Research and Development Program
The Research and Development Program is one of five new programs available to help Alberta’s livestock and meat industry create a profitable and sustainable future.
Program Details
A total of $12 million is available for the 2009/2010 fiscal year. This program is designed to enable both basic and applied research initiatives complementary to Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA) marketing, differentiation and cost reduction priorities by:
- aligning research and funding with Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy (ALMS) priorities to improve the profitability of livestock and meat industry;
- identify solutions to industry challenges such as risk mitigation (including animal care, environmental management, animal health, etc), cost reduction, and product differentiation;
- increasing knowledge base;
- creating an adaptive livestock and meat industry that optimizes production systems to deliver focused market driven products;
- complementing funding from the Industry Innovation and Adaptation Program; and
- focusing on Animal health and food safety, improving production practices, Alberta Feed Grains Centre of Excellence, and differentiation at the producer and processor level.
Eligibility requirements
- Industry associations serving the livestock industry
- Educational institutions including universities colleges and technical schools.
- Government organizations and agencies.
- Private companies in Alberta, with recognized expertise in research and development, that service the Alberta livestock industry
- Existing or prospective Alberta companies that can increase the value and sales of Alberta products.
- Existing or prospective supply chains that produce and market meat products.
Eligible expenses
- Time for specific activities on the project/program
- Time for specific activities on the project/program for investigators currently funded by provincial/federal units may be acceptable as co-sponsorship contribution
- Outside consultants justified as essential to the project/program
- Travel to project sites
- Travel for information dissemination purposes
- Cost of equipment directly required for the project/program
- Cost of supplies directly required for the project/program
- Costs of facility or animal access directly required for the project/program
- Publishing costs
- New scientific and technical personnel required for the specified research
- Graduate student research bursaries
Funding levels will be at the discretion of the ALMA.
Download Application
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Please send your full application package care of:
Brad Fournier,
Research Manager,
Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency Ltd. (ALMA),
Suite 101, 1003 Ellwoood Road S.W., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6X 0B3
Phone: (780) 638-1917
Email brad.fournier@almaltd.ca
This information was published to the web on July 16, 2009