Additional Grant Resources
From 1992 through 2007, funding through the NSF Center for IPM exceeded $35 million. For 2007, NSF CIPM is managing over $8 million in active projects, and additionally managed the Southern Region IPM Competitive Grants Program for USDA/CSREES through the Southern Region IPM Center.
HRI seeks to support projects that address issues important to the green industry. Please review the HRI Research Priorities Listing and previous supported projects for more information on HRI supported research. The deadline to apply is May 15, 2007. HRI will review applications from June through December. Selections will be determined in late November and announcements made regarding the awards in December. Funding is distributed beginning in January.
The Michigan Apple Committee (MAC) announces a call for research proposals for 2011. The MAC mission is to improve the profitability of apple growing through improving production information and techniques, developing new markets and new products, and identifying consumer trends and facts. MAC wishes to support innovative research that helps achieve this mission and that focuses on its strategic research priorities. Researchers should ensure that their project is a new idea that hasn't been previously investigated at another university or research organization.
The Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing and Research Program, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, are soliciting proposals for research grants for 2011. Special priority will be given to projects involving the state's three major processing crops: snap beans, tomatoes and sweet corn. However, proposals involving fresh-market crops and greenhouse vegetable crops also will be accepted.
The People's Garden Grant Program (PPGP) is designed to facilitate the creation of produce, recreation, and/or wildlife gardens in urban and rural areas, which will provide opportunities for science-based informal education. This program is a joint initiative supported by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Food and Nutrition Service, Forest Service, and Natural Resources Conservation Service, in addition to NIFA. Successful applicants will provide micro-subgrant support to smaller local projects.
IR-4 is especially interested in proposals containing biopesticides as resistance management tools, rotated with conventional products and for use as a part of organic production systems. While resistance management is an important interest, the proposal must still have a majority focus on biopesticides. Project proposals will be accepted in Early, Advanced and Demonstration stage categories. The total amount of funding available will be around $ 400,000
