Hatch research activity occurs within the university of idaho's (UI) college of agricultural and life sciences (CALS), the idaho agricultural experiment station (IAES), UI extension, and in the…

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded the Regents of the University of Idaho $4,038,926 under the Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act (CFDA 10.203) on October 1, 2025.

Research activity occurs within the University of Idaho's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, UI Extension, and the College of Engineering. Faculty with approved Hatch projects conduct hypothesis-driven research addressing Idaho's problems with potential regional or national scope across nine focus areas: environmentally and economically sustainable crop and livestock integrated systems; animal, plant, and human disease prevention; agricultural and food-based process and product innovation; soil, water, air, and biological resource management; human health, nutrition, and food safety; urban environment and small acreage agriculture; youth education and development; individual and family well-being; and community development. Research is conducted on campus and across landscapes, engaging individuals and communities. Faculty use peer-accepted methodologies and publish outcomes in refereed journals. The Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station stipulates the review process, requiring unit administrators to solicit two internal and one external peer reviews from field experts. The IAES director and USDA NIFA provide recommendations, with final approval residing with USDA NIFA. The award period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, with performance in Idaho, USA. Up to 100 percent of funds may be carried over for up to one year after the end of the fiscal year for which they were appropriated without prior approval.

Hatch research activity occurs within the university of idaho's (UI) college of agricultural and life sciences (CALS), the idaho agricultural experiment station (IAES), UI extension, and in the college of engineering. Faculty with research appointments must have approved hatch projects. Hatch projects are expected to address idaho's problems and can have a regional/national scope. The IAES stipulates the review process required for hatch projects from faculty. Unit administrators for faculty request two internal and one external peer reviews of the proposal from experts in the field of research. The unit administrator provides a summary of the reviews and offers a recommendation to the IAES director, who provides a recommendation to USDA nifa. Final approval of hatch projects resides with USDA nifa. Faculty within CALS have hatch projects in a range of areas including 1) environmentally and economically sustainable crop and livestock integrated systems; 2) animal, plant and human disease prevention; 3) agricultural and food-based process and product innovation; 4) managing soil, water, air and biological resources; 5) human health, nutrition and food safety, disease prevention; 6) urban environment and small acreage agriculture; 7) youth education and development; 8) individual and family well-being; and 9) community development. Research is aimed at benefitting the citizens of idaho and the united states and is conducted on campus to across landscapes and with individuals to communities, addressing hypotheses within approved hatch proposals. Faculty use peer-accepted methodologies to provide answers to problems across the breadth of areas listed ensuring ability to publish the outcomes in refereed journals.