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High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Community Initiated Grants Program

Link
View program website
Sponsor
High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
Deadlines
Sep 21, 2026
Contact

Whitney Pennington
970.491.3064
whitney.pennington@colostate.edu

Purpose

Community-Initiated Grants are available to fund education and training programming and research projects led by community-based organizations. Grant projects should address pressing health and safety issues in agriculture, forestry, or fishing. Recent projects have addressed heat illness prevention on fruit and vegetable farms, emergency action planning in ranching, heavy machinery safety in logging, and mental health in dairy workers.

Eligibility

All types of community-based organizations and project directors are eligible to apply.

Priority is given to projects addressing populations in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

Geographic coverage
Nationwide
Amount of funding

Award ceiling: $20,000
Project period: January 1 - September 1, 2027
Estimated number of awards: 2-4
Estimated total program funding: $30,000

Application process

Email completed applications in a single PDF file to whitney.pennington@colostate.edu.

Funding type
Grants and Contracts
Tagged as
Agricultural health and safety · Farmers and farmworkers · Injuries · Occupational health and safety

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Organizations (1)

  • High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, view details



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