In 2008 The Lawn Institute will fund nearly $60,000 in research projects that will result in advances in lawn care.  Theses projects will be completed in the summer of 2009 and the findings will be posted on the website as soon as possible.   

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR	RESEARCH FACILITY	STUDY TITLE
Brandon Horvath	Virginia Tech	Improved application strategies for optimum brown patch control of tall fescue sod.
Bernd Leinauer	New Mexico State University	Comparing spring and summer establishment of bermudagrass sod under two irrigation systems using saline water
Kurt Steinke	Texas AgriLife Research Center	Water used by Mixed and Single Species Urban Landscapes
Daniel Thorogood	Institute of Grasslands and Environmental Research	The impact of turf farming on carbon deposition in soils
D.M. Vietor	Texas AgriLife Research Center	Managing to limit runoff and drainage losses of nutrients during cycling of composted biosolids through turfgrass sod.
Ambika Chandra	Texas AgriLife Research Center	Evaluation of turfgrass species and varieties for drought tolerance in a renovated linear gradient irrigation system.
Dale Bremer	Kansas State University	Comparative Irrigation Requirements of 30 Cultivars of Kentucky Bluegrasses Under a Large Rainout Facility in the Transition Zone
Justin Moss	University of Wyoming	Extolling the contributions of turfgrass: Environmental and sociologial benefits fostered by stewardship
Laurie Trenholm	University of Florida
Clint Waltz	The University of Georgia