Sponsored Research Opportunity
North Central Regional Sustainable Agriculture and Education Program
Research and Education program
- Program Information
- Pre-Proposal Deadline:
TBA (last known deadline was November 8, 2012)
- Program Description
The North Central Region SARE (NCR-SARE) Research and Education Grant Program is a competitive grant program for researchers and educators involved in projects that explore and promote environmentally sound, profitable, and socially responsible food and/or fiber systems.
Research and Education projects include a strong outreach component and significant farmer/rancher or other end user involvement from inception of the idea through implementation of the project. Generally:
- Research and Education grant awards range from $10,000 to $200,000.
- Projects may last up to 36 months.
- NCR-SARE funds about 8 to 12 Research and Education projects per year.
- Grant-making decisions are made by the NCR-SARE Administrative Council.
- Research and Education grants are built by collaborative teams.
- Producers are key participants in grant activities.
- SARE project coordinators realize that sustainable systems must lead to farm and ranch profitability.
- Coordinators are encouraged to explore social, environmental AND economic aspects of whole systems.
- Marketing sustainable agriculture products has been a thrust of NCR-SARE, which also funds projects in many other areas.
- All projects include a strong outreach component.
- The Research and Education grant-making timeline
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