
Collaboration sprouts innovation.
We harvest the impacts.

Collaboration
Administered by USDA-NIFA, the Hatch Multistate Research Fund provides capacity funding to land-grant universities working together on projects tackling regional issues in agriculture.

Innovation
Multistate research projects are innovating agriculture and impacting the environment, economy, and society. Our impact statements capture the activities and impacts of these projects.

Communication
Communicating the impacts of publicly funded research is a vital part of being accountable and gaining support. The Multistate Research Fund Impacts Program shares the impacts of Hatch Multistate projects via infographics and social media. We also train others to report their impacts.

Collaboration
Administered by USDA-NIFA, the Hatch Multistate Research Fund provides capacity funding to land-grant universities working together on projects tackling regional issues in agriculture.

Innovation
Administered by USDA-NIFA, the Hatch Multistate Research Fund provides capacity funding to land-grant universities working together on projects tackling regional issues in agriculture.

Communication
Administered by USDA-NIFA, the Hatch Multistate Research Fund provides capacity funding to land-grant universities working together on projects tackling regional issues in agriculture.
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Read the Impact Statement...
Multistate research impacts the economy, environment, and society.
Multistate Research by the Numbers
$339M
$60M
allocated to State Agricultural Experiment Stations in FY2020
allocated to Hatch Multistate projects in FY2020
~275
$339M
allocated to State Agricultural Experiment Stations in FY2020
active Hatch Multistate projects in 2022 across all regions
~2,400
researchers and Extension educators participating in Hatch Multistate projects in 2022
Multistate projects have a unique capacity to impact high-priority regional and national issues.
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Multidisciplinary teams bring in diverse expertise to tackle complex problems.

Multistate
participation allows projects to address widespread issues and provide targeted solutions for specific areas.

Sharing
tools, facilities, data, and other resources is encouraged.
Collaboration
makes research more efficient by reducing duplicative efforts.

The History of the Multistate Research Fund

1862 Morrill Act
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1887 Hatch Act
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1998 AREERA
2012 MRF Impacts
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