**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** CROP PLANTS ARE EXPOSED TO MANY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES (HEAT, COLD, DROUGHT, FLOODING ETC) AND INFECTION WITH AND COMPETITION BY OTHER ORGANISMS (BACTERIA, VIRUSES, INSECTS, WEEDS ETC). RESPONDING TO OR DEFENDING FROM THESE STRESSES, CAUSES REDUCED CROP YIELD BECAUSE PLANTS OFTEN STOP OR SLOW GROWTH WHILE DEALING WITH THE THREAT. THIS IS CALLED THE GROWTH-DEFENSE TRADEOFF. PLANT HORMONES REGULATE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE RESPONSE TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEREFORE HAVE BEEN HYPOTHESIZED TO PLAY A ROLE IN THIS TRADEOFF. THE GOAL OF THIS SYMPOSIUM IS TO BRING TOGETHER RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELDS OF HORMONE BIOLOGY, ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC STRESS, AND DEVELOPMENT TO INCREASE DISCUSSION, COLLABORATION AND RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISM OF TRADEOFF BETWEEN GROWTH AND RESPONSE TO STRESS. IN PARTICULAR, WE AIM TO HIGHLIGHT THE ROLE IN HORMONES IN MODIFYING PLANT DEVELOPMENT IN RESPONSE TO STRESS. WE WILL PROMOTE THE PARTICIPATION OF EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS, POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS AND GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND IN ADDITION PROVIDE EDUCATION IN THIS AREA WITH A PRE-SYMPOSIUM HORMONES 101 WORKSHOP. WE WILL PUBLISH A SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, DEDICATED TO REVIEWS AND OPINIONS ON HOW PLANT HORMONES MEDIATE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN STRESS AND DEVELOPMENT. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM OF TRADEOFF BETWEEN STRESS AND DEVELOPMENT WILL ADVANCE PROGRESS ON IMPROVING THE RESILIENCE OF CROPS TO SUSTAIN CROP YIELD IN THE FUTURE.