The New Zealand Plant Protection Society aims to centralize and share knowledge about the biology of various pests and beneficial organisms, alongside strategies to modify their impacts. This encompasses research on invertebrates, vertebrates, weeds, pathogens, and the enhancement of beneficial biological entities.
The grant aims to support research within relevant disciplines such as Entomology, Plant pathology, Weed science, Zoology, Ecology, and Plant protection sciences. The focal point is on projects dedicated to the control of pests, pathogens, and weeds affecting primary production sectors like pastoral and arable agriculture, horticulture, forestry, as well as the natural or human environments. This initiative is encapsulated in the New Zealand Plant Protection Society Research Scholarship, established to foster research that aligns with these goals.