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.