The National Pork Board has posted the first of two calls for proposals for the 2006 PRRS Elimination Initiative. For 2006, the National Pork Board has made available $1.9M in Pork Checkoff funding to continue work on the PRRS Initiative. Three research objectives have been identified for 2006 funding: PRRSV Vaccination, PRRSV Persistent Infection, and PRRSV Elimination. The deadline for proposal submission is June 12, 2006. The complete PRRS RFP is available here. A second call for proposals for the fall will be posted at a later date. Templates for submission are available on the National Pork Board Website at http://www.pork.org (lower right column).