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Funding by Topic: Agricultural health and safety

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

UMASH Community Forums: Aging on the Farm Request for Partnership Pre-Proposals Inactive
Solicitation of pre-proposal applications for small projects to build partnerships for the UMASH Emerging Issues Program.
Geographic coverage: The Upper Midwest Region which includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and parts of Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, and Missouri
Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2023
Sponsors: University of Minnesota Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation (CHAI), Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
Central States Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Pilot/Feasibility Program (CS-CASH) Inactive
Funds agricultural safety and health feasibility projects in the central states region that have the potential to lead to the development of new and creative research, prevention, intervention, outreach, education, evaluation, or translation findings and outcomes.
Geographic coverage: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri
Letter of Intent (Required): Nov 10, 2023
Application Deadline: Dec 20, 2023
Sponsor: Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health
USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I Inactive
Funding for research that focuses on the development of new technologies that address important problems affecting people, institutions, and communities in rural America, including health, agriculture, rural development, and the environment.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Sep 19, 2023
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Emerging Issues in Childhood Agricultural Health Grants Inactive
Grants to test, implement, or recommend strategies that are likely to identify causes, effects, and prevention interventions in response to emerging health and safety concerns of children working on, living in, or visiting agricultural environments.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Jun 30, 2023
Application Deadline: Aug 15, 2023
Sponsor: National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM) Inactive
Funding for organizations to collaborate with EPA to design and build a regional grantmaking program. Awardees will solicit and evaluate project applications from communities for Environmental Justice Thriving Communities sub-grant activities. These activities will consist of assessment, planning, and/or project development addressing local environmental and/or public health issues. Rural, remote, underserved, and tribal communities are considered a priority.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 30, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Native American Agriculture Fund Grants Inactive
Grants to support native American farmers and ranchers, with special emphasis on traditional foods, food sovereignty programs, lending, youth programming, and climate resilience.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 1, 2023
Sponsor: Native American Agriculture Fund
Agricultural Safety and Health: Core Course Registration and Fee Waivers Inactive
Course registration and an opportunity to apply for a fee waiver to attend the Agricultural Safety and Health Core Course to be held virtually in June, 2023.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 31, 2023
Sponsor: Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
Center for Early Lifestage Vulnerabilities to Environmental Stressors - Cumulative Health Impacts for Children in Underserved Rural Agricultural Communities in the United States Inactive
Grant to support a single entity to serve as a transdisciplinary research center to investigate the cumulative health impacts of early lifestage exposures to pollutants in conjunction with other relevant non-chemical stressors among children in underserved, rural agricultural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jan 11, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Pilot/Feasibility Research Projects (HICAHS) Inactive
Grants to support agriculture, forestry, and fishing worker health and safety research projects in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
Geographic coverage: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Application Deadline: Jun 1, 2022
Sponsor: High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program Inactive
Grants to promote equity in access to Extension outreach and provide resources to address long-standing needs among federally recognized tribes.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 15, 2022
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture