The Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center (SFREC) is soliciting proposals for new research and extension projects. SFREC will continue to accept off-cycle proposals throughout the 2024-2025 year as long as resources are available to meet the needs of the project. The center provides research project access to a research herd of beef cattle as well as almost 6,000 acres of grassland, irrigated pasture and oak woodland to conducted research around beef cattle production, grazing management and natural resource management on California rangeland systems. On site staff provide operational support around cattle management, field equipment used to construct, maintain or run experiments as well as field support around data collection and sampling. Because of the large size of the center and ability to experimentally manipulate all aspects of rangeland ecosystems and management this facility provides a novel platform to test ideas around practices and processes that influence agricultural production and ecosystem function in these rangeland systems.
Submit Your Proposal:
On-line Research Project Submission
You can also download the Research Project Proposal Form, complete it and manually transfer the information through the on-line research project submission system above.
**Please Contact Dustin Flavell dkflavell@ucanr.edu if you need assistance with the on-line submission system
Creating a ClickUp Account for Project Management:
Upon approval of your project, you may receive an email invitation to create a free ClickUp account, if you will like to be more involved in managing your project through ClickUp. This account will allow you to manage and view your project details. Once your account is set up, you will be granted access to your project.
CURRENT RESEARCH RATES
2025 - 2026 RESEARCH RATES
UC-Led Research Rates (UC Principal Investigator)
SFREC 2025 – 2026 RESEARCH RATES | UC PI COST | SFREC Full Cost | UC ANR Funding of Full Cost |
| Per Project Rate: | $2059.77 | $9950.62 | $7890.85 |
| Per Labor Hour Rate: | $45.37/HR | $57.52/HR | $12.15 |
| Per Animal Labor Hour Rate: | $55.07/HR | $93.09/HR | $38.02 |
Non-UC Researcher Rates (Non-UC Principal Investigator) *
SFREC 2025 – 2026 RESEARCH RATES | Non-UC PI COST | SFREC Full Cost | NUD cost at 36% of full cost rates |
| Per Project Rate: | $13,532.84 | $9950.62 | $3582.22 |
| Per Labor Hour Rate: | $78.23/HR | $57.52/HR | $20.71 |
| Per Animal Labor Hour Rate: | $126.60/HR | $93.09/HR | $33.51 |
*Includes 36% Non-University Differential (NUD)
Previously Submitted Projects in URS: