Southern SARE Releases Research & Education Grants Calls for Proposals

GRIFFIN, Ga. -- The Southern region of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program has released its Calls for Proposals for the 2012 Research & Education Grants program.

The organization is accepting pre-proposals for projects that focus on sustainable agriculture based on a systems approach to research that aims to understand how a complex systems functions as a whole, often beginning with a conceptual model.

Read more about Calls for Proposals guidelines. The deadline for submitting pre-proposals is June 1. If selected, applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal in August. Grants winners are announced in February.

The objective of the SARE program is to enable farmers and ranchers to move profitably toward production systems compatible with the goal of sustainable agriculture, including promoting good land stewardship, protecting the health and safety of people and animals, enhancing quality of life, and strengthening rural communities.

The Southern region includes: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

For more information on research and education projects, completed or ongoing, search the national SARE database.

Read more for information on Southern SARE Research & Education Grants.

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Published by the Southern Region of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. Funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Southern SARE operates under cooperative agreements with the University of Georgia, Fort Valley State University, and the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture to offer competitive grants to advance sustainable agriculture in America's Southern region.