USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation will be accepting research pre-proposals on a variety of poultry welfare, operations and processing topics for the 2020 Fall Research Competition through May 1.
“The poultry industry has advanced in technical sophistication and efficiency tremendously in the last fifty years. Some of this advancement has come through the application of research findings from studies conducted at both universities and private institutions made possible by USPOULTRY,” Denise Heard, DVM, MAM, ACPV, Director, Research Programs, at the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, said.
2020 research priorities
The Foundational Research Advisory Committee is currently looking for the following research priorities: animal welfare, breeder management (turkeys and broilers), meat bird management, commercial egg production, diseases, employee safety and health, environmental management, feed mill operations, food safety, further processing, genetics, hatchery management, live haul, human nutrition, nutrition, poultry housing and poultry processing.
Colleges, universities and research facilities should feel free to submit proposals outside of the priority list as well.
“As the needs of the industry have shifted over the years the USPOULTRY research program has responded by funding research to meet these changing needs. We also realize that new issues are always emerging and that scientists may see the importance of a potential problem that has not been recognized or cited as an industry research need,” Heard explained.
Each pre-proposals should be a one-page synopsis of the potential research project. Accepted pre-proposals will be invited to submit a full proposal.
Final projects will be selected for funding in September 2020. Most funded project will receive between $80-100,000 and are completed within two years.
The two organizations accept and evaluate research proposals twice each year. More than 50 universities and federal and state facilities have received grants since the inception of the program, resulting in more than $32 million in funding.
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