Source: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA submitted to NRP
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (SARE) PROGRAM 2024
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
ACTIVE
Funding Source
OTHER GRANTS
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
1032607
Grant No.
2024-38640-42988
Cumulative Award Amt.
$10,800,240.00
Proposal No.
2024-05775
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Sep 1, 2024
Project End Date
Aug 31, 2029
Grant Year
2024
Program Code
[MA.1]- Sustainable Ag. (Regional Centers)
Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
200 D.W. BROOKS DR
ATHENS,GA 30602-5016
Performing Department
(N/A)
Non Technical Summary
Coordinate the USDA SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) program for the 13 states and 2 territories of the Southern Region. Each agreement supports approximately 13 Research and Education projects, 13 Education projects, approximately 20 Graduate Student projects, approximately 10 On-Farm Research projects, approximately 13 farmer projects, approximately 8 Professional Development Program competitiveprojects,approximately 29 PDP Model State Program Training grants and 29 Model State Program-Program Assistant grants. Regional competitive grants program to help agriculture become more profitable, protect natural resources and the environment and improve quality of life for rural communities.
Animal Health Component
100%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
100%
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
90271103030100%
Knowledge Area
902 - Administration of Projects and Programs;

Subject Of Investigation
7110 - Research on research management;

Field Of Science
3030 - Information and communication;
Goals / Objectives
Coordination of the USDA SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education) program for the 13 states and 2 territories of the Southern Region. Each agreement supports approximately 13 Research and Education projects, 13 Education projects, approximately 20 Graduate Student projects, approximately 10 On-Farm Research projects, approximately 13 Farmer projects, approximately 8 PDP competitive projects, approximately 29 PDP Model State Program Training grants and 29 Model State Program-Program Assistant grants. To see a listing of all S-SARE funded projects, go to the S-SARE web site at:https://southern.sare.org/.
Project Methods
Send out Call for Proposals. Assemble Technical Committee to review proposals. Convene Administrative Council which selects projects and sets regional policy. Produce annual report and other materials for distribution of program results.