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| Note:
The letter “R” within a project number denotes the
project was funded by the Poultry Protein & Fat
Council of USPOULTRY. |
Bill Satterfield of
Delmarva Poultry
Industry Speaks of the Benefit
of the USPOULTRY-Sponsored Research
Program
The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association-sponsored
research that investigated in-house
composting for catastrophic losses
was money well spent that paid
for itself many times over during
this year's avian influenza challenge
on the Delmarva Peninsula.
Earlier planning indicated that
in-house composting was the preferred
method of carcass disposal since
it just about eliminated virus
movement outside the houses and
because it was environmentally
prudent. However, we lacked the
details on how to do it right.
Thanks to research funded by
USPOULTRY and conducted by the
University of Maryland and the
University of Delaware, we learned
how the job should be done.
There was no hesitation to using
this new technical information
when our first avian influenza-positive
farm was discovered and lessons
learned from the research carried
us through the other positive
farms. If we had not had these
research results, who knows what
technique would have been used
and what the outcome would have
been.
This research, combined with
other procedures already in place,
allowed Delmarva's poultry industry
to respond decisively and effectively
in stopping avian influenza.
USPOULTRY's foresight in funding
this research saved Delmarva's
and America's poultry industry
countless dollars.
Bill Satterfield
Delmarva Poultry Industry |
Research
Proposal Submission Guidelines
If you wish to submit a Poultry Protein & Fat Council research
proposal, please go here
to access the correct format. 
The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association 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, the association 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. Send a full research proposal for consideration.
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, postdocs, technicians,
research supplies, and work and meeting travel. Up to 15 percent
overhead is allowed. Funds cannot be used for professional (faculty)
salaries or equipment.
What
are the deadlines for applying?
Fall 2008 Competition:
- Preproposals due: Monday,
April 21, 2008
- Requests for full proposals e-mailed
to researchers: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
- Full proposals due: Wednesday,
July 16, 2008
Spring 2009 Competition: TO
BE ANNOUNCED
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.
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
1. 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.
2. 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
1. 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."
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Miscellaneous: Determine influence
of nutrition on dyschondroplasia. Define relationship of diet and
ascites. Explore cellular mechanisms involved in nutrient absorption/biochemistry.
Feed Mill Operations
1. 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.
2. Salmonella: 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.
3. Equipment: Evaluation of expanders
and seamless hammermills in feed manufacture.
4. 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).
5. Mycotoxins: Develop methods for
detection of mycotoxins in ingredients before delivery to the feed
mill.
6. Production: Devise methods to
maximize quantity of feed produced per hour.
Poultry Housing
1. 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.
2. House Type: Study curtain-sided
versus totally enclosed houses on broiler performance. Determine
optimal house for different climates, i.e., deep south, north, etc.
3. Broiler Breeders: Determine optimal
slat height. Compare built-in electronic versus manual system of
weighing. Conduct evaluation of cooling systems.
4. Miscellaneous: Develop energy
efficient housing programs for pullets and broilers. Provide overview
of different housing systems across the United States.
Pullet Management
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Density: Determine optimal density
for black-out housing.
5. 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)
1. Nutrition: Determine influences
of male/female weight on production/ hatchability. Define role of
diet in heat stress.
2. Lighting: Establish schedules
for pullets/hens for maximum production/hatchability.
3. Nests: Maximize design/operation
for optimal production/hatchability.
4. Vaccines: Compare effectiveness
by injection site (breast vs. neck or leg). Develop vaccines that
avoid need for mid-lay injection.
5. Broodiness: Develop strategies
for control in turkey hens.
6. Egg Rooms: Develop methods for
control of bacteria/molds.
7. 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
1. 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.
2. Sanitation/Disinfection: Determine
optimal practices for effectiveness and employee safety. Explore
alternatives to formaldehyde and methods for safe use of formaldehyde.
3. 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.
4. Facilities: Devise methods to
improve air management in older hatcheries using updated air control
devices. Energy conservation systems development for hatcheries.
5. 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
1. Dead Birds: Devise economical
and environmentally acceptable means of disposal.
2. Spent Hens: Develop alternative
methods for disposal of spent fowl other than slaughter/processing
for human food.
3. Manure: Develop economical and
environmentally acceptable management and disposal/utilization program.
4. Fly Control: Devise environmentally
acceptable and residue-free systems of fly control.
5. Egg Size: Devise practices to
prevent the production of excessively large eggs, especially in
molted flocks.
6. Nutrition: Determine the role
of diet on the extent of feather cover.
7. Lighting: Determine lighting
needs as influenced by strain of hen.
Broiler Management
1. 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.
2. Temperature/Humidity: Determine
optimum temperature and RH for broilers from day of age to processing.
3. Ventilation: Comparison of different
types of systems on performance in different seasons/climates.
4. Brooding: Comparison of different
methods using energy use, mortality, and growth rate as criteria.
5. Feeding: Comparison of full feed
to meal time programs (grade, feed conversion, rate of gain). Determine
quantities of starter, grower, finisher for optimal results.
6. Sanitation: Determine relationship
of different practices to house performance.
7. 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
1. Early Poult Mortality: Determine
causes and prevention.
2. Ventilation: Provide house design,
compare natural versus power systems, provide convenient means for
measurement of ventilation.
3. Darkling Beetles: Provide methods
for control.
4. Breast Blisters/Buttons: Determine
causes and prevention.
5. "Flip Over" Syndrome:
Determine causes and prevention.
6. Leg Deformities In Toms: Provide
methods for prevention.
7. Determine oxygen/temperature
requirements of embryos of modern turkey breeds.
8. Develop bioengineered vaccines
to immunize turkeys against various diseases at hatch.
Live Haul
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Feed Withdrawal Time: Study times
versus bird quality, yield, and shrink in hot weather and cold weather.
4. Cooling Sheds: Provide design
for better, more efficient and uniform cooling of birds.
5. 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
1. Infectious Bronchitis: Develop
rapid, precise methods for identification of isolates. Develop vaccines
against variants.
2. Mareks Disease: Develop vaccines
against new variants. Determine causes of "late breaks."
Explore feasibility of genetic resistance.
3. Ascites: Determine if it is pathological
or physiological. Define wholesomeness of affected carcasses. Devise
prevention strategies.
4. 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.
5. Infectious Bursal Disease: Develop
methods for variant detection and develop vaccine with cross protection
capabilities.
6. Fowl Cholera: Define extent of
variation among isolates. Devise methods for determination of extent
of post vaccinal immunity.
7. Turkey Poult Enteritis: Determine
etiology, nutritional influences, epidemiology. Develop vaccines.
8. Layer Hepatitis Syndrome: Develop
methods for prevention and control.
9. Avian Influenza: Develop methods
for rapid detection and determination of pathogenicity. Develop
cross protective vaccine.
10. Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Determine
if neoplasm or inflammation. Define the etiology and provide prevention/control
strategy.
11. Colibacillosis: Determine if
primary or secondary pathogen. Define the role, if any, of poor
ventilation.
12. Spiking Mortality, Stunting In
Broilers: Determine etiology and devise methods of prevention and
control.
13. Food Safety Microbes On Poultry:
Devise methods for prevention/reduction of pathogenic bacteria colonizing
poultry.
14. Alternative Dewormers For Poultry:
Develop and evaluate new dewormers in chickens and turkeys.
15. 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.
2. 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.
3. Killing/Stunning: Relate methods
to blood removal and feather release. Explore feasibility of carbon
dioxide stunning.
4. Bone Fragments: Development of
automated, rapid, and accurate detection methods.
5. 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.
6. Stress: Determine effects of
preslaughter stress on feather release, moisture gain/retention,
and muscle tissue quality.
7. Miscellaneous: Determine the
effect of electrical stimulation on muscle tissue quality, tenderness,
and taste.
Food Safety
1. 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.
2. 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
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Environmental Impact: Develop
best practices for waste water and air quality compliance. Develop
methods for odor control in the rendering process.
4. 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
1. 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.
2. Dead Birds: Devise better methods
of disposal such as composting, fermentation, and other options.
3. 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.
4. Other: Develop methods for disposal
of hatchery waste, ways to reduce quantity of hatchery waste, and
how to dispose of waxed boxes.
Human Nutrition
1. Conduct an economic analysis
of the value of eggs and egg products in the human diet relative
to other foods.
2. Establish the relationship, if
any, between egg consumption and serum cholesterol levels and type
in healthy humans.
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
2. Investigator(s)
3. Objectives: List the specific
goals of the project.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Literature Review:
(a) Please cite known research on the same subject (reference
key investigators only).
(b) Indicate how this proposal differs from previous or current
research.
7. Resume of Investigator (one page)
8. Current Research on Subject (if
any) by Investigator
9. Facilities and Equipment Required
and Available for This Project
10. Research Timetable:
(a) Date project is scheduled to begin.
(b) Date project is scheduled to end.
11. Personnel Support Provided by
the University (or research organization)
12. Financial Support:
(a) From the university (or research organization).
(b) From other sources, including those from whom other funds
for this project are requested.
13. Institutional Units Involved
14. Budget: Direct cost factors
attributed to the project. Please itemize all areas of need. Include
cost per animal unit, if any.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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).
18. 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).
19. 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:
(a) Progress reports on the research project every six months
until the project is completed;
(b) Within three months following completion of the research funded,
to provide the final project report (using the format for final
reports) of the results;
(c) 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
(d) Give permission to the association to provide the information
to the industry.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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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