Recently Funded Grants
2011 - USDA Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative Grant: "Multifunctional cover crop cocktails for organic systems" led by PI Jason Kaye and Co-PIs M. Barbercheck, S. Cornelisse, T. DuPont, D. Hartman, M. Hautau, D. Luthe, D. Mortensen, M. Schipanski, and C. White will quantify and translate the ecological and farm management benefits and trade-offs of using multi-species cover crop mixtures in an organic corn, soybean, and wheat crop rotation. $2.3 million from 9/1/2011 to 8/31/2015.
2011 - Northeast IPM Center IPM Partnership Grant - Native Pollinators of Eastern Apple Orchards and How to Conserve Them. Project Director: John Losey – Cornell University, PIs – Cornell – A. Agnello & M. Park, Penn State University – D. Biddinger & E. Rajotte. 1 year (4/1/11-4/1/12) - $19,923.
2010 - USDA-Specialty Crop Research Initiative – Determining the Role of and Limiting Factors Facing Native Pollinators in Assuring Quality Apple Production in Pennsylvania; a Model for the Mid-Atlantic Tree Fruit Industry. PD – D. Biddinger & E. Rajotte, Co-PIs: M. Frazier, J. Schupp, D. Mortenson, J. Frazier, C. Mullin, T. Leslie, & M. Vaughn. 3-year Research & Extension Grant- $1.38 million.
2008-2010 State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania - David Biddinger and Ed Rajotte - 3 grants totaling $35,044 to identify, conserve and determine the effectiveness of wild pollinators in Pennsylvania tree fruit orchards.
Jim Tumlinson, Jim Frazier, Maryann Frazier, Christina Grozinger, Harland Patch (Penn State) and Eluid Muli and Dan Masiga (icipe, Nairobi, Kenya) have received an NSF-BREAD Grant on "Sustainable Solutions for Preserving Pollinator Health in East Africa". This is a two year grant (2010-2012) for $397,181. The NSF Press Release can be viewed (here)
David Biddinger and Ed Rajotte have received a National Conservation Innovation Grant from USDA-NRCS for $45,000 in partnership with the Xerces Society.
David Biddinger and Shelby Fleischer have received a USDA-Organic Agricultural Research & Extension Initiative Grant on "Sustainable Systems for Cucurbit Crops on Organic Farms". This is a 3-year (6/1/09-5/30/12), $1,047,000 grant for Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. Project Director – Mark Gleason, Iowa State University. PSU Portion - $364,125 with Co-PIs, S. Fleischer, E. Sanchez, B. Gugino & D. Biddinger.
Christina Grozinger and Jim Tumlinson have received a USDA-AFRI grant on "Behavioral, physiological and molecular effects of multiple factors impacting honey bee health". This is a three year (2010-2013) grant for $398,871.
Together with Soojin Yi (PI) and Michael Goodismen (Georgia Tech University), Christina Grozinger received a NSF-MCB grant on "Collaborative Research: Epigenetic gene regulation in the social bee, Apis mellifera". This is a three year (2010-2013) grant for $260,779 (to Penn State).
