GRIFFIN, Georgia – The Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SSARE) program has announced the proposals selected for funding for the 2025 Research and Education Grants program.
The SSARE Administrative Council recently selected 11 projects totaling $4,368,067. The Research and Education Grants program encourage a systems approach to sustainable agriculture. They are mainly designed for teams of interdisciplinary researchers.
The projects awarded for FY2025 include:
LS25-401 Building foundations for perennial grain agriculture in the Southeast, $399,781, University of Kentucky
LS25-402 Living Understories in Apple Orchards for Improved Quality of Fruit, Cider, and Rural Life, $399,974, Virginia Tech
LS25-403 Evaluating forage-based strategies to improve sustainability and resilience of perennial forage ecosystems, $396,280, Clemson University
LS25-404 Evaluation of Ultraviolet Light as a Sustainable Disease Management Strategy for Southeastern Onion Production, $399,926, University of Georgia
LS25-405 Thriving through Insect Farming: Advancing Frass Fertilizer to Enhance One-Health in the Southeastern US, $400,000, USDA-ARS
LS25-406 Building Resilience through Climate-Adaptive Pest Management Practices among Underrepresented Vegetable Farmers in Puerto Rico, $399,935, University of Florida
LS25-407 Diverse, underutilized native legume ecotypic seed for climate-smart grasslands in the southeastern USA, $$376,083, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
LS25-408 Hope Islands: Introducing bioactive plant communities to grass pastures to increase the sustainability of small ruminant production, $$399,249, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
LS25-409 Breeding of companion plants selected for characters improving attraction and survival of beneficial insects, $397,314, University of Florida
LS25-410 Towards Culturally Responsive Disaster Management for Limited Resources Producers: The Role of Person, Place and Professional Agencies II, $399,916, Prairie View A&M University
LS25-411 Tree intercropping: An agroecological approach to more resilient and sustainable citrus production, $399,609, University of Florida
Research and Education Grants are one of six grant opportunities offered by Southern region SARE to support sustainable agriculture research, outreach and education. The Call for Pre-Proposals for Research and Education Grants usually opens in March.
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Southern SARE is a USDA-funded program that provides funding opportunities for researchers, farmers, Cooperative Extension, NGOs, government agency personnel, and other ag professionals to conduct research in sustainable agriculture. Authorized in the 1985 Farm Bill, the mission of the SARE program is to promote sustainable agriculture practices throughout American agriculture that are profitable for the farmer, protect the environment, and promote community quality of life over the long term.
For more information on Southern SARE, visit http://www.southern.sare.org.
Published by the Southern Region of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. Funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Southern SARE operates under cooperative agreements with the University of Georgia, Fort Valley State University, and the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture to offer competitive grants to advance sustainable agriculture in America's Southern region.
View Related SARE Grants:
- Building foundations for perennial grain agriculture in the Southeast (LS25-401)
- Living Understories in Apple Orchards for Improved Quality of Fruit, Cider, and Rural Life (LS25-402)
- Evaluating forage-based strategies to improve sustainability and resilience of perennial forage ecosystems (LS25-403)
- Evaluation of Ultraviolet Light as a Sustainable Disease Management Strategy for Southeastern Onion Production (LS25-404)
- Thriving through Insect Farming: Advancing Frass Fertilizer to Enhance One-Health in the Southeastern US (LS25-405)
- Building Resilience through Climate-Adaptive Pest Management Practices among Underrepresented Vegetable Farmers in Puerto Rico. (LS25-406)
- Diverse, underutilized native legume ecotypic seed for climate-smart grasslands in the southeastern USA (LS25-407)
- Hope Islands: Introducing bioactive plant communities to grass pastures to increase the sustainability of small ruminant production (LS25-408)
- Breeding of companion plants selected for characters improving attraction and survival of beneficial insects. (LS25-409)
- Towards Culturally Responsive Disaster Management for Limited Resources Producers: The Role of Person, Place and Professional Agencies II (LS25-410)
- Tree intercropping: An agroecological approach to more resilient and sustainable citrus production (LS25-411)