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INNOVATION PROGRAM
2012 ROUND OF FUNDING – NOW OPEN
Gardiner Foundation invites applications for funding in its Innovation Program.
Closing date for mandatory Expressions of
Interest:Wednesday 29 February 2012, 5pm
Closing date: Friday 23 March 2012, 5pm
This Program creates a portfolio of projects based around one or more of the following activities:
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Design and adoption of new science, technology, products or services and production or processing techniques;
- Adaptation of dairy production or processing technologies developed overseas for use in the Victorian dairy industry;
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Innovative redesign of existing production/processing technologies to improve efficiencies and productivity across the dairy value chain.
The Innovation portfolio focuses on investing in science that underpins the development of technologies for the dairy industry. Ongoing innovation is critical to the future prosperity of the industry. The Foundation’s drivers for investment include building best practice innovation, linking science with end users, utilizing global networks to avoid duplication and collaborating to leverage existing work or maximize the impact of limited funding.
Applicants for funding need to build a business case around innovation that will impact at farm, factory, consumer or community level. The Foundation actively encourages projects that demonstrate best practice innovation processes.
In 2012, applicants may apply for Innovation funding of up to $750,000, with larger scale projects expected to have a duration of 2-3 years.
Links to resource materials which may help in shaping applications:
… Dairy Situation and Outlook (Dairy Australia)
… Dairy Moving Forward (current status section)
… Improvement of the Reproductive Performance
of Victorian Dairy Herds
(Rob Woolaston & Richard Shephard for the Gardiner Foundation)
… Review and recommendations on mastitis issues in the Victorian
dairy industry
(A review by Graeme A Mein for the Gardiner Foundation)
... 2012 Program Funding Guidelines
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Instructions for applicants
... to apply
Enquiries to:
Program Managers Innovation who will assist in developing applications.
Karensa Delany
Phone: (03) 9606 1912
Email:
karensa.delany@gardinerfoundation.com.au
Aaron Gosling
Phone: (03) 9606 1918
Email:
aaron.gosling@gardinerfoundation.com.au