Landscape Ontario’s Growers Sector Group is accepting research proposals (one-two pages with budget) to increase the development, adaptation, assessment, and adoption of on-farm innovative technologies that help agricultural producers respond to changing demands.
Approved projects will undertake research and innovation to:
- Increase awareness and access to credible, Ontario-based information on applicable innovative on-farm technologies in each sector.
- Provide industry-directed funding to agricultural commodity organizations and to individual farmers or groups of farmers for applied research projects and on-farm demonstrations that focus on innovative technologies for on-farm application.
Please note: projects that address Nursery Research Priorities (below) may be given priority but all proposals will be considered for funding support.
Project budgets may range from $5,000 to 40,000 per year (2 year projects maximum).
All projects must be completed by October 1, 2012. Projects that include an on-site nursery demonstration component will be favored (where appropriate).
All projects will require:
- annual report with results and data for each year of research
- final report with results and data within two months of project completion
- actual budget
- cost of implementation at a nursery,
- proposed future direction of research
- one article for Horticulture Review each year of the research
- oral presentation at the L.O. Nursery Growers Short Course for each year of research.
If the project funding request is for less than $5,000, researchers can apply to the L.O. Growers Industry Sector Group Research subcommittee directly and the project will be considered separately.
All proposals should be in electronic format (Microsoft Word) and sent to:
Kathleen Pugliese by 5:00pm Thursday, February 3, 2011.
