Northeastern IPM Center Grant Programs

Our grant programs foster the development and adoption of integrated pest management. They are an important part of the Northeastern IPM Center's mission and strategic plan. We advertise new requests for applications (RFAs) via this website and our email and print mailing lists. To join our lists, please email or call us. We also provide a list of IPM-related funding opportunities from other organizations.

The two main grant programs from the Center are the Regional Integrated Pest Management (RIPM) and IPM Partnership grant programs, summarized below. They differ in terms of eligibility, project types, funding amounts, and the application process. The two programs are summarized and compared in this chart: Northeastern IPM Center Grants at a Glance. The Center has also been involved in other grant programs.

John Ayers manages the grant programs for the center. If you have technical questions about submitting proposals or reports online, please contact Amy Galford. Phone numbers and mailing addresses are on the staff directory page.

The Center uses an online grant database to provide information on previously funded projects and for submission of grant reports and Partnership grant applications. The system was developed primarily by Ron Stinner at the NSF Center for IPM with input from the National IPM Evaluation Group (NIPMEG), and funded in part by a grant from USDA-ARS to the Northeastern IPM Center. Information in our database is uploaded to the federal interagency database of IPM projects. Older information on funded projects is indexed here.

Northeast Regional IPM (RIPM) Grants

The Northeast Regional Integrated Pest Management (RIPM) Grant Program funds research, extension, and combined projects in our region. The project director must be employed by certain colleges, universities, or agricultural experiment stations in the Northeast. USDA-NIFA and the IPM Center work together to administer this program.

The Request for Applications is released in early fall and the deadline is in late fall. The actual application is submitted via the federal government's grants.gov website.

See the RIPM grant program page for more details and application instructions.

IPM Partnership Grants

Projects funded through the IPM Partnership Grants must further the mission of the Northeastern IPM Center, address or identify regional IPM priorities, and benefit the region at large. Extension projects are encouraged. New IPM methods may be developed under this program, but funds for this purpose are limited. The current project types are: (1) IPM Working Groups, (2) IPM Issues, (3) Regional IPM Publications, and (4) IPM Planning and Assessment Documents. Eligibility for this program is broad. The Center has primary responsibility for administering this program.

The Request for Applications is released in early fall and the deadline is in late November or early December. Applications are submitted via the center's online grants database system. See the Partnership grant program page for more details and application instructions.

Other Center Grant Programs

The Vegetable and Strawberry IPM Travel Grants Program is a program run by the Northeast Vegetable IPM Working Group.

In 2007, the Center ran a minigrant program after the Green-Blue summit on IPM and water quality.

The Pest Management Alternatives Program (PMAP) is a federal grant program administered by USDA. The Northeastern IPM Center helps provide regional priorities and relevance review for this program.