The Northeast Sustainable Research and Education (SARE) Program offers competitive grants to farmers, educators, service providers, researchers, graduate students and others to address key issues affecting the sustainability of agriculture throughout their region.
Donor Name: Northeast Sustainable Research and Education (SARE)
State: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Vermont, and District of Columbia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/12/2022
Size of the Grant: $30,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The Partnership Grant program funds projects that work in direct partnership with farmers to encourage innovative solutions to current challenges related to sustainable production, marketing, and/or farmer and community well-being in Northeast farming and food systems.
Partnership Grant projects may conduct research to improve production practices, pest management techniques, marketing approaches, and farmer, farmworker or community well-being; offer education and training programs to increase knowledge and improve decision-making about sustainable practices; develop unique machines and tools; organize on-farm or in-market demonstrations of new techniques; explore new farm management and community development approaches that support sustainable agriculture outcomes; and propose other work to strengthen their Northeast agricultural community.
Funding Information
- Partnership Grants are capped at $30,000 and typically run for one to two years
- Typical project length is 1 to 3 years. All projects must be completed by November 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Partnership Grants are open to anyone who works with farmers, including personnel at nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities, Cooperative Extension, municipalities, state departments of agriculture, federal agencies like NRCS, and for-profit business entities that provide agricultural consulting, veterinary services, etc.
- Northeast SARE encourages projects submitted from or in collaboration with women, the LGBTQ+ community, and Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). Additionally, we encourage projects submitted from or in collaboration with Minority Serving Institutions (including 1890s and other historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and tribal colleges and universities) and other organizations in the Northeast that work with historically underrepresented communities.
- As a project leader, you must have the skills needed to oversee and carry out the proposed work. Your organization must have the legal structure and financial capacity in place to receive and execute a Northeast SARE contract, including expending funds needed for the project prior to receiving reimbursements from Northeast SARE; advance payments are not possible.
- Applications are limited to one per individual per year. While you may only submit one proposal in a year, other individuals from your organization may also apply. Current grant recipients who are behind in their reporting cannot apply.
- Projects must take place within the Northeast region that includes Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Vermont, and Washington, D.C. Applicants and host organizations may be located outside of the Northeast region if the project activities and the farmers served are located within the Northeast region.
- Northeast SARE will not fund proposals that appear to duplicate work that has been approved for funding by another grant program (within or external to SARE). It is your responsibility to make clear to reviewers that any proposed work is unique, and that if it is part of a project submitted to or funded by another grant program, the project builds on or complements the other work and is not duplicating it.
- Northeast SARE is committed to accessibility for all eligible applicants.
For more information, visit Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education.
