SAREP is scheduled to release Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for three different kinds of grants: Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Grants, Biologically Integrated Farming Systems Grants, and Methyl Bromide Research Grants in late October. For current information regarding proposal due dates, please refer to SAREP's Web site http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu or contact SAREP grants manager, Bev Ransom at (530) 754-8546 or baransom@ucdavis.edu
SAREP has recently released RFPs to support educational events (up to
$1,000 per event) and graduate student projects (up to $2,000 per individual).
Proposals are due November 6, 1998.
Funds will be available in January 1999.
Producers and producer groups residing in the Western U.S. are invited to compete for grants to identify, evaluate and test their "in-the-field" sustainable agriculture practices through an effort sponsored by the USDA Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (Western SARE) program. Individuals may apply for grants of up to $5,000; producer groups (three or more farm/ranch operations working cooperatively) may apply for up to $10,000. Western SARE will release a call for farmer/rancher research grant proposals October 15, 1998. Completed proposals will be due at the program's administrative office at Utah State University by 5:00 p.m.(Mountain Standard Time), January 15, 1999.
To request an application, contact Utah State University at (435) 797-2257 or wsare@mendel.usu.edu. The call for proposals will also be available on-line at
http://ext.usu.edu/wsare/ All research proposals must be led by one or more producers, include a professional agricultural technical advisor, and provide a plan for sharing information with the community.
The Organic Farming Research Foundation is offering funds for research on organic farming methods, dissemination of research results to farmers and consumer education. The next round of proposals must be received by January 15, 1999. Contact Grants Program, Organic Farming Research Foundation, PO Box 440, Santa Cruz, CA 95061; Tel: (831) 426-6606; email: research@ofrf.org;
Web site: http://www.ofrf.org Fertilizer Research Awards
A Request for Proposals will be out in mid-January 1999 from the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Fertilizer Research and Education Program. Contact Casey Walsh-Cady, CDFA, (916) 653-5340;
email:ccady@cdfa.ca.gov
