Beginning with the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 (Q3 FY20), the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture data are included in quarterly reports. For this reason, data points reported prior to Q3 FY20 may not be directly comparable to the corresponding numbers in this quarter and future quarters.
Proposals
During the first two quarters of the fiscal year, proposal dollars requested lagged behind FY19, but the third quarter saw an increase in dollars proposed, with January, February, and March surpassing the proposed dollar amount during the same timeframe last year, even with slightly fewer proposals being submitted this year. Continue reading