Kansas Soybean Commission RFP

The Kansas Soybean Commission is soliciting research and education proposals for FY 2027. Proposals are due to the Commission by the close of business on Monday, October 6, 2025. Do not include funding for Commissioner travel in your budget. The Kansas Soybean Commission uses Kansas soybean farmers’ checkoff funds to support contract research and education projects across many areas including production ag, promotion of and education on soybeans and soybean products in feed, food and fuel, and new uses and new markets for soybeans and soybean products.

Please contact the Kansas Water Institute for submission templates, full research priorities, or a pdf version of the submission instructions.

All submitted proposals should contain clear and audience-appropriate statements and language about the importance and potential short- and long-term benefits and impacts of the proposed research and education work. Contact KWI for the full document of research priorities. Water-specific priorities are as follows:

Water Management and Water Use Efficiency for continuous improvements in water conservation and maximized crop production with decreased water inputs. Proposed projects may span improvements in irrigation equipment (hardware and software), decision tools, management practices, genetic discovery, germplasm development, and trait characterization and introgression for improved water use efficiency, to include improved heat tolerance and drought resistance. Projects also may include related work to create climate resiliency across extreme weather events, especially related to water, that may include temporal flood tolerance as well.

Instructions

The following instructions are provided to aid in the preparation of project proposals. Failure to follow these instructions may remove your proposal from further consideration.