Deadline: 16-Nov-21
The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) is seeking applications for its Farmer Grant Program.
Farmer Grants are for commercial producers who have an innovative idea they want to test using a field trial, on-farm demonstration, marketing initiative, or other technique.
Farmer Grant projects should seek new knowledge other farmers can use and address questions that are directly linked to improved profits, better stewardship, and stronger rural communities.
Funding Information
- Grant awards are capped at $30,000 per project. Funding requests should align with project duration, scope of the work, amount of collaboration and extent of outreach. Most projects run for one to two years, but projects up to 3 years are accepted.
- Northeast SARE’s Administrative Council has allocated $700,000 to fund projects for this cycle of Farmer Grants. Awards are expected to be in the range of $5,000 to $30,000 per project.
What funds can be used for?
Funds can be used to conduct the research project including paying farmers for their time, for project-related materials, for project costs like consulting fees or soil tests, and any communications or outreach expenses associated with telling others about project results.
What funds cannot be used for?
This grant program is not meant to help start or expand farm businesses. Farmer Grant funds cannot be used for capital costs associated with building a barn, greenhouse, or other major farm fixture, nor can funds be used to start a farm, purchase durable equipment like tractors or computers, or for any utility, telephone, or other costs that would be there in the absence of the project.
Eligibility Criteria
- Farmers in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. are welcome to apply.
- The Farmer Grant program is open to all commercial farm business owners and farm employees in the Northeast region. As an applicant, you may be farming on a large or small scale, with organic or conventional practices, urban or rural, full- or part-time, etc.—this grant program accepts all types and
- scales of farms.
- Applicants who are farm employees (versus farm owners) are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://northeast.sare.org/grants/get-a-grant/farmer-grant-program/
