Provides three levels of support for faculty-driven, interdisciplinary initiatives at the vanguard of agricultural and natural resources research. Concept notes accepted on a rolling basis.

Provides funding to support the formation and development of teams proposing to explore innovative methods, structures, and projects that foster the translation of research into outputs for dissemination and implementation.

The purpose of this endowment is to assist faculty members in the College of Agricultural Sciences by providing discretionary monies for research and scholarly travel to faculty whose research has been interrupted due to either a temporary or permanent lapse in funding.

Through the generosity of the Giorgi Mushroom Company, the College of Agricultural Sciences is able to announce the availability of $100,000 in support of mushroom research during the 2021/2022 fiscal year.

The endowment supports a College of Agricultural Sciences faculty member focusing on dairy in their teaching or extension programs, with the intent that the investment will help the awardee leverage future funding opportunities in any or all of these functional areas, for Animal Science or Food Science.

The endowment supports College of Agricultural Sciences faculty in their biotechnology research and teaching programs that give promise of improving upon food crop production and quality while protecting the quality and safety of the environment.

The purpose of these two endowments is to provide supplementary funds to support professional development and programs. Full-time faculty members, in the initial phase of their academic career, within the College of Agricultural Sciences who hold the rank of Assistant Professor are eligible.

A fast-turnaround competition to support the cost of up to three early-career faculty in the College of Agricultural Sciences who hold the rank of Assistant Professor to attend online workshops focused on advancing grantsmanship.

This internship is designed to foster technology development by providing a current graduate student with an opportunity to participate in the process of taking discoveries from their research project towards commercialization.

This award recognizes tenure-track faculty in the College of Agricultural Sciences whose significant accomplishments include exceptional and original agricultural research conducted at Penn State.

This award recognizes faculty and staff in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have commercialized technologies generated through Penn State research.

RAIN is a source of competitive funds for researchers within the College of Agricultural Sciences who are prepared to take the next steps in transitioning technologies generated through their research to commercialization.