A Land Grant University Perspective - Marc Johnson, Kansas State University 2. A Food Industry Perspective - Richard Gady, ConAgra 3. During the last 20 years, national competitive grants programs have become an increasingly popular and important mechanism for funding national agricultural research. Congressional support for competitive research grants is strong and, for the most part, growing. This workshop addresses sources of competitive research funding across the federal system and strategies that will increase the probability of writing successful grant proposals.
Some agricultural economists compete well for research grants.
However, many others are unaware of the multitude of competitive grants programs available through the federal system. Others have tried to compete with little or no success. Last updated July 10, 2000.