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## **UC SAREP Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Small Grants Program** The UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (UC SAREP) hosts an annual request for proposals for our Sustainable Agritulture and Food System Small Grants Program. The program funds research projects, education and demonstration programs of science-based research, and projects that support the development of sustainable community food systems.
* Application deadline: January * Project period: May 1 - April 30 **Funding Priority Areas** **Priority Area 1:**Support California’s farmers, ranchers, and land stewards of all scales in piloting and transitioning to: * environmentally regenerative approaches to producing crops and livestock (including but not limited to soil health, organic and agroecological practices, integrated pest management, crop diversification); * pathways for realizing economic return from ecologically-sound crop management practices and fair labor practices; * marketing and distribution strategies that support diversified, decentralized, and locally-based supply chains; * strategies that promote producer-to-producer networking and/or producer-to-supply chain networking.
**Priority Area 2:**Support California’s rural, urban, and Tribal communities in identifying and implementing strategies to: * expand access to healthy, sustainably produced, culturally appropriate foods; * ensure worker wellbeing across the food chain; * minimize the community and environmental costs of food production and distribution; * strengthen connections between consumers and producers; * establish and strengthen producer-to-producer connections and producer-to-supply chain connections.
Eligible applicants include: * farm or food system businesses operating in California * non-profit, tax-exempt organizations operating in California * state and local government agencies, tribal governments, and * California public and private institutions of higher education. **Funding Availability &Proposal Categories** Individual grants will be limited to a maximum of $10,000, with _one_ Applied Research Grant awarded up to $20,000.
Proposals are requested for three types of projects: * _**Education and Outreach Grants**_ * _**Applied Research Grants**_ _**Sample RFP from previous grant cycle**_ ### **UC SAREP’s 2025-2026 Grant Recipients** We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems 2025-26 Small Grants Program.
Funds from this grant program are provided for planning, research and education projects that support the development of sustainable community food systems and environmentally-sound and economically viable farming enterprises. This year’s request for proposals brought in 60 applications requesting$617,000.
After the review process, 11 were selected for funding, together receiving nearly $110,000 to support their work strengthening California’s sustainable agriculture and food systems. The next annual small grant request for proposals is scheduled to be released in October.
Join us in congratulating this year’s grant recipients: Sarah Miller,**Acta Non Verba**, to create and install educational signage, including a self-guided tour and educational video, at Acta Non Verba's West Oakland Farm Park. Leah Galitzdorfer,**Food Access LA**, to provide culinary and nutrition classes for low-to-moderate-income households using fresh, locally grown produce from small and mid-sized farms.
Sabaa Shoraka,**Oakland Kids First**, to support high school student education in urban agriculture to plant, cultivate and harvest crops that thrive in East Oakland. Josefina Lara Chavez,**Regeneration - Latine Alliance in Agroecology and the Food System**, to provide sales and marketing support,expanding economic opportunities for marigold sales for Latine farmers in California's Central Coast.
Stephanie Jordan,**Sustainable Solano**, to help residents in Solano County obtain or transition to operating a legal Micro-Enterprise Home Kitchen Operation or Cottage Food Operation. Kitty Oppliger,**UCCE-Central Sierra and Placer/Nevada, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources**,to assess barriers and capacity in charitable food distribution programs to address food insecurity and food waste in California's Central Sierra region.
Julie Finzel,**UCCE-Kern, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources**,to conduct a cost study to determine the average business costs associated with operating a targeted grazing service business. Elizabeth Fichtner,**UCCE-Tulare, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources**,to evaluate the influence of long-term climate trends on olive fruit fly pressure and develop a new IPM web app for predicting risk of olive fruit fly.
Danielle Klawitter,**University of California, Santa Cruz**, to investigate inter-row cover cropping with deep-rooted perennial grasses for bio-tillage, soil health and agroecosystem benefits.
Igor Lacan,**UCCE-San Mateo/San Francisco, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources**,to provide disadvantaged youth in San Mateo and San Francisco counties with engagement and education in safe, healthy and sustainable food preparation and preservation practices.
### **History and Past Grant Recipients** From 1987 to 2012, and resuming in 2020, the program has funded nearly $9 million in research projects, education and demonstration programs of research-based technologies and systems, and projects that support the development of sustainable community food systems. _Our past grant recipient database is currently under redevelopment as part of the UC ANR transfer to the Integrated Web Project.
Pleaese check back for updates in the future. _
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Farm or food system businesses operating in California, non-profit tax-exempt organizations operating in California, state and local government agencies, tribal governments, and California public and private institution… Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice and strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Successful proposals will generate results such as new models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment. Applications to IMLS should both advance knowledge and understanding and ensure that the federal investment made generates benefits to society. Specifically, the goals for this program are to generate projects of far-reaching impact that: • Build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public. • Build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement. • Improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections with emphasis on collaboration to avoid duplication and maximize reach. • Strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster. • Strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve. Throughout its work, IMLS places importance on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This may be reflected in an IMLS-funded project in a wide range of ways, including efforts to serve individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals with disabilities; individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; individuals having difficulty using a library or museum; and underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line. Application Process: The application process for the NLG-L program has two phases; applicants must begin by applying for Phase I. For Phase I, all applicants must submit Preliminary Proposals by the September 20th deadline listed for this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For Phase II, only selected applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, and only those Invited Full Proposals will be considered for funding. Invited Full Proposals will be due March 20, 2024. Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-LIBRARIES-FY24. Assistance Listing: 45.312. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AR,HU. Award Amount: $50K – $1M per award.
The California Department of Education (CDE) Early Education Division is making approximately .7 million available to expand California State Preschool Program (CSPP) services statewide, appropriated under the 2021 Budget Act. Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including school districts, county offices of education, community college districts, and direct-funded charter schools—both current CSPP contractors and new applicants. Funding supports full-day/full-year or part-day/part-year preschool services for income-eligible children beginning in FY 2024–25. Awards are allocated by county based on Local Planning Council priority areas and application scores, with redistribution provisions if county allocations are underutilized.