Outstanding Achievements in Integrated Pest Management Award

Outstanding Achievements in IPM Award

The Northeastern IPM Center launched the Outstanding Achievements in Integrated Pest Management Award in 2019 and offers it most years.

The award honors those whose work on IPM in the Northeast deserves special recognition. Professionals (or organizations) and students are eligible. Nominations come from colleagues, advisors, supervisors, and others familiar with the nominees’ work.

External reviewers with expertise in IPM evaluate the nominees. Each winner receives $500 and agrees to provide an article for the Center’s publications/website/social media outlets and/or present a webinar hosted by the Center.

Typically, the Center opens a call for nominations in summer or fall and announces winners the following year. To better align with similar annual cycles like the Partnership Grants cycle, the year-labeling convention was revised in late 2023 to designate winners according to the calendar year in which they are announced, not nominated. To avoid confusion, this change was not retroactively applied to winners from previous years.

The award seeks nominations of growers, consultants, researchers, educators, managers, and college/university students (undergraduate, master’s, and PhD) in the Northeast region who are working in:

  • Agricultural IPM (fruit, vegetables, ornamentals, and livestock and field crops)
  • Affordable housing
  • Homes
  • Schools and institutions
  • Natural-areas/water-resources IPM
  • Invasive species

For more detailed information, or if you’d like to submit a nomination, see Eligibility, Criteria, and How to Submit a Nomination.