Timeline

The Farmer Grant application timeline is:

• Applications are normally due in December
• Funding decisions are made in late February
• Applicants learn whether they were funded in early- and mid-March

Funds and project length

Funds are released as soon as all the required contracts and other documents are returned to the Northeast SARE office. Most projects run one growing season, but others run longer if the plan of work requires it. The maximum time span for a single project is four years.

Reporting

If your project will run longer than a year, we will request an interim report, usually in late winter, and all grantees need to send in a final report within 60 days of project completion. We will send a description of our reporting instructions to you, usually in November or early December.