Programs
All Southern IPM Center projects must further our mission, which is to foster the development and adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), an approach to managing pests in ways that generate economic, environmental, and human health benefits.
The Southern IPM Grant Program is a mechanism to engage stakeholders and other institutions through direct funding of working groups and projects to provide timely response to important IPM issues. These grants address challenges such as invasive species, pest resistance, and impacts resulting from regulatory actions. Additionally, through these grants, the Center has engaged many institutions and has the potential to engage more institutions in the future.
The Southern IPM Grant RFA opens for submissions in the October of each year, closing in November of each year. Awardees notified early in the corresponding grant year with projects beginning in March pending USDA-NIFA approval.
There is an additional offering that addresses the critical need for updating Crop Profiles and PMSPs called the IPM Crop Profile and Pest Management Strategic Plan (PMSP) Documents Grant Program. Find out more about the history of these documents and why they matter here.
Find out more about the Southern IPM Grants Program and the IPM Crop Profile and Pest Management Strategic Plan (PMSP) Documents Grant Program below:
Annual Competitive Grants Program (contingent on continued federal funding)
The 2027 Southern IPM Grants NOFO is now open and closes on Friday, November 20, 2026 at 5pm Eastern.
Our annual competitive grants program, The Southern IPM Grants Program, addresses food security challenges including invasive species, endangered species, pest resistance, and impacts resulting from regulatory actions.
The priorities for this grant are stakeholder-identified and based on the IPM Road Map.
Funding Categories
- Seed Projects
- Capstone Projects
- Working Groups
Funding Amounts
Targeted total funding for all Seed, Capstone, and Working Group projects is $200,000 per project year. Individual projects are limited to $40,000.
The National IPM Database has approximately 1000 Crop Profiles and PMSP documents for commodities in the Northeastern, North Central, Southern, and Western IPM Center regions. Thirty-five percent of the documents are for states in the Southern Region. Federal Regulators refer to documents that are no older than five years, therefore, the Southern IPM Center has ongoing limited funding for the development of Crop Profile and PMSP documents.
Please contact SIPMC before submitting a proposal.