UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP, part of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis) is pleased to announce the release of the Request for Proposals for the 2010 Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Competitive Grants Program. 

Total available funding is $200,000 divided among four types of projects: planning grants, education & outreach grants, research grants, and graduate student research grants. UC SAREP will consider proposals in the following three Priority Areas:

1. Agriculture, Resources and the Environment
2. Food and Society
3. Social Learning in Agriculture and Food Systems

Eligible applicants include those affiliated with California non-profit, tax-exempt organizations, state and local government agencies, and California public and private institutions of higher education.

Proposals are due December 13, 2010 12:00 noon (PT).

For more information about the grants, including application materials, click here.