The Call for 2026 Northeast SARE Partnership Grant proposals is now available. Approximately $900,000 has been allocated to fund projects for this grant cycle. Awards of up to $30,000 are available, depending on the complexity of a project. Proposals are due no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on April 14, 2026.
Northeast SARE Partnership Grants provide the resources farmers need to explore new concepts agriculture conducted through experiments, surveys, prototypes, on-farm demonstrations or other research and education techniques. Projects address issues that affect farming with long-term practical impacts in mind.
The Northeast SARE Partnership Grant program funds research and/or education projects that are led by a researcher, educator or agricultural service provider working with at least one farmer, exploring innovative topics through experiments, surveys, prototypes, on-farm demonstrations or other research and education techniques.
Partnership Grant projects must:
- Be led by a researcher, educator or agricultural service provider
- Collaborate with at least one farmer who meets Northeast SARE’s definition of a farm
- Impact both the farmer partner and other farms in the region.
- Explore an innovative practice and/or introduce an existing practice to a new audience of farmers.
- Include outreach activities, or sharing of project impacts and results, to the agricultural community beyond the project team and project participants.
- Align with proposal criteria.