Projects not using a Research Centre

Lead Applicant: Erica Pensini

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Gathering information about the type, size, location and use of grain crop dryers in Ontario and measuring their noise and particulate emissions.

Lead Applicant: Laura Van Eerd

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Gathering cover crop research evidence to identify solutions to accelerate their adoption in Ontario cropping systems.

Lead Applicant: Bill Van Heyst

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Evaluating odours produced during cannabis production and assessing odour control technologies.

Lead Applicant: Claudia Wagner-Riddle

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Improving sustainability indicators of Ontario's agri-food system by adding environmental and social components to the traditional economic focused evaluation.

Lead Applicant: Melanie Kalischuk

Research Priority: Trade, Market & Targeted Sector Growth Opportunities

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Monitoring performance indictors and forest ecological variables to determine the potential to re-introduce ginseng into Ontario forests.

Lead Applicant: Spencer Henson

Research Priority: Trade, Market & Targeted Sector Growth Opportunities

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Assessing the current state of Ontario's cannabis sector and providing a baseline, against which the future evolution of the sector can be assessed.

Lead Applicant: Erica Pensini

Research Priority: Water Quality & Quantity

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Developing inexpensive bio-based materials to remove zinc from Ontario water collection ponds to reach concentrations below regulatory limits.

Lead Applicant: Bonnie Mallard

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Developing a colostrum product from High Immune Response (HIR™)/Immunity+ cows to support calf health.

Lead Applicant: Thomas Gadegaard Koch

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Developing ready-to-use stem cell therapy for the health and welfare of horses.

Lead Applicant: Thomas Graham

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Conducting a market evaluation for a new agriculture water treatment technology