NCR-SARE Partnership Grant Program

Montana State University

Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) is accepting proposals from agricultural technical advisors for Professional + Producer grants up to $850,000. This grant program supports projects that involve an agricultural technical advisor and at least three producers implementing projects to address identified needs in sustainable agriculture. Projects must integrate research and education aiming to advance the environmental, economic, and social components of sustainable agriculture and use innovative educational outreach to disseminate new knowledge to producers and other agricultural stakeholders.

North Central Region - SARE

North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (NCR-SARE) is accepting proposals from farmers and ranchers in the region to explore sustainable agriculture solutions to problems on the farm or ranch. Individual grants up to $15,000 and team grants up to $30,000 are available. Farmers and ranchers can explore regenerative solutions to problems through on-farm research or demonstration/education projects and report on what worked, what didn’t, and what they would recommend to others. Approximately $720,000 is available for this program, and NCR-SARE expects to fund about 40 projects in the 12-state region.

Montana State University

Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) invites agricultural producers to apply for Farmer/Rancher grants up to $35,000. In this program, a producer and a technical advisor work together to develop a project that conducts both research and outreach on a sustainable agriculture topic. With the support and guidance of the technical advisor, producers must integrate research and education to conduct on-site/on-farm experiments to address social, environmental, and economic aspects of agricultural sustainability. Outreach activities may include on-farm/ranch demonstrations, farmer-to-farmer educational activities, and other approaches.