Funding and Opportunities for ACES Faculty & Staff

The Office of International Programs coordinates several grants for our faculty and staff to receive funding.

ACES Grant Programs

Seed Grants Program

The International Seed Grants Program was initiated by OIP to stimulate and promote strong relationships between our faculty and international faculty. Each project was funded through the Arlys Conrad Endowment Fund.

We are not currently accepting seed grant proposals. Check back during Fall 2025. 

View past seed grant program recipients.

Joint Research Programs

ACES - Embrapa Joint Research Projects

 

The Office of International Programs in the College of ACES with the support of the ACES Office of Research solicited proposals for joint research projects with researchers at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Organization (Embrapa).

This program enables ACES faculty to work on joint projects with researchers based at Embrapa. ACES will fund two, 2-year proposals at $25,000 per year per project for two years. Embrapa will provide the same level of funding to two Embrapa projects, but these projects will not necessarily be the collaborators of the Illinois-funded projects. In order to receive funding, the activities of an ACES-funded project must form an integrated research program with an Embrapa collaborator.

The lead PI from the College of ACES must be a tenure track professor or research-focused specialized faculty and must have an active Hatch project related to the proposed activities. The activities of the ACES investigator and the collaborator form an integrated research program.

The three selected projects from the 2025 competitive open call for proposals are: 

 

“Climate-Smart Computer Vision System for Real-Time Cattle Monitoring and Decision Support in Brazil–U.S. Grazing Systems” Isabella Condotta (Animal Sciences) and Luciano Basto Lopes and Diego Batista Xavier (Embrapa’s Agrosilvopastoral Research Center in Sinop-MT) - funded by ACES 

“Waste to Wealth: Transforming Agricultural Waste into Energy Solutions for the Circular Economy,” Yi-Cheng Wang (Food Science and Human Nutrition) and Washington Luiz Esteves Magalhães (Embrapa) - funded by ACES and Embrapa

“Characterization of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Intensified Agricultural Production Systems to Support Public Policies: Use of Simulation Modeling Integrated with Artificial Intelligence and Geoprocessing Techniques” Bruno José Rodrigues Alves (Embrapa Agrobiologia) and Kaiyu Guan (Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences) - funded by Embrapa

 

Past International Joint Research Programs

View past joint research program recipients

Past Grant Programs

External Funding Opportunities

Fellowships

OECD Co-operative Research Programme Fellowships

Sponsor: OECD
Closing Date: 09/10/2025

Applications are invited from research scientists working in agriculture, forestry or fisheries who would like to conduct research projects abroad, in another member country of the Co-operative Research Programme from 6 to 26 weeks. The aim of the Research Fellowships is to strengthen the international exchange of ideas and increase international mobility and co-operation among scientists working in these areas.

Other

CRP Applications for Events (Conferences, Workshops and Symposiums)

Sponsor: OECD
Closing Date: 09/10/2025

Applications are invited from research scientists working in agriculture, forestry or fisheries for funding towards an event (conference, workshop, symposium, etc) to take place in a member country of the Co-operative Research Programme. The aim of the Event Sponsorship scheme is to inform policy makers, industry and academia about current and future research, scientific developments and innovations in these areas.