Sustainable Food Systems Initiative - Focus on Food

• The applicant must apply as a transdisciplinary team with four core members from diverse food-systems-related disciplines.
• At least one team member must be a faculty member at a U.S. or Canadian institution of higher education.
• The proposed project must focus on sustainable food systems and be replicable and scalable.
• The team must actively collaborate on the project (members cannot serve exclusively in an advisory role).
• Applications must propose new project aims developed specifically for this funding.

Who is eligible?

• Transdisciplinary teams working in food systems-related fields (e.g., agriculture, urban planning, nutrition, health, economics, community food access, social/behavioral/environmental sciences)
• Teams including faculty from institutions of higher education

Who is not eligible

Eligible expenses

Ineligible Costs and Activities

Eligible geographic areas

• United States
• Canada

• Priority consideration for projects that reach underserved local populations.
• For community-based program designs: quality of pre-specified outcomes and evaluation approach that demonstrates impact and scalability or wider use.

• Projects serving underserved local populations are given priority consideration.
• Teams must identify and evaluate pre-specified outcomes that demonstrate impact and scalability (for community-based program designs).
• Grant funds may supplement other funding sources, but the project must include new aims developed for this funding.
• Selected teams must participate in a four-day in-person program (June 22–26, 2025) in Boulder, Colorado.