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2026/27 APL Calls for Industry Priority Projects

APL is now inviting Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for research projects aligned with these industry strategic priorities. These priorities will help guide future research investment across the Australian pork industry, with a continued focus on growing fresh pork demand, diversifying markets and revenue, driving sustainable productivity and advancing industry integrity.

  • Environment and Emissions
    Expected outcomes: Delivering practical and meaningful outcomes that improve overall industry sustainability including emissions reduction and odour, and progressing nutrient and water management from effluent.
    Changing the paradigm in environmental/effluent research from a cost of production/compliance issue to an opportunity for industry growth and improved productivity.

  • Feeding and Nutrition
    Expected outcomes: Nutritional strategies and interventions that reduce herd feed conversion and contain feeds costs in the face of increasing competition for traditional raw materials.

  • Human Capacity and Society
    Expected outcomes: Building and retaining a resilient, diverse and skilled rural and regional workforce.

  • Data and Information
    Expected outcome: Exploiting the benefits of artificial intelligence for more efficient and profitable pig production, processing, and data and information analyses.

  • Pig Genetics
    Expected outcomes: Enhancing the rate of genetic improvement in the Australian pork industry while maintaining current or better health status.

  • Pig Care and Wellbeing
    Expected outcomes: Providing novel tools or approaches to support continuous improvement and assessment of pig care and wellbeing and demonstrate the positive welfare credentials of Australian pork.

  • Pig Health and Antimicrobial Stewardship
    Expected outcomes: Delivering novel technologies and approaches to mitigate risks and production impacts of infectious diseases, enhance emergency animal disease (EAD) preparedness, and further reduce antibiotic use.

  • Pig Processing and Meat Quality
    Expected outcomes: Ensuring a sustainable processing sector and increasing the share of domestic fresh meat consumption and export market value.

  • Retail
    Expected outcome: Achieving a greater share of meat consumption.


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Australian Pork Industry Education and Training Committee Applications

Australian Pork Limited (APL) and the Australasian Pork Research Institute Limited (APRIL) have united to form a joint Australian Pork Industry Education and Training Committee (APIETC). APIETC provides oversight, direction and approvals on scholarships and awards relating to APL and APRIL tertiary (and post-tertiary) education and training activities.

APIETC is calling for applications in a number of different scholarships and awards, for commencement in 2026. 

 

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Australian Pork Limited – Funding Guidelines

Cost Included Considerations
Salaries Salaries and wages for personnel directly working on the research project.
  • Key personnel time to be justified and auditable
  • No profit margin embedded within salary costs
  • Salary reflects actual project involvement and is appropriately apportioned where personnel across multiple projects
  • Avoid excessive senior executive costs through apportioning activity appropriately across technical staff, research assistants, data analysts and project managers – include detail (e.g. 0.2 FTE Senior Researcher, etc.)
  • In-Kind contributions
Operating Operating costs associated with conduct of research project – consumables, field trial expenses, animals, analytical testing, etc.
  • Value for money to industry
  • Operational efficiencies
  • Costs are directly attributable to the project
  • In-Kind contributions
Overheads % costs on case-by-case basis may be included
  • Transparency of inclusions and calculation methodology
  • Proportionate to overall project cost
  • Relative to project value
  • No duplication of costs budgeted within Salaries/Operating/Capital
Travel Travel necessary for conduct of project
  • Most efficient and cost-effective travel options
  • Need and value to project
Capital Considered on a case-by-case basis
  • Necessity of equipment to project
  • Ongoing industry benefit of equipment
  • Proportionate funding relevant to ongoing use
  • Shared costs arrangements

Assessment Principle: All proposed project costs will be assessed for necessity, reasonableness, value for money, alignment with project objectives, expected benefit to industry, and the appropriate stewardship of industry levy funds and Commonwealth contributions. Applicants may be required to demonstrate a cost calculation or justify how each cost contributes to achieving measurable project outcomes.

Funding decisions are made on a case-by-case basis. The inclusion of a cost category does not guarantee funding. Applicants may be requested to provide further justification or supporting information to demonstrate value for money, necessity, reasonableness and benefit to industry.