Dairy Production Research Funding Program
Funding program for research projects on dairy farm sustainability and animal health, care and welfare.
Next competition in fall 2025.
DFC’s Dairy Production Research Funding Program offers financial support for research projects in the area of dairy farm sustainability and animal health, care and welfare. Projects are peer-reviewed and evaluated by an expert committee comprised of renowned researchers, technical experts and dairy farmers.
The objective of the Dairy Production Research Funding Program is to foster innovation, increase farm efficiency and sustainability, and enhance animal health, care and welfare practices. Research projects submitted under the Program should aim to address issues that have a national perspective.
| MAIN DATES | |
|---|---|
| December 6, 2024 | Letter of Intent Submission Deadline |
| Mid-February 2025 | Decision communicated to Principal Investigators |
| April 14, 2025 | Full Proposal Submission Deadline (by invitation only) |
| July 2025 | Decision communicated to Principal Investigators |
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INDIRECT COSTS POLICY
Dairy Farmers of Canada will not pay the research institutions, principal investigators and/or co-investigators for any indirect costs for projects funded in this research funding program. Please refer to the guidelines above.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COMMERCIAL USE POLICY
Research institutions and/or investigators shall grant Dairy Farmers of Canada and other involved partners in a research project a license to use the project results for internal, non-commercial, and research purposes, along with a first option to negotiate an exclusive commercial license to commercially exploit the project results, as well as a right of first refusal to match any third-party offer for their commercialization of the project results.
If the Dairy Farmers of Canada and partners are not involved in the commercialization of the project results, Dairy Farmers of Canada and partners shall be entitled to a royalty based on the net profits generated by the research institutions from these research results. The percentage of this royalty would be determined prior to commercialization, through good faith negotiations based on commercially reasonable terms.
