SARE Funded Projects
Southern SARE offers seven grant opportunities to individuals and institutions in the Southern region. Below is a list of presently funded SARE projects in Texas. To find a complete list of reports on previously funded projects, search the Project Database.
- Tennessee Competitive Grant Portfolio Summary (pdf) The portfolio summary for each state includes one project highlight, a breakdown of funding by SARE project type, and the total funding for the state since 1988. This is a colorful 2-pager in PDF format that can be printed and distributed.
- Competitive Grants List (pdf) The grants list describes each grant in the state by title, project leader and funding level. For further information about any grant in the list, go to SARE Projects and search by the project number or title.
To get more information on following Southern SARE funded grants projects, search the national SARE projects database by their project number.
Research and Education Grants
Professional Development Program Grants
Producer Grants
FS10-241 Sustainable Cultivation of Plant-Derived Indigo for Diversification and On-Farm Value-Added Dye Pigment Production, $9,871, Sarah Bellos, s.bellos@gmail.com
FS12-263 Selective Breeding of Honey Bees for Multiple Traits with a Priority on Nosema Disease Resistance, Tennessee, $10,000, Michael Wilson, mwilso14@utk.edu
On-Farm Research Grants
OS11-057 Organic Forage Production Systems for Organic Dairies in the Southern Region, University of Tennessee, $14,993, David Butler, dbutler@utk.edu
Sustainable Community Innovation Grants
CS06-048 Schools + Potatoes Upper East Tennessee Development System (SPUDS), Jubilee Project, $39,762, Steve Hodges, steveh@overhome.net
CS07-056 Gathering of Homestead Economic and Entrepreneurs of Food Based, Organic Foods and Other Related Businesses, University of Tennessee Extension of Montgomery County, $10,000, Martha Pile, mmpile@utk.edu
CS10-075 Building Sustainable Families Through a Celebration of Low-Impact and Organic Community-Supported Agriculture, University of Tennessee Extension, $10,000, Alice Ruth Correll, acorrell@utk.edu
CS10-077 Live Green and Prosper Community Education Initiative, Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council WCTE TV, $10,000, Eric Durate, eduarte@wcte.org
Graduate Student Grants
GS08-077 Providing Habitat for Native Pollinators at Farm Sites, University of Tennessee, $10,000, John Skinner, jskinner@utk.edu
GS09-086 Testing the Efficacy of Three New Alternative Treatments for Nosema Disease of Honey Bees in Tennessee, University of Tennessee, $9,963, John Skinner, jskinner@utk.edu
GS10-095 Efficacy of Entomopathogenic Fungi in an Integrated Pest Management Plan for Cucumber Beetles in Melons and Pumpkins, University of Tennessee, $8,154, Annette Wszelaki, awszelak@utk.edu
