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Current Research Rates

Research Rates are approved on an annual basis. The following rates have been approved for the period: July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025:

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. 

2024-2025 RESEARCH RATES

UC-Led Research Rates (UC Principal Investigator):

 SFREC 2024 – 2025

RESEARCH RATES

UC PI COST

SFREC Full Cost

% UC ANR Funding of Full Cost

Per Project Rate:

$1,865.00

$15,783.24

88.18%

Per Labor Hour Rate:

$43.21/HR

$50.98/HR

15.24%

Per Animal Labor Hour Rate:

$52.45/HR

$96.54/HR

45.67%

Non-UC Researcher Rates (Non-UC Principal Investigator)*:

SFREC 2024 – 2025

RESEARCH RATES

Non-UC PI COST

SFREC Full Cost

NUD cost at 36% of full cost rates

Per Project Rate:

$21,465.21

$15,783.24

$5681.97

Per Labor Hour Rate:

$84.39/HR

$62.05/HR

$22.34

Per Animal Labor Hour Rate:

$131.29/HR

$96.54/HR

$34.75

*Includes 36% Non-University Differential (NUD)

Please contact Michele Flavell with questions at:

530-639-8800 

Email: mflavell@ucanr.edu