Virginia Nurserymen’s Horticultural Research Foundation, Inc.
383 Coal Hollow Rd, Christiansburg, VA 24073-6721
Phone: 540-382-0943 – 800-476-0055 – Fax: 540-382-2716
Email: research@vnla.org
To Nursery and Landscape Researchers
The Virginia Nurserymen's Horticultural Research Foundation
(501(c)((3) is soliciting Requests for Funding for horticultural research. The research proposal must be original and deal with the growth, cultivation, harvest, diseases or pests of plants of horticultural interest,
best management practices for nurseries, garden centers, landscape
installation/maintenance, water recycling/conservation, new equipment
technologies, etc. Funding is generally available in amounts ranging from $500 to $5,000 with most grants in the $1,000 to $3,000 range. Research grants will be awarded at our annual meeting during the MANTS trade show and funds will be dispersed by January 30, if reports from previous research grants are current.
The proposals should:
(1) state clearly the purpose of the research including any hoped for benefits to the nursery trade,
(2) explain the need for this particular work in the light of any prior work,
(3) list the materials and methods that will be used and
(4) show specifically how the funds will be used.
It is required that recipients of funding in prior years submit results, or progress reports, to the VNLA Research Committee before making further requests for funding. Progress and final reports will be published in the VNLA Newsletter.
Over the course of time that this program has been active, we have funded in excess of $225,000 in original research from donations and income from our $568,000 research endowment. We are an active state association with an on-going fundraising program, which should further enhance our ability to support good research in the years to come.
It is the policy of the Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association that no overhead money be taken from funds donated for research projects. It is permissible to deposit these funds into various accounts that have been established for nursery research.
Please send your ten copies of the proposal to the address below by December
1, 2008
Matt Sawyer, Chairman
VNA Horticulture Research Foundation Inc
C/o Bennett’s Creek Nursery
5635 Shoulders Hill Rd
Suffolk VA 23435-1807
PH: 757-483-1425 fax: 757-483-9058
email:
matt@bcnursery.com
VNA
Horticulture Research Foundation, Inc Federal ID # 54-1625811
and is a 501C(3) non-profit corporation
Thank you for your interest.
Matt Sawyer
Chairman, Research Committee
