Applications for horticulture research
Established in 1962, the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI), the AmericanHort Foundation, has provided more than $9.5 million in support of research projects covering a broad range of production, environmental, and business issues important to the green industry.
Through strategic grantmaking, HRI invests in a broad range of highly effective research projects, funding research that specifically deals with green industry-related issues. HRI-supported projects focus on significant problems, regulatory issues, and emerging opportunities in the nursery, greenhouse, retail, and landscape industry. HRI research focuses on the propagation, production, distribution, marketing, and sale of plant material.
HRI research strategically focuses on quantifying plant benefits, gathering consumer insights, creative innovative solutions, and producing practical and actionable solutions, and seeks to support research that has defined outcomes, creates applicable advice for businesses, and represents a return on investment for the green industry.
Grants are typically between $5,000 and $35,000, although larger awards have been issued.
For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Horticultural Research Institute website.
Submissions to this sponsor/donor are managed by the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations. Please contact your unit-assigned ASUF Director of Development or Research Advancement Specialist at your earliest convenience to ensure ASU's strategic coordination and management of funding applications.