Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) has launched Phase II of the Food Fund. The Food Fund is an incentive programme administered by AVA. Through the Food Fund, AVA aims to enhance Singapore's food supply resilience in chicken, pork, fish, eggs, leafy vegetables and rice. At the same time, the Food Fund can help to strengthen our strategies in local farming and food diversification to ensure a resilient supply of food for Singapore.
The Food Fund is used to support Research & Development (R&D), Farm Capability Upgrading and Food Diversification.
Kindly note that NUS/NUHS Staff is only eligible to apply for the Research & Development (R&D) - Challenge Call & the Research & Development (R&D) - Open Call.
R&D (Challenge Call)
The call for proposals in R&D projects in the following areas:
(i) Poultry
To develop a cost effective technology to manage poultry waste and produce good quality and disease-free composts for vegetable farming and/or biogas production.
(ii) Fish
To achieve consistent fry production for commonly farmed species. The species identified are common and affordable food fish species such as trevally, pompano, tilapias, snappers & mullet. The proposed hatchery system must demonstrate production capability of at least 4 million fry per hectare per annum.
R&D (Open Call)
In this category, AVA will accept R&D proposals in areas beyond the Challenge Call focus areas.
Objective of this category is to support R&D or pilot trials in food farming technology with direct practical industry application, so as to maximize local farm productivity to ensure food supply resilience.
Please visit AVA's Website for more details and application guidelines.
Funding Information
| Capped Amount |
Maximum Duration |
|
$2mil |
3 years |
AVA will co-fund 70% of the qualifying costs of the project subject to a cap of $2 million, whichever is lower.
For the other 30% of the co-funding, PIs are encouraged to look for other industry partners to collaborate on the project.
The funding provided by AVA is inclusive of GST.
PIs are also encouraged to include these costs in their budgeting:
- Research Administrative Support cost and
- Core support and facilities usage
These costs should add up to an equivalent of 20% of the total direct cost, to cover for costs incurred in supporting the resources.
The same would apply to the funding provided by the industry collaborators.
Qualifying costs include:
a) Manpower-related costs:
- Salary of researchers/project members (includes CPF but excludes bonuses)
- Training costs
b) Equipment & Materials
- Equipment
- Consumables/Materials
- Software
c) Professional Services
- Consultancy
- Subcontracting
d) Intellectual Property Rights
- Registration
- Technology Acquisition
Application Criteria
1. All applications must be submitted by a lead organisation, with endorsement from a participating sponsor, if available.
2. Projects should use Singapore as a base to own, manage and exploit all intellectual property rights developed.
Application Procedures
A. The Research & Development (R&D) - Challenge Call
Please submit the required documents to NUHS Research Office by Monday, 24 October 2011.
B. The Research & Development (R&D) - Open Call
There is no closing date for this call. PIs may submit the required documents to NUHS Research Office anytime.
*Please do not staple the hardcopy forms. Kindly use paperclips/ binder clips to bind them together instead
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