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Grant Connections is a bimonthly newsletter compiled mainly for land-grant faculty in the South that showcases numerous funding opportunities in agricultural economics, education, human sciences, rural sociology, youth development and various other areas.

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Volume 14, Number 04, April 2012

Ridge Center for Targeted Studies @ the SRDC Grants

Funding Source: Southern Rural Development Center and Economic Research Service
Deadline: Friday, May 4, 2012, for Food Assistance and Nutrition Challenges in Rural America Grant and Friday, May 18, 2012, for Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant
Overview: The Food Assistance and Nutrition Challenges in Rural America Grant Program seeks to invest in innovative research that explores the social science-based dimensions of the food and nutrition issues impacting residents or communities in rural America. The program is especially interested in proposals that focus on Native Americans, Hispanics, African Americans, and other racial/ethnic minorities, as well as children and low-wealth individuals/households.



Farm to School Grant Program

Funding Source: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
Deadline: Letter of Intent due Friday, May 18, 2012. Proposals due Friday, June 15, 2012
Overview: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) amended Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a Farm to School program to assist eligible entities, through grants and technical assistance, in implementing farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools. The USDA Food & Nutrition Service (FNS) is charged with implementing the farm to school program. In this first funding cycle, FNS anticipates awarding up to $3.5 million in grant funding to support efforts that improve access to local foods in eligible schools.

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