Deadline: 3-Nov-22
The Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program has announced the Call for Proposals for Professional + Producer Grants for 2023.
With a Professional + Producer grant, an Agricultural Technical Advisor Professional and three (3) Producers work together to develop a proposal to conduct both research and outreach on a sustainable agriculture topic.
The goal of this program is to achieve results that can be communicated to producers and other agricultural professionals; sustain and improve the environmental quality and natural resource base on which agriculture depends; improve the profitability of farmers/ranchers and associated agricultural businesses; and enhance the quality of life for farmers/ranchers in local communities.
Funding Information
Projects may be one-to-three years in length. Total funds requested cannot exceed $75,000 over the entire project period.
Eligible Counties
Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Eligibility Criteria
- Western SARE requires that agricultural producers be involved from inception to finish in the planning, design, implementation, and educational outreach of any Western SARE-funded project.
- Each of the Western SARE-funded grant programs, has slightly different requirements for the composition of the team and eligible applicant. Assemble your project team accordingly, keeping in mind the inherent interdisciplinary nature of sustainable agriculture.
- The project team must be a minimum of four (4) people and must include: An Agricultural Technical Advisor (Principal Investigator) and at least three (3) Producers. One of the Producers must be identified as the Advisor Representative. The team may also include additional collaborators.
For more information, visit https://western.sare.org/grants/professional-producer/
