Grant for Agricultural Research and Education Organizations

• Share of $1.4 million in grant funding
• Support for research, education, and technology transfer projects

• Online application submitted through the grant interface system
• Project proposal aligned with AFREC RFP funding priorities
• Outreach component plan for sharing research findings

• Must have agricultural research capabilities
• Must be authorized to conduct business in Minnesota
• Eligible applicants include individual researchers, farmers and farmer networks, public and private colleges and universities, research organizations and institutions, agricultural cooperatives, agricultural businesses, nonprofit organizations, local units of government, and Tribal organizations and Tribal sovereign nations
• Projects must address fertilizer production and application, soil amendments, plant amendments, regenerative agriculture, or water-quality protection
• All funded projects must include an outreach component to share research findings with agricultural producers or urban fertilizer users

A state government agency that supports agricultural businesses and beginning farmers through tax credits and business planning grants focused on dairy and agricultural development.