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 |