Traveling as a SARE Scholarship Recipient
Southern SARE offers funds for travel to conferences where information may be imparted or gained for sustainable agriculture. Scholarship recipients are individuals who attend conferences, field days, workshops and other events generally through Southern SARE’s Professional Development Program (also known as PDP). For example, Extension agents or mentor farmers who attend events through their State Ag Coordinator are referred to as scholarship recipients. Southern SARE may also reimburse scholarship recipients in other instances. For example, if graduate students, researchers, farmers or other ag professionals attend events to present their SSARE funded research projects through SARE sponsorship, or if professionals are invited to SARE events for speaking engagements.
The SSARE region includes 13 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Travel funds can be appropriated in one of two ways, and the procedures for such travel are as follows:
- Fund requests of $2,999 or less may be approved by SSARE administrative staff and must be received at least 30 days prior to the event for which funds are being requested.
- Requests $3,000 and over require the approval of the SSARE Administrative Council or Executive Council and must be received at least 45 days prior to the event for which funds are being requested.
SSARE tries to utilize the available funds in the most efficient, economical, and organized fashion.