IMPACTS
Multistate Research Fund
Collaboration sprouts innovation.
We harvest the impacts for you.
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.
Impact
Hatch Multistate research projects are innovating agriculture and impacting the environment, economy, and society. These impacts show how important and valuable these projects are.
Communication
Communicating the impacts of publicly funded research provides accountability. The Multistate Research Fund Impacts Program shares the impacts of Hatch Multistate projects and trains others to report their impacts.
Multistate Research by the Numbers
Multistate projects have unique qualities that foster impacts.
Multistate research impacts the economy, environment, and society.
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Public research for all.
The Multistate Research Fund is publicly funded and supports priority issues that affect all Americans. The projects are led by land-grant universities. Private entities can join the projects, but do not lead them.
More expertise for bigger issues.
Diverse expertise from multiple states helps projects tackle complex regional and national problems.
Sharing is caring.
Collaborating researchers share tools, facilities, data, and other resources.
Coordination improves efficiency.
Coordination makes research more efficient by reducing duplication and spreading the workload.
Solutions that suit.
Multistate participation allows projects to provide comprehensive solutions and nuanced, targeted solutions for specific areas.
In it for the long-term.
The Multistate Research Fund provides support in five-year, renewable cycles, offering a chance for the long-term projects needed for thorough research and development in agriculture.
We share the impacts.
And help you share yours.
The Multistate Research Fund Impacts Program shares the impacts of Hatch Multistate projects via Impact Statements, social media, press releases, blogs, etc.
We train others to report their impacts via Impact Writing Workshops, worksheets, tip sheets, videos, and more.
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IMPACTS
Multistate Research Fund
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