Programs
The Southern IPM Grant Program is a mechanism to engage stakeholders and other institutions through direct funding of working groups, and 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 (open now) opens for submissions in the fall of each year, with awardees notified early in the corresponding grant year, and projects beginning in March.
The IPM Ambassadors Travel Grants focus on bringing IPM to new audiences, and funds up to $1000 for travel for qualifying proposals.
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.
The four Regional IPM Centers are actively promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) efforts through three funding opportunities in Equity and Accessibility Grants. The primary objective of the Regional IPM Centers’ DEIA grant program is to establish diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility as integral aspects of the IPM community.
For projects that have an urgent need outside of the Southern IPM Grant RFA, we accept applications for the IPM Emergency Fund, typically January through July.
All projects must further our mission, which is to foster the development and adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), a science-based approach to managing pests in ways that generate economic, environmental, and human health benefits.
Find out more about the National Equity and Accessibility Grants Program, Southern IPM Grants Program, the IPM Emergency Fund, and the IPM Crop Profile and Pest Management Strategic Plan (PMSP) Documents Grant Program below:
Southern IPM Grants Program
Annual Competitive Grants Program
Now Closed. RFA for 2026 Grants opens September 15, 2025.
Our annual competitive grants program, The Southern IPM Grants Program, addresses important issues affecting the region that address Global 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 (New or Continuing)
Funding Amounts
Targeted total funding for all Seed, Capstone, and Working Group projects is $250,000. Most projects are limited to $30,000 although in special circumstances IPM Working Group proposals may qualify for up to $40,000 per proposal.
IPM Ambassador travel Grants
Rolling RFA until funds are expended
The IPM Ambassador Travel Grant provides support to travel to conferences, meetings, or workshops to bring IPM awareness to new audiences. IPM Ambassador Travel Grant recipients will receive funding of up to $1,000 to enable travel to one conference, meeting, or workshop in 2024 or 2025. A maximum of five recipients will be awarded this fiscal year.
IPM Crop Profile and Pest Management Strategic Plan (PMSP) Documents Grant Program
Ongoing
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.
Equity and accessibility grants
A National Grants Program
Grants and Mini-Grants
The Equity and Accessibility Grant program actively supports diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives by offering assistance to organizations and communities led by individuals from diverse backgrounds, including Black, Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQ+, immigrants, migrants, neurodiverse individuals, Veterans, beginning and women farmers, and members of the disability community, as well as faculty, staff, and students. This grant program also welcomes proposals related to DEIA training, education, and collaborations promoting equity and inclusion. Proposals should:
-Focus on IPM
-Deliver benefits to communities and stakeholders, with a particular emphasis on DEIA
-Enhance the cultural competency of staff
-Identify gaps in DEIA efforts and propose ways to improve
-Conduct needs assessments for the communities being served.
IPM Emergency Fund Grant Program
Opens January 2025
This ongoing grant program provides an opportunity to address and possibly prevent minor problems before they become major concerns. The program supports important developmental work like gathering preliminary data, estimating the scope and risk associated with a pest problem, and developing a network of key people who will effectively contribute to addressing the issue. This program is meant to be applied for when pest problems happen in between the IPM Grants cycle.
SIPMC is funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and addresses the Southern Region. SIPMC coordinates, enhances and facilitates the flow of IPM resources and information regionally with activities including grants management, data acquisition and sharing, and infrastructure development.