New Funding Opportunities Further Regional IPM Centers DEIA Commitment

The Northeastern IPM Center and other regional IPM centers have increasingly embraced the active role we can play in fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in integrated pest management. The Center recognizes Diversity in IPM as one of our cross-cutting issues and, in 2022, launched a Diversity in IPM initiative, initially as a series of webinars and virtual roundtable discussions.

Visit neipmc.org/go/yBmD for more information, including recordings of past presentations and a list of any upcoming ones.

DEIA Grants and Fellowships

Building on this direction, the regional IPM centers recently released diversity-focused funding opportunities with a total of about $200,000 available nationally. The goal is to make diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) both essential and commonplace within the IPM community.

Three opportunities are available:

• DEIA Grants: $120,000 available with awards of up to $20,000 each. Applications will be considered through January 31, 2024, or until funds are exhausted.
• DEIA Fellowships: Up to eight fellowships of up to $6,000 each will be awarded. Applicants should be faculty, staff, or students at an 1890, 1994, historically Black college or university (HBCU), or Hispanic-serving institution (HIS), and should be actively involved in IPM or plant-health activities. Applications will be considered until funds are exhausted.
• DEIA Mini-grants: Up to $30,000 available with awards of up to $5,000 each. Applications will be considered until funds are exhausted.

A webinar was held November 7, 2023, to answer questions and provide more information. To view the recording, visit youtu.be/sdVAKzO2YJs.

To learn more, visit www.ipmcenters.org/research/funding/deia/.