Apply for Funding
The North Central Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center’s grant opportunities protect cropping systems, human and animal health, and the environment with integrated pest management, ensuring food security, pest resistance, and invasive species, while protecting pollinators and beneficial insects.
North Central Regional Funding Opportunities
Critical Issues
Competitive proposals are solicited for critical pest issues that address information, resource, and research needs with regional importance to minor crops, major crops, non-crop areas, IPM metrics and/or impact assessments, urban IPM, forestry, cropping systems, resistance management, advanced genetic tools and IPM, school IPM, and other issues.
The Critical Issue grant opportunity is designed to provide one-time seed funding to help initiate work requiring immediate attention until other longer-term resources can be secured to address the issue.
Please check back in September 2026 for the FY 2027 funding opportunity.
Working Groups
Working Groups grants enable collaboration to tackle regional IPM priorities. While project directors must be situated within the region, team members can reside outside the North Central region. Working groups have the flexibility to:
- Concentrate on specific crops or pests
- Focus on educational materials and outreach enhancement
- Foster collaboration with audiences
- Coordinate efforts to develop proposals for additional funding to address critical issues within the North Central region.
Please check back in September 2026 for the FY 2027 funding opportunity.
USDA NIFA Funds
Funding Resources
Check out the videos below to learn more about the two grant opportunities available from the Center, along with tips and tricks for applying for Center funds.
Some grant applications will use the online Grant Management System. The video tutorials below explain how to get started with the online system. Contact the Center if you need more help.
How To Edit User Profile
Learn how to edit your profile in the Grant Management database.
How to Create Proposals
Learn how to start a new proposal in the Grant Management Database.