Overview

The competition addresses the priority issues of Chronic Wasting Disease, Feral Pigs, African Swine Fever, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in livestock through a One Health approach, which recognizes the intrinsic link between people, animals, and the environment, and how the health of one is dependent on the others. 

This funding investment aimed to support research projects that utilized genomic-enabled technologies, which offer collaborative, effective and cost-efficient approaches, to provide solutions to One Health challenges and benefit to Alberta producers. 

Selected projects address those priority issues which align with the One Health theme and aim to achieve tangible impacts for Alberta’s agriculture sector and producers. 

Funding for this call was provided by the governments of Canada and Alberta under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. 

Funding Highlights

Registration deadline: CLOSED
Project Envelope Range: $500,000-$2,000,000 (max funding request $600,000 per project)

Objectives

The funding call aimed to support research initiatives leveraging genomic-enabled technology to provide solutions to Alberta producers through a One Health lens. Specifically, the call for proposals targeted: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), African Swine Fever (ASF) and feral pigs, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). 

Parameters / Project Eligibility

Successful Applicants:

Funding -was granted to qualified researchers from or under contract with organizations that directly and/or indirectly participate in the service and development of the Alberta livestock or crop industry, provided that such organizations are in good standing and not in default under any other agreements or programs with RDAR. Successful applicants included but were not limited to: 

a) marketing boards and commissions established under the Marketing of Agriculture Products Act;
b) educational institutions, including universities, colleges, and technical schools;
c) government organizations and agencies (at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels);
d) incorporated not-for-profit agricultural associations representing Alberta’s agriculture producers; and
e) for-profit companies operating in Alberta and contributing to research benefitting Alberta’s crop and livestock producers. 

Project Locations:

Research projects will be conducted either within or outside Alberta. The following are important considerations for research that will be conducted outside of Alberta: 
a) at least one project team member be located in Alberta; 
b) the research work will result in economic benefit to the Alberta crop and livestock industry; and 
c) the benefits gained by Alberta will be equivalent to those which would accrue if the work had been conducted within Alberta. 

Funding Available and Term:

• The project duration will be capped at three (3) years without the possibility of extension. 

Application Process

Applications are now closed.

Documents & Resources

Link to Projects Announcement
Link to RDAR Funded Projects

Funding Contact

Genome Alberta
info@genomealberta.ca