Funding-SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITY PROPOSALS; OCTOBER 5, 2009
Proposals are invited for the 2009 Southern Region
Sustainable Community
Innovation (SCI) Grants to fund projects that link
sustainable agriculture
to rural community development. The grants have a funding maximum of
$10,000 for up to two
years of project activities. Proposals will be
accepted until October 5, 2009 with awards announced mid-to-late December.
SCI grants link farms with the non-farm population in a
community for the
purpose of economic development. For example, in Tennessee a closed county
landfill provides the space for a greenhouse where a SCI grant pays for
workshops to train growers in raising native azaleas from seed. The
greenhouse also serves as a nursery for the young plants and sustainably
grown vegetables. In Virginia a SCI grant is paying for a two-year
training and marketing project to help tobacco farmers transition to
growing organic produce and free range eggs.
Any individuals, non-profit organizations, for-profit
organizations,
governmental organizations and/or educational organizations may apply for
a Sustainable Community Innovation Grant. Applicants must be from the
Southern Region, which consists of Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Puerto Rico and the
US Virgin
Islands.
Proposals must be submitted through an online template.
The call for
proposals can be obtained at http://www.southernsare.uga.edu/callpage.htm
SCI grants are a partnership of the Southern Region
Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education Program and the
Southern Rural
Development Center.
Gwen Roland
Southern Region SARE
Communications Specialist
University of Georgia-Griffin Campus
1109 Experiment Street
Griffin, Georgia 30223-1797
(770) 412-4786