2024/25 Research Projects

Research projects are awarded through a competitive review process to ensure academic rigour and value for money. Projects approved in the 2024/25 funding call will be added as administrative processes are completed.

Development and testing of a robust and adaptable vaccine platform against highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses

Lead Applicant: Shayan Sharif

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Does dietary guanidinoacetic acid and rumen protected methionine supplementation improve performance, carcass yield, and meat quality traits of beef finishing steers?

Lead Applicant: Marcio Duarte

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Beef Research Centre - Elora

Pseudocereals: Sustainable alternatives to cereals for Ontario and Canada

Lead Applicant: Iris Joye

Research Priority: Trade, Market & Targeted Sector Growth Opportunities

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

New technologies to optimize fertilizer and update best management practices for vegetables

Lead Applicant: Mary Ruth McDonald

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontairo Crops Research Centre - Bradford

Low-cost bio-graphene made from agriculture residues for electric batteries

Lead Applicant: Manjusri Misra

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Microplastic-free green composites as single-use plastic alternatives

Lead Applicant: Amar Mohanty

Research Priority: Trade, Market & Targeted Sector Growth Opportunities

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Enhancing the resilience of the pork industry: A genome wide screen for key cellular factors in African swine fever virus entry and their potential applications

Lead Applicant: Ray Lu

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Critical micronutrient tissue test levels, and filling the N-gap in Ontario soybean

Lead Applicant: Hugh Earl

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Research Summary: "Available diagnostic tools for micronutrient deficiencies in soybean are currently inadequate. Using a newly developed method involving soilless culture systems in the field, we will:

Phenotyping SoyMAGIC population to uncover genetic control of drought tolerance

Lead Applicant: Hugh Earl

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Using wearable sensors and molecular markers for health risk assessment and targeted preventive practices in transition cow management

Lead Applicant: Eduardo De Souza Ribeiro

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA