The Department of Agronomy and Horticulture seed grant investments support the department’s strategic framework by strengthening integration across teaching, research, and extension and advancing our shared vision of innovation in diverse plant systems. Guided by our core values, these investments encourage collaboration, creativity, and entrepreneurial thinking while building capacity for meaningful impact. Through the Seed Grants, the department invests in people, ideas, and shared infrastructure that translates discovery into practice, enhances student learning, strengthens stakeholder engagement, and positions programs for sustained success and impact.
2025 RETREAT SUMMARY
Equipment Seed Grant (LINK)
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
The Department of Agronomy and Horticulture has limited funding available to support strategic equipment purchases that advance the department’s teaching, research, and Extension mission and align with departmental priorities. The Equipment Seed Grant in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture is intended to catalyze research, teaching, and Extension innovation by supporting the acquisition of essential instruments, tools, and technologies. This program provides strategic, small-scale funding to help teaching, research, and/or Extension faculty teams obtain equipment that enhances data quality, increases research capacity, and strengthens hands-on learning and outreach activities across agronomic and horticultural crop production systems.
Integrated Research Seed Grant (LINK)
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
The Integrated Seed Grant program supports collaborative, cross-mission projects that integrate research, teaching, and/or extension while intentionally engaging new faculty and Extension Educators. The program is designed to catalyze innovative ideas, accelerate team formation, and position projects for external funding, scalable impact, and stakeholder relevance aligned with collaboration outcomes from September 2025, Agronomy and Horticulture Retreat and IANR priorities and Operational Strategic Initiatives (OSI) such the Digital Ag. OSI.