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Current Opportunities:

2008 RFP for the Sustainable Community Innovation Grants Program Released.

The Southern SARE Program and the Southern Rural Development Center are interested in investing in Sustainable Community Innovation Grants -- projects that work to strengthen both agriculture and Southern communities by building explicit linkages between sustainable agriculture and community development.  Such efforts help improve and advance an understanding of the mutual benefits that accrue to both agriculture and community when such key linkages are established and maintained. The Sustainable Community Innovation Grants program is seeking to invest in projects that embrace and invest in local strategies that are intended to link sound farm and nonfarm economic development with agricultural and natural resource management.   Applications are encouraged that seek to increase knowledge, build capacity, and make connections among on- and off-farm sustainable agriculture activities, economic and community development efforts, value-added activities, civic engagement, and local government policy.   To access the full Request for Proposals, click here.

Past Opportunities:

SRDC Announces the 2008 RIDGE Program Call for Proposals

Exploring Food Assistance and Nutrition Issues Among the South’s Vulnerable Populations

The SRDC is pleased to announce its continued support for food and nutrition-related research focusing on the South under the new banner of the RIDGE Program. RIDGE stands for Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics. As in past years, the program is designed to support innovative research that advances our knowledge and understanding of food assistance and nutrition issues impacting vulnerable populations in the South. The Economic Research Service remains a valuable partner with the SRDC in supporting this important work.  This year’s research themes/topics are::

(1) high poverty areas
(2) impact of immigrants on nutrition programs,
(3) obesity and nutrition issues,
(4) use of food/nutrition assistance programs,
(5) factors affecting food choices and their consequences,
(6) community-based food procurement options, and
(7) policy choices. 

2007 RIDGE Program: Exploring Food Assistance and Nutrition Issues Among the South's Vulnerable Populations
(Formerly the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation Grants Program)
Deadline Date: June 20, 2007

For additional funding opportunities, check out the most recent issue of Grant Connections .