IPM Ambassador Travel Grants
IPM Ambassador Travel Grant RFA is now open on a rolling basis until funds are expended.
The IPM Ambassador Travel Grant responds to the call to action put in place by the National IPM Roadmap that expresses an urgent need to address IPM challenges that affect development, communication and effective implementation of IPM strategies and technologies to manage pests effectively, slow the rate of resistance evolution, preserve existing control measures and create effective new approaches.
To further meet this need, the IPM Ambassador Travel Grant provides support to travel to conferences, meetings, or workshops to bring IPM awareness to new audiences.
Requirements
Who can apply?
Any individual who is willing to communicate the science, practice, or implementation of IPM to new stakeholders and audiences is eligible.
Applicants must be based in the Southern Region (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Virginia).
You are welcome to apply for this travel grant in addition to any other SIPMC program or grant. However, you do not need to be nominated or awarded any other grant to be eligible. You are welcome to apply for yourself or have someone else apply on your behalf.
Preference
Preference will be given to nominees who plan to attend conferences, meetings, or workshops where IPM is under-communicated, OR who plan to disseminate information from the conference/meeting to audiences where IPM is undercommunicated.
The Prize
IPM Ambassador Travel Grant recipients will receive funding of up to $1,500 to enable travel to one domestic conference, meeting, or workshop in 2025/2026. A maximum of four recipients will be awarded this year.