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Apply for a SARE Grant - SARE Southern S Southern Sustainable Agriculture 2022-24 SSARE Grant Summaries & Program Impacts Southern SARE Policy Documents Farmer/Rancher Education Sponsorships SARE Professional Development Program Travel Scholarships Sustainable Agriculture Leadership Program SARE Outreach Publications Home » Apply for a SARE Grant Southern SARE funds several different competitive grant programs, and each type of grant benefits a specific target audience.
Each year, Southern SARE invites applicants to submit proposals for the various offered grant opportunities. SARE grants are open to farmers/ranchers, researchers, educators, graduate students, government agencies, community groups, non-profit organizations, NGOs, and agribusinesses. The process for applying for a SARE grant always begins with the release of Calls for Proposals (CFP).
Call for Proposal is the same as Request for Application (RFA) or Request for Proposal (RFP). Each grant type has its own release schedule throughout the year. Once the Call for Proposal is released, potential applicants are strongly encouraged to download and read through the Call before applying for a grant.
All the rules and guidelines required to complete the application process and successfully submit your project can be found in the Call for Proposals. Applications for our grant programs are submitted through an online proposal system called the SARE Grant Management System. You do not submit SARE grants through grants.
gov. SARE’s Grant Management System helps simplify the application process, especially for those who are submitting a grant for the first time, or are not familiar with the process of applying for a government grant. The directions for submitting a grant through the SARE Grant Management System are found within the Call for Proposal.
Once the deadline to submit a grant expires, submitted proposals are reviewed by a suite of regional committees who make up the Administrative Council: Southern SARE's governing body. Those who sit on the committees make up a cross-section of the agricultural community and are considered experts in the fields of the proposal topics that they have been assigned.
Reviewers follow a set of sustainable agriculture criteria to determine whether a proposal is fundable or not fundable. The proposals are scored accordingly and then sent to the Administrative Council for discussion and selection. The Administrative Council entertains grant proposals for funding twice a year: During the Winter Administrative Council meeting and during the Summer Administrative Council meeting.
Once grant proposals are selected for funding, grant applicants are notified of their award status via email. If your proposal was not selected for funding, you are encouraged to review the comments provided by the reviewers to strengthen your proposal in the event you wish to reapply. If your proposal was selected for funding, you will receive details regarding managing your grant and reporting requirements.
Applicants can apply for multiple types of grants in any given year and you may reapply as often as you like. Those who have previously received a SARE grant are invited to consider SARE as a funding source. Southern SARE’s grant programs can be divided into two broad categories.
The “big grant” programs (Research & Education Grants and Professional Development Program Grants) require a two-step application process due to the complicated nature of the project activities. Pre-proposals are evaluated for suitability to SARE’s funding guidelines. Applicants with the highest ranked pre-proposals are invited to submit a more detailed full proposal.
The small grants (Education, Graduate Student, On-Farm Research and Producer) are awarded through a single proposal process. Which Grant is Right for You? Graduate Student Grants are for Masters and PhD students enrolled in a graduate program at accredited institutions in the Southern region.
Calls for Proposals open February each year with proposal submission deadlines in May. Funding decisions are made in August. Deadline: May 8, 2026 12:00 PM (Eastern Time) Research and Education Grants Research and Education Grants encourage a systems approach to sustainable agriculture.
They are mainly designed for teams of interdisciplinary researchers from multiple institutions. Closed: Nov 21, 2025 12:00 PM (Eastern Time) Get notified when it opens Education Grants allow applicants to conduct education and outreach activities for the benefit of the greater sustainable ag community, and promote efforts in farmer innovations, community building, business success, viable ag operations, and best management practices.
Calls for Proposals open May each year with proposal submission deadlines in August. Funding decisions are made February of the following year. Closed: Aug 2, 2024 12:00 PM (Eastern Time) Professional Development Program Grants Professional Development Program Grants further education and outreach strategies for professionals and educators who work directly with farmers and ranchers.
Closed: Nov 14, 2025 12:00 PM (Eastern Time) Get notified when it opens Producer Grants enable farmers and ranchers to test a sustainable agriculture idea using a field trial, on-farm demonstration, marketing initiative, or other technique. Closed: Dec 5, 2025 12:00 PM (Eastern Time) Get notified when it opens On-Farm Research Grants provide research opportunities for agriculture professionals working directly with farmers and ranchers.
Calls for Proposals open September each year with proposal submission deadlines in December. Funding decisions are made February of the following year.
Closed: Nov 22, 2024 12:00 PM (Eastern Time) Get notified when it opens SARE Projects Application and Reporting University of Georgia-Griffin Campus US Department of Agriculture This work is supported by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program under a cooperative agreement with the University of Maryland , project award no. 2024-38640-42986, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture .
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy. The Southern region SARE program is hosted by University of Georgia , Fort Valley State University and the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture in Oklahoma. © 2026 Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education
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Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) — Southern Region is funded by USDA SARE. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking launched its AI Gigafactories call on 30 July 2026 as a joint procurement, not a conventional research grant, and that distinction shapes who should respond. It seeks consortia or Special Purpose Vehicles bringing together companies, public entities, investors and other partners to establish up to seven AI Gigafactories across Europe - facilities that combine massive computing power and state-of-the-art AI processors with the software and cloud technology stacks, high-bandwidth connectivity and energy-efficient data centres needed to deliver frontier AI training, fine-tuning and inference at scale. This is the tier above the 19 AI Factories and 13 AI Factory Antennas EuroHPC already oversees, which serve SMEs and startups with free customised support; the Gigafactories are aimed at frontier-scale sovereign capacity. The financing model is blended: EuroHPC expects total private investment of more than EUR 20,000,000,000 across the EU, with successful projects receiving varying levels of EU and national co-funding calibrated to the size and range of sovereign services offered. Per-facility EU contributions have deliberately not been published, so applicants must build their own capital stack and negotiate co-funding rather than apply against a fixed grant envelope. Facilities may be established in a single Member State or span several, and cross-border developments are explicitly welcomed. The reference is EUROHPC-2026-CEI-AIGF-01 and the deadline is 12 November 2026 at 16:00 CET. Realistically this is a call for infrastructure-grade consortia with credible access to billions in capital, energy siting and hyperscale operations experience - not for individual research groups or early-stage startups, who should instead route through the existing AI Factories network.
HMGCC Co-Creation and Dstl are seeking an edge device that processes video and audio from off-the-shelf smart glasses and stitches frames into high-fidelity 3D maps for reconnaissance. The minimum deliverable is a TRL 4 proof of concept. AI, computer vision and machine learning are listed technology themes, for example algorithms that compensate for head movement while stitching frames. Essential requirements are a report on where smart-glasses data flows and who can access it, good daytime urban imagery, and a camera-based 3D map. Desirable features include low-light imaging, audio fusion, testing across several manufacturers and a three-year manufacturer roadmap, and the stretch goal is fusing audio and visual data to handle reflections and solid walls. Redesigning or physically modifying the glasses is out of scope, and data handling must comply with GDPR and manufacturer terms. The total budget is up to £60,000, about US$80,000, excluding VAT, with on average two providers funded for a 12-week project. Questions are due 29 October, pitch day is 25 November, and kick-off is targeted for January 2027. Applications close on 12 November 2026 at 17:00 UK time.
HMGCC Co-Creation and Dstl are seeking proof-of-concept small robots that can move through confined built environments across at least two of water, land and air, at TRL 4 or above. Essential requirements are a payload of at least 100 g, a demonstration in a representative built-environment scenario, and a final report with a development roadmap. Desirable features include operation in all three domains, up to one hour of operation, autonomous navigation, operation with intermittent GNSS, travel through ducts or pipes, a volume under 0.01 cubic metres and a mass under 1 kg. Humans must keep responsibility for operational decisions, and the system must not depend on continuous public cloud access. Funding is up to £60,000, about US$80,000, excluding VAT, and on average two providers are funded per challenge. The call opened on 12 October 2026. Applicants are notified on 23 November, pitch day is 7 December, and kick-off is targeted for January 2027 for a project of about 10-12 weeks. Applications close on 12 November 2026 at 17:00 UK time.
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