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Pork Board Issues Call for Research Proposals

The National Pork Board’s General Call for Proposals for 2011 is now available on the NPB website at http://www.pork.org

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Tuesday, November 16th- 5:00 pm CST

If you have questions specific to the content of your proposal, please contact the program manager for the category to which you are submitting:

Environment Allan Stokes astokes@pork.org 515/223-3447
Swine Health Lisa Becton lbecton@pork.org 515/223-2791
Animal Welfare Sherrie Niekamp sniekamp@pork.org 515/223-3533
Pork Safety – PreHarvest Steve Larsen slarsen@pork.org 515/223-2754
Public Health Jennifer Koeman jkoeman@pork.org 515/223-2633
Genomics Mark Knauer mknauer@pork.org 515/223-2606
Antimicrobial Use & Resistance Paul Sundberg psundberg@pork.org 515/223-2764

To be considered for committee review, all proposals must be submitted via the website by 5:00 p.m. CST on Tuesday, November 16, 2010. See http://www.pork.org/research for links. Proposals will be reviewed by both technical advisors and pork producers prior to the committee selection meetings. Final funding is subject to approval by the National Pork Board and USDA.

NOTES:
Proposal selection will occur in late February 2011.
Notification of grant awards will be done in March 2011.
Project funding will begin May 1, 2011.
Requests for second-year funding must be resubmitted.
Click here to access the RFP information on Pork.org.