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Subject: Call for Sustainable
Agriculture Research & Education Pre-proposals Now Open
Colleagues,
North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension (NCR SARE)
has just issued its call for 2008 research and education project
pre-proposals. Submissions are due June 19, 2007. This granting
program provides funds to collaborative teams of scientists, farmers,
institutions, organizations, and educators to explore sustainable
agriculture through in-depth research projects or education/demonstration
projects. Project results must benefit NCR agriculture. Although Congress has
not finalized the budget, SARE anticipates that roughly $1.5 million will be available to fund approximately
10 to 13 grant projects, with individual grants up to $150,000, for projects
lasting up to three years .
The call for pre-proposals is available at http://ncr.sare.org/resedu.htm
If you have ideas for a possible project, I would be happy to talk with you
about possibilities to develop your ideas into a SARE research or education
pre-proposal. Part of my role as Michigan's SARE coordinator is to help
Michigan people and organizations participate in SARE's programs. Please
feel free to e-mail or telephone me if I can help.
Also, don't forget that the NCR SARE call for Professional Development
pre-proposals is also open until May 25, 2007. That call for
pre-proposals is available at http://ncr.sare.org/PDP/pdp.htm
I look forward to seeing some strong Michigan pre-proposals submitted for both
programs. Let me know how I can help.
Susan Smalley
Michigan SARE Coordinator