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- August 25, 2016
- Special Projects Grant Program
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Northeast Center to Advance Food Safety / UVM Extension. Funding for projects with very clear, near-term outcomes related to regionally important food safety issues among small to medium-sized producers and processors. The projects can be focused on research, education, or both. Total funding: $46,800. Deadline: Sept. 1, 2017.
- November 13, 2017
- Methyl Bromide Transition Program
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USDA NIFA. Addresses the immediate needs and the costs of transition that have resulted from the scheduled phase-out of the pesticide methyl bromide. Total funding: ~$1.8 million. Deadline: Jan. 30, 2018.
- January 27, 2014
- Pest Management Foundation
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NPMA. Advances the pest management industry through education, research, and training. Total funding: $15,000/yr. Deadline: closed.
- April 1, 2018
- Graduate Student Research Grants
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Northeast SARE. For graduate students who are researching topics in sustainable agriculture that will serve the interests of farmers and the greater agricultural community. Funding: $15,000/project. Deadline: May 8, 2018.
- September 27, 2012
- Environmental Education Grants
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US EPA Office of Environmental Education. Promotes environmental stewardship and helps develop knowledgeable and responsible students, teachers, and citizens. Total funding: ~$2.7 million. Deadline: spring 2015.
- Honey Bee Health Grants
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North American Pollinator Protection Campaign. Supports research to improve the health of honey bees. Total funding: $30,000. Deadline: closed.
- August 1, 2017
- Partnership Grants
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Northeast SARE. Supports agricultural service providers who want to conduct on-farm demonstrations, research, marketing, and other projects with farmers as active cooperators. Total funding: $15,000. Deadline: Oct. 17, 2017.
- October 1, 2013
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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Supports integrated programs that address the comprehensive needs of children, their families, and communities. Total funding: ~$380 million. Deadline: ongoing.
- October 24, 2017
- Research and Education Grants
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Northeast SARE. Funds research, education, and on-farm demonstration projects, with an emphasis on projects that lead directly to improved farming practices and an enhanced quality of life for farmers and rural communities. Funding: $30,000 – $200,000/project. Deadline: Oct. 24, 2017.
- September 1, 2017
- Research for Novel Approaches
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Northeast SARE. Funds research to establish the feasibility of novel approaches, with the expectation that the new information will be used later in educational programs that promote farmer adoption of the novel approaches. Deadline: Oct. 24, 2017.
- September 1, 2017
- Professional Development Grants
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Northeast SARE. Funds outcome-based train-the-trainer projects. Funding: $30,000 – $150,000/project. Deadline: Oct. 24, 2017.
- April 30, 2018
- AFRI Education and Workforce Development
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USDA NIFA. The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Education and Workforce Development focuses on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences. Total funding: $24.1 million. Deadline: July 19, 2018.
- February 5, 2017
- AFRI Childhood Obesity Prevention Challenge Area
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USDA NIFA. Focuses on the societal challenge to end obesity among children, the number one nutrition-related problem in the United States. Total funding: $6.3 million. Deadline: June 28, 2017.
- February 23, 2018
- 1890 Institution Teaching, Research and Extension Capacity Building Grants
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USDA NIFA. Strengthens teaching, research and extension programs in the food and agricultural sciences by building the institutional capacities of the 1890 land-grant institutions. Total funding: $18 million. Deadline: May 1, 2018.
- April 17, 2017
- AFRI Resilient Agroecosystems in a Changing Climate Challenge Area
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USDA NIFA. Focuses on sustainable increase in agricultural productivity and the availability and accessibility of safe and nutritious food, within the priority area of Climate, Land Use, and Land Management. Total funding: $6.3 million. Deadline: July 13, 2017.
- March 24, 2017
- AFRI Water for Food Production Systems Challenge Area
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USDA NIFA. Focuses on multidisciplinary systems approaches, which integrate new technologies and strategic management that solve water availability and quality challenges in food production systems. Total funding: $34 million. Letter of intent due: May 17, 2017. Application due: Aug. 2, 2017.
- May 3, 2016
- AFRI Food Security Challenge Area
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USDA NIFA. Focuses on the societal challenge to keep American agriculture competitive and end world hunger by ensuring the availability and accessibility of safe and nutritious food. Total funding: $16.8 million. Application due: July 7, 2016.
- March 21, 2017
- AFRI Food Safety Challenge Area
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USDA NIFA. Promotes and enhances the scientific discipline of food safety, with an overall aim of protecting consumers from microbial and chemical contaminants that may occur during all stages of the food chain. Total funding: $11 million. Deadline: June 21, 2017.
- April 23, 2018
- AFRI Sustainable Agricultural Systems
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USDA NIFA. Focuses on approaches that promote transformational changes in the U.S. food and agriculture system within the next 25 years. Projects should significantly improve the supply of abundant, affordable, safe, nutritious, and accessible food, while providing sustainable opportunities for expansion of the bioeconomy through novel animal, crop, and forest products and supporting technologies. Total funding: $80 million. Letter of intent due: June 27, 2018. Deadline: Oct. 10, 2018.
- November 8, 2017
- Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program
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USDA NIFA. Supports the generation of new information that will assist federal regulatory agencies in making science-based decisions about the effects of introducing into the environment genetically engineered organisms. Total funding: ~$3.5 million. Deadline: Feb. 22, 2018.