Funding Opportunities

The Northeastern IPM Partnership Grant Program is accepting applications for projects that foster the development and adoption of integrated pest management. Project types include IPM Working Groups, IPM Issues, Regional IPM Publications, and IPM Planning and Assessment Documents. Anyone in the Northeast may apply. Total funding available: up to $450,000. Application deadline: Monday, Nov. 22.

The IR-4 Biopesticide and Organic Support Program requests grant proposals for efficacy research in 2011. IR-4 is especially interested in proposals containing biopesticides as resistance management tools, rotated with conventional products and for use as a part of organic production systems. Total funding available: approx. $400,000. Application deadline: Oct. 18.

News and Events

Register now for the upcoming Wide-area Monitoring Webinars—two free webinars on regional monitoring of pests and weather.

Our latest Northeast IPM Insights newsletter features IPM approaches to tick control, newly funded projects, use of guardian plants in greenhouses, and more.

Future Funding for IPM Centers Is Uncertain. The 2011 federal budget (beginning Sept. 2011) does not yet include funding for IPM Centers.

Late blight has been found this summer at sites in Massachusetts, Maine, and New York.

Informational Seminar about the New Journal of IPM. On Wednesday, Sept. 22 (3 p.m. ET), the North Central IPM Center will host a free, one-hour seminar on the development and purpose of the journal, with information about the breadth of publication topics and a Q&A session.

Online Video: The Tenant's Role in IPM. Residents in multifamily housing are learning how to practice IPM in their homes, thanks to a new video our Center has developed through the IPM Training in Public Housing Authorities project. English and Spanish versions are available.

IPM³ Training Program. This ongoing web-based education opportunity helps individuals become proficient in the principles and application of IPM. The program recently introduced a new course on IPM for Facility Managers and Supervisors. Continuing Education Units and Certificates of Completion are available.