CSANR administers several grant programs, each with its own goals and intended recipients. Detailed reports and research details are available for projects funded by BIOAg funds in the CSANR Grants Database.
BIOAg Grant Program
BIOAg is a competitive program intended to stimulate research, extension and education investments by WSU scientists. The goal of this grant program is to engage a broad, interdisciplinary spectrum of WSU faculty in projects that further the development, understanding, and use of biologically intensive and/or organic principles, practices, and technologies to improve the sustainability of agriculture and food systems in Washington State. The RFP is typically posted in October.
The BIOAg program awards up to $40,000 per project.
SARE PDP Program
The SARE Professional Development Program in Washington is part of CSANR. The goal of our professional development program is to help WSU Extension, conservation districts, NRCS, and other agency personnel to gain knowledge and skills that will help them serve their constituents in these areas to promote the health of Washington’s people, land, and communities.
Opportunities include up to $1000 for attending a professional development event.
Kaiser Conservation Endowment
Proposals are sought for the training of college and K-12 students and constituents, including curriculum development, field trips, teaching aids, audio/visual or other education-related activities. Funds are open to Washington State University, University of Idaho, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), Conservation Districts, and colleges in Washington and Idaho. However, proposals must have a strong linkage to WSU, the University of Idaho, Conservation Districts, and/or NRCS. Funds are limited to the Inland Empire—the area east of the Washington Cascades and north of the Salmon River in Idaho.
The Kaiser Conservation Endowment awards up to $5,000 per project.
Organic Grant Program (archive only)
In 2003 the CSANR launched an organic farming research program to serve the Pacific Northwest. This federally supported research program supported the expansion of crop production research and initiated economic and market research of organic foods. The grant program completed its second and final five-year funding cycle in 2013. Projects are no longer funded by this program but research reports and archival information is available.