Incubation Projects
These projects are still in the idea stage and pre-planning stage. Work on these projects took project leaders through an innovation process designed to help them think through their project ideas, audiences, outcomes, and plans. These projects will plan, test, and create a pilot. The Fellowship amount is $5000.
A Program Team for Multimedia IPM Outreach Fellow: Wayne Buhler, North Carolina State University
Fellow Report: December 2022: Our Program Team submitted a proposal to the Western Integrated Pest Management Grant Program on December 9. (see February 2023 for more details). Stephen Vantassel is the Project Director and Jeff Edwards and Dr. Dana Sanches are Co-PIs representing the Western region. January 2023: Various members (ranging from 5-9 people) of our team participated in the Impact Collaborative Summit, Jan. 17, 18 and 19. We made meaningful progress on the development of our Mural and benefitted from input from several Key Informants as well as our Coach, Molly Soeby. Wayne presented the team’s one-minute pitch on the last day and was extremely pleased that Megan Kruger, Program and Research Evaluation Specialist, West Virginia University, responded to our request for help. Megan met virtually with Wayne for a more complete description of our project. She provided excellent input into the development of our educational needs assessment for Extension personnel and converted the draft into Qualtrics format for electronic delivery. The team has “adopted” her, as well as Molly, as official members. February 2023: We were notified on Feb. 10 that our grant proposal to the Western IPM Center was awarded for funding! The title of our proposal was “Assessing Educator Needs for Content, Format and Delivery of Educational Resources for Integrated Management of Vertebrate Pests.” It provides $30,000 for the period: 3/1/23 - 2/29/24. The majority of funds will be used to defray travel costs for most of our team members to meet face-to-face at the 2023 Pesticide Applicator Certification and Training meeting in Traverse City, MI. The project objectives are listed below: 1. Assess the needs/desires of Extension Educators in the Western region states and territories to determine the content and format of educational resources on integrated vertebrate pest management. 2. Evaluate current IPM educational materials for vertebrate pest management (e.g., fact sheets, videos, etc.), revealed in the needs assessment of Extension Educators or recognized by our team, to determine their merit for wider use, or for
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