Invasive Species
USDA NIFA. Focusing on food availability and accessibility, this program seeks projects involving diseases due to fungal pathosystems; arthropod- or nematode-vectored plant pathogens; and IPM for vectored pathogens. Total funding: ~$19 million. Deadline: Early Feb. in 2013.
March 31, 2011 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
USDA NIFA. Addresses key problems of national, regional, and multistate importance in sustaining all components of agriculture. See program synopsis for deadlines, and funding available in specific areas.
June 23, 2011 Critical Issues: Emerging and New Plant and Animal Pests and Diseases
USDA NIFA. Provides one-time seed funding to initiate work requiring immediate attention until longer-term resources can be secured. Total funding: ~$300,000. Deadline: mid-April.
Environmental Education Grants
US EPA Office of Environmental Education. Promotes environmental stewardship and helps develop knowledgeable and responsible students, teachers, and citizens. Total funding: ~$2-3 million/yr. Deadline: Usually spring.
Environmental Initiative
Laura Jane Musser Fund. Promotes public use of open space that improves a community's quality of life and public health, while ensuring the protection of healthy, viable and sustainable ecosystems by protecting or restoring habitat for a diversity of plant and animal species. Deadline: Late winter.
April 19, 2012 Extension IPM Coordination and Support Program
USDA NIFA. Helps agricultural producers and other pest managers adopt alternative practices through training, demonstration, evaluation. Total funding: $330,000 Deadline: May 29
Great Lakes Protection Fund
Permanent endowment supports collaborative actions to improve the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem. Preproposals accepted at any time.
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
US EPA and USDA NRCS. Projects are expected to advance protection and restoration of the Great Lakes ecosystem. Total funding: ~$40 million/yr. Deadline: Usually spring.
IPM Partnership Grants Program
Northeastern IPM Center. Projects promote the development and adoption of IPM, address or identify regional priorities, and benefit the northeastern region at large. Total funding: Up to $200,000 in 2012. Deadline: Late fall.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grants
Numerous grant programs to sustain, restore, and enhance our nation's fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats.
January 15, 2012 Northeast Regional IPM Competitive Grants Program
Northeastern IPM Center, USDA NIFA. Projects develop pest control tactics, integrate tactics into an IPM system, and extend IPM information to others. Total funding: ~$600,000. Deadlines: Feb. 2012.
Pest Management Alternatives Program (PMAP)
USDA NIFA. Supports the development and implementation of IPM practices, tactics and systems for specific pest problems while reducing human and environmental risks. Total funding: ~$1.4 million in 2011. Deadline: Usually late winter.
March 12, 2012 Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers
USDA NIFA. Promotes the development and implementation of IPM by facilitating collaboration across states, disciplines, and purposes. Total funding: ~$3.8 million. Deadline: May 14, 2012.
