IPM Partnership Grants

The IPM Partnership Grants program, supported by the Northeastern IPM Center and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, aims to promote integrated pest management (IPM) practices in the northeastern U.S. This initiative focuses on fostering collaborations among diverse stakeholders, addressing regional pest management priorities, and enhancing sustainable agricultural practices. Grant projects may encompass applied research, working groups, or communications to advance IPM strategies that yield economic and environmental benefits.

The Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Partnership program supports projects that further the mission of the Northeastern IPM Center, address or identify regional IPM priorities, and benefit the northeastern region at large. The Northeastern IPM Center is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Areas of Focus
The efforts of the Center are organized under six Signature Programs and four cross-cutting issues where our leadership and advisory bodies see the greatest need. At present, the areas of focus for the programs are (not in order of priority)
Signature Program
Funded projects are expected to contribute significantly to the adoption and/or development of IPM in one or more Signature Program while addressing one or more cross-cutting issue through the following:

• Forming partnerships among growers, scientists, educators, environmental groups, governmental agencies, and other audiences for the purpose of advancing IPM
• Increasing knowledge about pests and how to manage them in traditional and new settings
• Establishing or addressing regional IPM priorities for research and extension
• Teaching others how to use IPM to decrease risks associated with pest management
• Developing capacity for growing food sustainably using IPM
• Types of Projects
• The IPM Partnership Grants Program funds three types of projects:
• IPM Applied ResearchIPM Working Groups
• IPM Communications

Project types may not be combined into one proposal, but more than one project type for a specific topic may be submitted. For example, an emerging pest issue could be addressed through:

• a detailed and strategically planned assembly of individuals (Working Group), ora focused research project (Applied Research), or
• the development of publication(s) and/or a pest management strategic plan (Communications), or
• the collaboration of PDs submitting 3 complementary proposals listed above.