Tier 1 Projects

Low-Energy Upwelling Technology: Enhancing Climate Resilience in Net Pen Aquaculture

Lead Applicant: Wael Ahmed

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: NA

Assessing ideal storage temperatures for new chipping varieties

Lead Applicant: Katerina Jordan

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protections

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

Evaluating an innovative honeybee queen banking system to reduce beekeepers' reliance on imported queens, address increasing honeybee overwintering losses, and shape a more sustainable beekeeping industry in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Nigel Raine

Research Priority: Innovative Products and Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: NA

Building an Application Programming Interface to make data collected on livestock farms available for analysis and decision making related to competitiveness and sustainability

Lead Applicant: John Cant

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: Ontario Dairy Research Centre

Combining cover crops and enhanced efficiency fertilizers to minimize nitrogen losses from annual crops

Lead Applicant: Claudia Wagner-Riddle

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

Artificial Intelligence-Driven Robotic Systems for Scouting and Integrated Pest Management in Soybean Farming: Enhancing Crop Yield and Sustainability through Machine Learning and Precision Agriculture

Lead Applicant: Gurjit Randhawa

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

Nutritional strategies for supporting egg production persistency and livability in laying hens

Lead Applicant: Elijah Kiarie

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: Ontario Poultry Research Centre - Arkell

Advanced Phenomics and Genomics for Enhanced Anthracnose Resistance in Ontario Dry Beans

Lead Applicant: Mohsen Yoosefzadeh Najafabadi

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora, Woodstock

Farm-level trends in the quantity and duration of antimicrobial use and associations with health status, reasons for use, and farm demographics in grower-finisher pigs, 2009-2024.

Lead Applicant: Anne Deckert

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: NA

Efficacy of novel nano-acaricide formulations and treatment frequency for the control of the mite Varroa destructor in honey bee colonies

Lead Applicant: Ernesto Gusman

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: NA