The University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) received a $210,000 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program. The award, effective from September 15, 2024 to September 14, 2025, will enable UMD to maintain and expand its integrated pest management (IPM) programs across agronomic and specialty crops, pollinator health, communities, and pesticide applicator training. Key focus areas...
This $150,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program supports an interdisciplinary research and extension project at Florida A&M University (FAMU). The project aims to develop and implement integrated pest management (IPM) strategies targeting six priority areas: 1) IPM for specialty crops, 2) IPM for communities, 3) IPM for pollinator health, 4) IPM for pesticide...
The University of Delaware was awarded a $219,252 project grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program. The award will fund a 1-year project from September 2024 to August 2025 to coordinate extension activities, enhance pollinator health, and provide integrated pest management (IPM) education for pesticide applicators in Delaware. Key activities include demonstrating alternative pest management...
This $295,750 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program, with a period of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, aims to develop effective integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for cucurbit production in the Delmarva region. The key objectives are to: 1) determine host plant preferences of cucumber beetles, squash bugs, and vine borers; 2) identify volatile...
This $210,000 Project Grant was awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329). The funding supports a one-year initiative led by the University of Tennessee's Agriculture Extension Service to provide stakeholders with knowledge and recommendations for effective, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable integrated pest management (IPM) practices. The key activities...
This $166,178 Project Grant award, funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329), supports integrated pest management (IPM) research, extension, and education initiatives across agricultural and community environments. The key products and services to be delivered include: IPM implementation in agronomic crops and animal agriculture, IPM education for pesticide applicators, and overall...
This $239,314 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program will support integrated pest management (IPM) research, extension, and education initiatives in Massachusetts. The key goals of the project are to: 1) Provide outreach and education to Massachusetts specialty crop growers on IPM practices, 2) Conduct applied and demonstration research...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $240,000 Project Grant under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. The goal of this 1-year project (Sep 2024 - Aug 2025) is to develop transdisciplinary integrated pest management (IPM) programs that leverage the latest scientific information to help stakeholders in Georgia and the...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329), will fund a $281,755 extension implementation program led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The program will address four priority areas: (1) implementing integrated pest management (IPM) in agronomic and specialty crops (65% of funding), (2) IPM for...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $221,393 Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grant (CFDA 10.329) to The Pennsylvania State University. The project, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, aims to: Improve the speed of arthropod identifications to build capacity for integrated pest management (IPM) programming. Provide IPM education on pests of horses and vector-borne disease prevention. Facilitate...