AMCA Research Fund 2025 Call for pre-proposals

The American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) Research Fund invites new pre-proposals for research on mosquito control and related topics for funding for the calendar year 2025.

AMCA® is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing leadership, information, and education leading to the enhancement of public health and quality of life through the suppression of mosquitoes.

While proposals related to any aspect of mosquito control are welcome, this year’s AMCA Research Fund will prioritize funding research related to mosquito and arbovirus surveillance. This can be broadly defined as any tool or strategy that will improve prediction, detection, or operational decision-making related to arboviruses and/or target mosquito species. Priority will be given to proposals that highlight how these tools will directly assist control personnel and/or researchers to track and suppress disease transmission or proliferation of problematic mosquito populations. Collaborations with mosquito control agencies are highly encouraged. 

Eligibility:

• The AMCA Research Fund will consider pre-proposals from public and private universities, mosquito abatement districts, qualified private research institutions, independent researchers, and small companies.
• Early career researchers including those at the Assistant Professor rank, Post Docs, PhD candidates, and researchers at local, county, state, and federal government institutions with fewer than 10 years on the job are especially encouraged to apply.
• Graduate students working to obtain a Master’s degree are also eligible to apply.
• No more than 2 pre-proposals per researcher per grant cycle will be accepted.
• Principal Investigators and pre-proposals must be from or directly affiliated with institutions based within the United States; i.e., AMCARF funds can only be disbursed to US institutions.

Funding details: 

• Funding awarded may be up to $55,000 per one year of a project; however, preference will be given to projects that request less than $55,000.
• Funds should be spent within 12 months of the award date; unspent funds will be revoked and replaced into the AMCARF pool for the next funding cycle. Requests for extension beyond 12 months must be submitted to the AMCARF no later than 1 month before the expiration date.
• AMCARF does not make multi-year funding commitments. However, AMCARF will make a single-year commitment for a multi-year project. For multi-year projects, the year for which support is being requested must be indicated (e.g., “Year 2 of a 3-year project”).
• AMCARF is committed to funding small projects and cannot fund university or government overhead costs or administrative fees.

To submit a pre-proposal for the 2024 AMCA Research Fund Cycle you must complete the official form here and send it by email to mmacnee@mosquito.org.

Read here for more information. 

Submission deadline, 21st of June at 5pm PT.