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Regional Integrated Pest Management Program

Providing competitive grants for research and extension activities related to integrated pest management (IPM) administered through regional networks

A competitive grants program for research and extension activities related to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) administered through four regional networks, the IPM Special Grants research program has been funded at about $2.7 million annually. The corresponding extension program has been funded at about $11 million per year, administered through land grants in each of the four regions.

Projects may span the spectrum from development of new IPM tactics to combined research-extension implementation projects to extension education and training. Because production systems and specific pest management problems vary significantly across the country, each of the four regions is given maximum flexibility in setting research and education priorities. Each region runs its own competition, establishing regional priorities for funding of projects.

Some priorities are crop-specific; others are based on various approaches to problem solving through IPM. Collaborators are encouraged in both programs. However, CSREES can only award funds to land grant universities as per funding legislation.

Project Examples

Eligibility, Uses, and Restrictions
Staff of land grant universities in the U.S. may apply for this competition. Other organizations and individuals may work only as collaborators or as subcontractors. This is highly encouraged by CSREES.

In each of the four regions, research and extension staff appointed by their respective agricultural experiment station and cooperative extension directors, work together to develop requests for proposals that ensure that available resources address priority pest management problems in the region.

Application and Financial Information
Requests for proposals are available through the Internet and by more conventional means in each of the four regions. Your regional contact person can suggest the best means to obtain information on funding opportunities, priorities for research and extension projects, and application deadlines.

Proposals are evaluated through a peer review process and ranked according to the goals and objectives of the program, scientific merit and appropriateness of budget. Funding recommendations are then submitted to CSREES by each region's administrative advisers.

Contact
James VanKirk, Director
Northeast Region
630 W. North St.
Geneva NY 14456
Voice: (315) 787-2378
Fax: (315) 787-2360

Larry Olsen, Co-Director
North Central Region
Michigan State University
(517) 355-3459 (voice)
olsenl@msu.edu

Michael E. Gray
University of Illinois
Voice: (217) 333-6652

Norm Nesheim, Co-Director
Russ Mizell, Co-Director
Southern Region Pesticide Information Office
University of Florida
Building 847; P.O. Box 110710
Gainesville, FL 32611-0710
Voice: (352) 392-4721

Rick Melnicoe, Director
Western Region
Meyer Hall University of California, Davis
Voice: (530) 754-8378; Fax: (530) 754-8379

National Program Office
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Mail Stop 2220
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20250-2220
Phone: (202) 401-4939; Fax: (202) 401-4888

Internet

www.csrees.usda.gov/integratedpestmanagement
www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/integratedpestmgtnorthcentral.html
www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/integratedpestmgtnortheast.html
www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/integratedpestmgtsouth.html
www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/integratedpestmgtwest.html

Last Updated March 21, 2006

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