National Pork Board Issues Request for Proposals

October 11, 2006 — Paul Sundberg

The National Pork Board (NPB) has issued its Request for Proposals (RFP) in the categories of Animal Welfare, Environment, Environment/Public Health, Pork Safety, and Swine Health. The deadline for submission is November 28th at 5:00 pm CST.

Information regarding topics for which research is being sought can be found on the Pork Board's RFP webpage. If you have questions specific to the content of your proposal, please contact the program manager for the category to which you are submitting:

Animal Science
Mark Boggess
mboggess@pork.org
515/223-2606

Animal Welfare
Sherrie Niekamp
sniekamp@pork.org
515/223-3533

Environment
Allan Stokes
astokes@pork.org
515/223-3447

Pork Safety/Environment-Public Health
Liz Wagstrom
lwagstrom@pork.org
515/223-2633 or
Steve Larsen
slarsen@pork.org
515/223-2754

Swine Health
Pamela Zaabel
pzaabel@pork.org
515/223-2791

There are two new required features in the proposal format. See #9 and #11 of the instructions.

If you have questions specific to the website and submission process, please contact Bev Everitt at beveritt@pork.org or 515/223-2750.

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Paul Sundberg, Vice President, Science and Technology National Pork Board