current application templates and instructions can be found at the 2020 Annual Meeting page.

For information about the National Sclerotinia Initiative, please contact Michael A. Grusak, Center Director, USDA-ARS Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND (701-239-1371) mike.grusak@usda.gov