Who Can Apply

Partnership requirements

You must be engaged in agricultural research or outreach in an organization such as Cooperative Extensions, NRCS, a state department of agriculture, a college or university, an agricultural nonprofit, or a commercial agricultural consulting business operating in the Northeast SARE region.

In addition, you must be currently working with farmers and the farmers cooperating in the project must be willing to submit a letter with the grant application that indicates their commitment to the project and outlines the duties they will perform. If the project involves field experiments, they must take place on working farms. Preference is given to projects involving two or more farms, and to projects with a strong outreach component.

The Northeast region

The project must be conducted in the Northeast SARE region, which is made up of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.