Pork Board Issues Call for Research Proposals

November 10, 2010 — 

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.