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The
USPOULTRY industry
research grants program encompasses all
segments of broiler, turkey, and commercial
egg operations. Approximately $2.7 million
is currently invested in ongoing research.
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- Identified Research Needs
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Research Proposal
Submission Guidelines
If you wish to submit a Poultry Protein & Fat
Council research proposal, please go here to
access the correct format.
USPOULTRY
is dedicated to the growth, progress,
and welfare of the poultry industry and
all of its individual and corporate interests.
The promotion of problem-related research
and the concomitant training of graduate
students is high on the association's
agenda.
Each year,
USPOULTRY and the Harold E. Ford Foundation
allocates approximately $1.2 million
for the funding of research projects
that benefit the poultry and egg industry.
Research results are publicized in
the industry press and made available
to potential users.
Who selects the projects that are funded?
Research proposals are judged by a 15-member
panel composed of industry scientists
and technical specialists representing
a cross section of disciplines and
responsibilities. Panelists evaluate
more than 100 proposals each year to
determine their value and potential
benefit to the poultry and egg industry.
The committee's recommendations are
referred to the association's board of
directors for funding. In the past, 30
percent of proposals submitted to USPOULTRY
have received funding. This funding rate
exceeds that of most other research grant
programs.
Are there guidelines to follow?
Researchers should only submit a one-page
preproposal summary that describes
the problem(s) they wish to address
and what they propose to do. Details
of procedures or budget specifics should
not be included in the submissions.
The outcome of the preproposal review
will be one of three responses:
1. Researchers should submit a single page proposal summary that describes the problem(s) they wish to address and what they propose to do. Proposals tied to the USPOULTRY’s published research priorities will receive first consideration; however, other proposals will be accepted. Researchers should describe their previous activities in the area of the proposed research in both the proposal and the full proposal. Details of procedures or budget specifics should not be included in pre-proposal submissions.
2. USPOULTRY is not interested in funding
research on the proposed subject; or
3. Please make some modifications in
what you are proposing and then send
a full proposal. Preproposals should
address any important area, including
poultry management, nutrition, food safety,
processing, disease, and waste disposal.
Full proposals should be prepared according
to published USPOULTRY guidelines. All
proposals should be written with minimal
jargon so that professionals from all
disciplines can understand them. Successful
proposals are directed toward an important
industry problem; clearly written with
well defined objectives; and reasonably
priced with realistic budgets.
How can the money be used?
Funds can be used for graduate students, technicians, research supplies, and work and meeting travel. Up to 15 percent overhead is allowed. Funds cannot be used for professional (faculty) and post doctorial salaries or equipment.
What are the
deadlines for applying?
Spring 2011 Competition:
Preproposals due: Friday, October 1, 2010
Requests for full proposals: Thursday, November 11, 2010
Full proposals due: Tuesday, February 1, 2011
All
deadlines are for arrival in the USPOULTRY
office by close of business of the date
indicated. Preproposals only should be
e-mailed to ehilliard@poultryegg.org with "Preproposal" shown
as the subject line. If you do not
receive an acknowledgement by return
e-mail, please contact us. The 20 copies
of the full proposal must be mailed
or shipped to arrive by the deadline.
Identified Research
Needs
What needs have been identified?
Proposed research projects should be
designed to provide information that
has the potential to resolve real industry
problems. The following list is organized
by overall subject area. Items within
each list are presented in priority order.
USPOULTRY realizes 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. USPOULTRY
invites proposals that address problems
outside the industry lists but urges
the submitter to provide ample background
and justification to explain the need
for the research.
Genetics
- Disease: Define the role of genetics
in ascites. Devise ways to improve
the immune response of poultry through
genetics. Develop Marek's resistance
in chickens through genetics.
- Production: Define the role of genetics
in egg shell quality. Use molecular genetics
as a tool for improving desirable market
traits in poultry. Provide genome mapping
support.
Nutrition
- Diet Formulation: Define diets to
allow complete withdrawals and good
gut condition at processing. Develop
diets to reduce fat pad. Devise formulations
for "best yield."
- Nutritive Requirements: Determine
digestible amino acid requirements for
broilers, breeders, and turkeys, especially
lysine, methionine, and cystine. Requirements
(energy and A.A.) for different strains
for yield and efficiency. Establish nutritive
needs with low selenium diets. Determine
dietary requirement changes for up to
6.5 lb. broilers in controlled environments.
Establish selenium requirements for poultry.
Determine effects of "high" protein diets
on egg production, hatchability, and
livability. Define trace mineral and
vitamin needs of breeder turkeys in late
lays. Determine the influence of breeder
nutrition on chick performance and effect
of high dietary iron levels on breeder
and broiler production.
- Ingredients: Study impact of ingredients
on environment (P, Se, Cu). Impact of
biogenic amines in ingredients; (levels,
type, synergism, better assays). Develop
use for byproducts and determination
of their ME values (DAF, sludge, deboning
byproducts). Determination of interactive
effects of different mycotoxins and intervention
methods. Determine effect of feed ingredient
quality on performance: how extremes
in least-cost formulation alter FCR's
and weights.
- Miscellaneous: Determine influence
of nutrition on dyschondroplasia. Define
relationship of diet and ascites. Explore
cellular mechanisms involved in nutrient
absorption/biochemistry.
Feed Mill Operations
- Pelleting: Determine cost/benefit
for pelleting/crumbling all pullet/breeder
feed in improved health/performance.
Establish the effects of post mix grinding
on pellet quality and feed efficiency.
Determine effects of ingredients and
their
combination on pelleting. Determine optimum
ratio between pellets and mash in on-farm
broiler diets.
- almonella: Determine extent and source
of Salmonella contamination in feed and
if it relates to the flora of the birds.
Determine parameters of conditioning
and pelleting to kill Salmonella.
- Equipment: Evaluation of expanders
and seamless hammermills in feed manufacture.
- Formulation: Compare effects of new
crop grains/meals versus old crop on
performance. Establish net energy guidelines
for feed ingredients (primary grains
vs. liquid fat).
- Mycotoxins: Develop methods for detection
of mycotoxins in ingredients before delivery
to the feed mill.
- Production: Devise methods to maximize
quantity of feed produced per hour.
Poultry Housing
- Ventilation: Develop systems for black-out
pullet houses. Devise techniques to
reduce summer heat stress. Evaluate
oxygen and ammonia sensors to monitor
air quality. Determine optimal relative
humidity.
- House Type: Study curtain-sided versus
totally enclosed houses on broiler performance.
Determine optimal house for different
climates, i.e., deep south, north, etc.
- Broiler Breeders: Determine optimal
slat height. Compare built-in electronic
versus manual system of weighing. Conduct
evaluation of cooling systems.
- Miscellaneous: Develop energy efficient
housing programs for pullets and broilers.
Provide overview of different housing
systems across the United States.
Pullet Management
- Body Weight: Determine desired weights
at different ages for optimum production
and hatchability. Determine feeding
programs to achieve desired weights.
Evaluate frame size, conformity, and
its relationship to weight in yield
type broiler breeders. Determine optimal
male weights throughout life for best
hatch. Correlation of frame size with
early egg size. Prescribe optimal body
weights of males with mixed rearing.
Determine if pullet uniformity is related
to production.
- Nutrition: Determine optimal feed
formulation for high-yielding lines.
Determine optimal feeding techniques,
especially through six weeks of age.
Define feed restriction effects on skeletal
development and protein/fat deposition.
- Lighting: Determine lighting, light
restriction in relation to weight, uniformity,
and maturity. Determine when light restriction
should begin. Determine if debeaking
is needed in black-out housing.
- Density: Determine optimal density
for black-out housing.
- Develop new vaccination techniques
to improve protection and lessen stress
on the bird. Compare performance of separate
and mixed rearing of males. Determine
effect of house temperature on immune
response.
Breeder Management (Broiler/Turkey)
- Nutrition: Determine influences of
male/female weight on production/ hatchability.
Define role of diet in heat stress.
- Lighting: Establish schedules for
pullets/hens for maximum production/hatchability.
- Nests: Maximize design/operation for
optimal production/hatchability.
- Vaccines: Compare effectiveness by
injection site (breast vs. neck or leg).
Develop vaccines that avoid need for
mid-lay injection.
- Broodiness: Develop strategies for
control in turkey hens.
- Egg Rooms: Develop methods for control
of bacteria/molds.
- Prevention of early male aggressiveness;
establish ideal male-female ratios; provide
means of prevention of floor/slat eggs;
semen preservation/storage; determine
ideal pullet age for moving to breeder
house; determine role of feeder type;
devise better egg hauling methods.
Hatchery Management
- Incubation: Determine optimal RH and
temperatures for different chicken
and turkey breeds. Investigate the
benefits of manipulating carbon dioxide
and oxygen levels in single-stage incubation.
Determine impact of increased turning
intervals during early incubation.
Determine fresh air requirements during
incubation to avoid oxygen deprivation.
Determine effect of incubation time
because of breeder flock age on mortality.
- Sanitation/Disinfection: Determine
optimal practices for effectiveness and
employee safety. Explore alternatives
to formaldehyde and methods for safe
use of formaldehyde.
- Operations: Explore opportunities
for more automation. Establish the true
incidence of repetitive motion disorders.
Evaluate the in ovo injection system
for vaccines and other products. Improve
accuracy of candling for fertility. Develop
improved chick delivery methods to lessen
chick and employee stress.
- Facilities: Devise methods to improve
air management in older hatcheries using
updated air control devices. Energy conservation
systems development for hatcheries.
- Miscellaneous: Determine relationship
of egg size, chick size, and first-week
mortality. Determine effect on hatchability
of picking up and setting eggs twice
weekly if eggs are held at 70 - 75 F.
Determine the incidence and causes of
losses in hatchery due to chick abnormalities.
Commercial Egg Production
- Dead Birds: Devise economical and
environmentally acceptable means of
disposal.
- Spent Hens: Develop alternative methods
for disposal of spent fowl other than
slaughter/processing for human food.
- Manure: Develop economical and environmentally
acceptable management and disposal/utilization
program.
- Fly Control: Devise environmentally
acceptable and residue-free systems of
fly control.
- Egg Size: Devise practices to prevent
the production of excessively large eggs,
especially in molted flocks.
- Nutrition: Determine the role of diet
on the extent of feather cover.
- Lighting: Determine lighting needs
as influenced by strain of hen.
Broiler Management
- Optimum Lighting: Determine influence
of spectrum, intensity, length for
different ages on performance and on
development of ascites. Determine if
the benefits from new lighting control
systems justify increased compensation
to growers to cover their costs for
the improvement.
- Temperature/Humidity: Determine optimum
temperature and RH for broilers from
day of age to processing.
- Ventilation: Comparison of different
types of systems on performance in different
seasons/climates.
- Brooding: Comparison of different
methods using energy use, mortality,
and growth rate as criteria.
- Feeding: Comparison of full feed to
meal time programs (grade, feed conversion,
rate of gain). Determine quantities of
starter, grower, finisher for optimal
results.
- Sanitation: Determine relationship
of different practices to house performance.
- Devise ways to control early body
weight in open-sided houses. Develop
methods to improve grower - integrator
relations. Determine the influence of
body weight and density on leg problems.
Market Turkey Management
- Early Poult Mortality: Determine causes
and prevention.
- Ventilation: Provide house design,
compare natural versus power systems,
provide convenient means for measurement
of ventilation.
- Darkling Beetles: Provide methods
for control.
- Breast Blisters/Buttons: Determine
causes and prevention.
- "Flip Over" Syndrome: Determine causes
and prevention.
- Leg Deformities In Toms: Provide methods
for prevention.
- Determine oxygen/temperature requirements
of embryos of modern turkey breeds.
- Develop bioengineered vaccines to
immunize turkeys against various diseases
at hatch.
Live Haul
- Catching/Loading: Devise mechanical
catcher/loader and houses compatible
with the equipment. Devise efficient
way of handling larger chickens (5.5
- 6.8 lbs.) that will cause less mortality.
- Cages: Develop improved cages that
are lighter weight with more durable
doors. Devise cage dumping systems that
do not hang cage doors or damage cage
bottoms.
- Feed Withdrawal Time: Study times
versus bird quality, yield, and shrink
in hot weather and cold weather.
- Cooling Sheds: Provide design for
better, more efficient and uniform cooling
of birds.
- Miscellaneous: Evaluate effect of
catcher pre-work warm-up exercises in
reducing catching injuries. Impact of
cleaning catching/hauling equipment on
bacterial load on carcasses, especially
Salmonella. Determine causes of DOAs.
Develop methods to determine whether
condemned turkey parts are associated
with loading or processing.
Diseases
- Infectious Bronchitis: Develop rapid,
precise methods for identification
of isolates. Develop vaccines against
variants.
- Mareks Disease: Develop vaccines against
new variants. Determine causes of "late
breaks." Explore feasibility of genetic
resistance.
- Ascites: Determine if it is pathological
or physiological. Define wholesomeness
of affected carcasses. Devise prevention
strategies.
- Mycoplasma: Determine role of vertical
transmission with recent isolates in
broilers for MG and MS. Develop improved
methods of diagnosis, prevention, treatment;
controlling/eradicating in turkeys and
chickens.
- Infectious Bursal Disease: Develop
methods for variant detection and develop
vaccine with cross protection capabilities.
- Fowl Cholera: Define extent of variation
among isolates. Devise methods for determination
of extent of post vaccinal immunity.
- Turkey Poult Enteritis: Determine
etiology, nutritional influences, epidemiology.
Develop vaccines.
- Layer Hepatitis Syndrome: Develop
methods for prevention and control.
- Avian Influenza: Develop methods for
rapid detection and determination of
pathogenicity. Develop cross protective
vaccine.
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Determine
if neoplasm or inflammation. Define the
etiology and provide prevention/control
strategy.
- Colibacillosis: Determine if primary
or secondary pathogen. Define the role,
if any, of poor ventilation.
- Spiking Mortality, Stunting In Broilers:
Determine etiology and devise methods
of prevention and control.
- Food Safety Microbes On Poultry:
Devise methods for prevention/reduction
of pathogenic bacteria colonizing poultry.
- Alternative Dewormers For Poultry:
Develop and evaluate new dewormers in
chickens and turkeys.
- Newcastle, Bordetella, Reoviruses,
IP Syndrome, CAA, Scabby Hips: Acquire
data on the prevention/control of these
diseases.
Processing
- 1. Repetitive Motion Disorders: Development
of preventative measures/ programs.
- Microbial Contamination: Develop methods
for prevention of cross contamination,
prevention of ingesta contamination leading
to elimination of contamination on final
product. Determine the actual feasibility
of irradiation of
poultry meat. Methods for the reduction
of microbial levels in plant, optimal
levels of chlorine (gas vs. liquid),
development of automated inside-outside
washer for reprocessing, verification
of contamination levels on poultry meat.
Evaluate effect of wrap paper treated
with bacteriocins.
- Killing/Stunning: Relate methods to
blood removal and feather release. Explore
feasibility of carbon dioxide stunning.
- Bone Fragments: Development of automated,
rapid, and accurate detection methods.
- Equipment: Develop equipment for harvesting
giblets with both yield and microbial
load considered. Devise an efficient
and stress-free way to cool birds prior
to processing. Develop deboning equipment
to eliminate hand operations that are
acceptable, based on yield and quality.
- Stress: Determine effects of preslaughter
stress on feather release, moisture gain/retention,
and muscle tissue quality.
- Miscellaneous: Determine the effect
of electrical stimulation on muscle tissue
quality, tenderness, and taste.
Food Safety
- Microbial Contamination: Preharvest
- Determine effectiveness of "Nurmi" undefined
flora for competitive exclusion in
broilers administered in hatchery.
Devise prevention strategies for Campylobacter
infection of broilers. Define roll
of contaminated feed in colonizing
broilers with Salmonella. Define roll
of Salmonella colonized breeders in
producing colonized broilers at processing.
Processing - Develop rapid, cost-effective,
and specific methods of detecting microbial
contamination. Study the feasibility
of using chlorine on pickers to reduce
contamination. Develop post-chill handling
methods to reduce microbial contamination.
Evaluate effectiveness of carcass dips/sprays
in reducing microbial contamination.
Evaluate the microbial benefits of
HACCP implementation in processing
plants.
- Post Processing: Determine how to
get consumer acceptance of irradiated
food. Determine effectiveness of irradiation:
microbiologically and organoleptically.
Develop reliable and cost effective methods
of bone fragment detection in deboned
meat.
Further Processing
- Products: Devise methods to prevent
the red bone splashing on fully cooked
bone-in chicken while maintaining good
yields. Develop improved predust, batter,
and breaders to enhance adhesion to
product. Develop consumer oriented
packaging systems. Relate to yield
the processing techniques such as length
of age, meat temperature, and prior
storage. Explore chilling alternatives
as they relate.
- Safety: Devise improved and rapid
methods for the detection of metal fragments,
bone, and other foreign materials in
meat. Compare the different levels of
bacterial contamination on salvage and
fresh product after different handling
techniques. Evaluate the effectiveness
of chlorine as a sanitizer, comparing
gas versus liquid systems.
- Genetics: Develop a process that may
be used for evaluating chicken lines
for their marination absorption levels.
Compare the different broiler lines for
debone breast yield.
- Miscellaneous: Develop ergonomic scissors,
probably pneumatic, that can be used
to trim small bones. Explore cellular/molecular
biochemistry that may relate to meat
toughness.
Packaging
- Materials: Develop packaging materials
that are recyclable or compatible with
waste management systems. Develop a
temperature-abuse evident packaging
film. Develop a more breathable film
that would hinder ice crystal formation
without reducing shelf-life. Develop
stretch wrappers that function in cold
and wet environments. Develop a waterproof
box coating that will allow recycling
of the box.
- Packaging: Develop packaging for livers
and gizzards to extend shelf-life. Develop
large containers (70 pound capacity)
that are reusable and that can be ergonomically
transported and stacked. Develop recyclable
dry-pack bags. Develop a less expensive
CVP bag with increased shelf-life capabilities,
durability, and puncture resistance.
Develop poly bags that are lighter, stronger,
and recyclable.
- Miscellaneous: Acquire data on proper
box stacking. Research migratory chemicals
moving from the packaging material to
the product, evaluating for possible
detrimental effects on the product and
consumer.
Rendering
- Carcass Disposal By Rendering: Develop
alternative methods for disposal of
light spent fowl instead of processing
and for disposal of mortality. Evaluate
composting compared to rendering. Provide
an economic study on consequences of
slaughtering layers at different ages.
- Products: Improve digestibility of
feather meal. Define optimal feeding
rates for feather meal in the different
cattle diets. Explore possibility of
edible products from rendered poultry
materials.
- Environmental Impact: Develop best
practices for waste water and air quality
compliance. Develop methods for odor
control in the rendering process.
- Process: Devise methods for processing
lower grade items such as waste water
by product, grow-out mortality, hatchery
waste. Develop methods for handling and
reducing skimmings. Devise methods to
neutralize corrosive effects of waste
water sludge in rendering plants.
Waste Management
- Litter: Develop improved, economical,
and environmentally acceptable ways
of disposal/use. Evaluate burning for
brooding. Evaluate composting in houses,
composting and retailing, materials
designed to drive off the nitrogen
from litter.
- Dead Birds: Devise better methods
of disposal such as composting, fermentation,
and other options.
- Processing Water: Develop new, less
expensive methods to clean up water.
Determine effects of liquid egg on municipal
sewage treatment systems. Determine appropriate
areas for water reuse. Devise method
for substituting UV treatment for chemical water treatment.
Devise ways to reduce BOD from processing
plants and TSS in treatment plants. Reduce
costs of biomonitoring for state agencies,
methods for cleaning out anaerobic lagoons
and disposing of waste. Develop methods to calculate water
usage. Evaluate effectiveness of spray
irrigation with treated waste water.
- Other: Develop methods for disposal
of hatchery waste, ways to reduce quantity
of hatchery waste, and how to dispose
of waxed boxes.
Human Nutrition
- Conduct an economic analysis of the
value of eggs and egg products in the
human diet relative to other foods.
- Establish the relationship, if any,
between egg consumption and serum cholesterol
levels and type in healthy humans.
Research Proposal Format
In what format should
I submit my proposal?
Applicants must submit 20 copies of
proposals to the association. Failure
to do so will result in delays in the
grant evaluation and funding consideration
process.
Cover Sheet
Title of Project (limit of 180 characters/spaces)
Name of University (or research organization)
Principal Investigator (project leader
or contact person)
Complete Address and Telephone Number
Department
Co-investigators
Date Submitted
Total Funds Requested
Duration of Project
Keywords (up to four) optional
If the project will be administered
by a university or an experiment station
official, give the name and address
of the official.
Abstract
The second page of a proposal is an
abstract limited to one page of double-spaced
typing. It should include the following:
A brief statement of the industry problem
to be investigated;
The objectives of the research;
The approaches to be used to achieve
the objectives; and
The probable value to the industry if
the research objectives are achieved.
Proposal
Every effort should be made to limit
the number of pages of Items 1-6 to
10 or less. Items 1-20 should be copied
front and back, and must have page
numbering.
- 1. Title of Project
- Investigator(s)
- Objectives: List the specific goals
of the project.
- Justification: Justify the proposal
in light of current industry practice
or problems, and discuss the short-
and long- range cost-benefit potential
of achieving the objectives.
- Procedures: Outline the protocol
designed to achieve the objectives,
including the experimental design, replications,
etc. If confidential or proprietary
information is contained in the proposal,
it must be noted in bold type on the
first sheet referencing page and paragraph.
Pages and paragraphs must also be similarly
highlighted.
- Literature Review:
- Please cite known research on the
same subject (reference key investigators
only)
- Indicate how this proposal differs
from previous or current research.
- Resume of Investigator (one page)
- Current Research on Subject (if any)
by Investigator
- Facilities and Equipment Required
and Available for This Project
- Research Timetable:
- Date project is scheduled to begin.
- Date project is scheduled to end.
- Personnel Support Provided by the
University (or research organization)
- Financial Support:
- From the university (or research
organization).
- From other sources, including those
from whom other funds for this project
are requested.
- Institutional Units Involved
- Budget: Direct cost factors attributed
to the project. Please itemize all areas
of need. Include cost per animal unit,
if any.
- Total Funds Requested: Unexpended
funds at the termination of the project
may be used at the discretion of the
principal investigator if these funds
are no more than 5 percent of the total
award or $1,000. Funds in excess of
5 percent of the award or $1,000 should
be returned to USPOULTRY.
- Indirect Costs: The industry generated
funds that support USPOULTRY research
projects are not intended to provide
the general overhead costs of research
institutions. Proposals must allocate
the lowest possible percentage of the
funding for indirect costs, if at all.
Indirect costs must be held to a minimum
but never exceed 15 percent.
- Receipt of Funds Needed (quarterly,
six months, annually): If not specified,
funds will be paid as follows throughout
the term of the project: 25 percent
of total allocated funds at beginning
of project; 25 percent of funds at end
of first quarter-term (six months for
two-year projects, etc.); 25 percent
of funds at mid-term (one year for two-year
projects, etc.); and Final 25 percent
of funds at completion of project and
receipt of final report. Include Make
Check Payable To... and to whom the
check is to be mailed (with a complete
address).
- USPOULTRY will provide funding only
to those scientists at universities
or research organizations who comply
with the provisions of the Institutional
Animal Care and Use Committee as specified
by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, USDA in 9 CFR Part 1 (1-91).
- The following statement is required
with all proposals and must be signed
by an official of the university (or
research organization) and the project
leader. This statement must accompany
the original proposal or the proposal
will be returned before committee action.
The (Department) of (University or
Research Organization) agrees to provide
the following to USPOULTRY:
- Progress reports on the research
project every six months until the project
is completed;
- Within three months following completion
of the research funded, to provide the
final project report (using the format
for final reports) of the results;
- The University (or Research Organization)
understands that USPOULTRY will retain
25 percent of the approved funds until
the final report has been provided to
the association; and
- Give permission to the association
to provide the information to the industry.
- Progress reports are required every
six months. This can be a brief concise
statement of progress toward the objectives
of the project. This report does not
need to include detailed charts or figures.
A reminder of the progress reporting
will be sent to the investigator just
before the due date. If the progress
report is more than 30 days late, an "alert" letter
will be sent to the investigator and
to the administrative office. Failure
to reply within two weeks of this warning
letter, a notification will be sent
to the administrative officer and the
investigator that no additional monies
will be paid to that grant until the
report has been received.
Final reports: A reminder will be sent
to the investigator of the need to provide
a final report at the completion date.
Final reports are due within three months
following completion of the research
project as specified by the research
proposal. If the final report has not
been received in 90 days following the
reminder notice, an "alert" letter will
be sent to the investigator and the
administrative office. Failure to reply
within two weeks of this warning letter,
a notification will be sent to the administrative
officer and the investigator that no
additional monies will be paid to that
institution (or research organization)
until the report has been received.
- USPOULTRY makes no claim on discoveries
or invention patents made by scientists/institutions
utilizing USPOULTRY research funds.
USPOULTRY assumes no liability associated
with either the conduct of research
or the outcome or use of research findings
acquired with USPOULTRY funds.
- Authorized Signatures:
a. Project Leader
b. Department Head
c. University Official
d. Research Organization President
Please address each item of the format
completely, but briefly. Reprints of
scientific or popular articles written
by the investigator, dealing with prior
research in the area of the proposal,
are not required; however, if such reprints
are supplied they will be circulated
to the reviewers.
Submit projects to:
Charles Beard, D.V.M, Ph.D.
U. S. Poultry & Egg Association
1530 Cooledge Road
Tucker, GA 30084-7303
What is the format for final reports?
There are four separate parts to the
final research report. These are:
(1) cover sheet,
(2) industry summary,
(3) scientific report, and
(4) list of presentations made and
reports of publications. This final
report should be loose, not bound.
Please submit two copies.
(1) Cover Sheet
This single-page document provides
the association with a means of filing
and identifying the material. The
arrangement of this page should be
as follows:
Title
Investigator(s)
Name of University and University Address
Department
Date of Completion of Project
Statement: Funded by the U. S. Poultry & Egg
Association
(2) Industry Summary (One Page)
This is a very important part of your
final report and describes the potential
usefulness of the research to the
industry. It should briefly explain
the conclusions that are drawn from
the results. It should include few,
if any, scientific tables but an
evaluation of potential in terms
of economics, increased quality,
better performance, etc. Dollar figures
are always valuable. The following
format should be used with a minimum
of technical terminology. This summary
is intended for general industry
consumption.
a. Briefly describe the problem that
was studied;
b. Restate the objectives from the
original proposal;
c. In the same order, state briefly
the results achieved toward each objective
of the project; and
d. Discuss the impact of the research
results for industry.
(3) Scientific Report
The scientific report should be carefully
written so as to substantiate the
results and be of value to those
who may wish to study the details
of the experiment. There is no limit
on the length of this report. The
format is shown below.
a. Materials and methods used in the
study. Should be in sufficient detail
to allow for repeatability. If new
techniques or tests have been developed
as part of the objectives of the project,
the specific protocol for the technique
or test should
be included;
b. Results and discussion;
c. Tables and figures (can be inserted
into the text where appropriate); and
d. References.
(4) List of Presentations and Publications
Please list the publications which
were a result of this research either
entirely or in part by this grant.
Reprints would be appreciated when
available.
Please indicate the presentations
with the date, place, name of meeting,
and title when the presentation was
related to the research funded by USPOULTRY.
Submit final reports to:
Charles Beard, D.V.M., Ph.D.
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association
1530 Cooledge Road
Tucker, GA 30084-7303
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