US Pork Center of Excellence Proposal Request

The Pork Information Gateway (www.PorkGateway.org) is a free, web-based library, featuring fact sheets, “how-to” guides, videos and other resources related to pigs and pork production. The information is split into 8 categories covering a wide variety of pork industry topics. The Pork Information Gateway is managed by the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence, a non-profit organization. The U.S. Pork Center of Excellence is a partnership of the National Pork Board, National Pork Producers Council, State Pork Associations, Land Grant Universities, and allied industry. 

The U.S. Pork Center of Excellence is seeking proposals that will identify up to three graduate/postdoctoral students to serve as year-long editors and content creators for specific categories on the Pork Information Gateway, with the expectation that the faculty mentor/supervisor will oversee student work before final submission to the Pork Information Gateway. Each $20,000 stipend is to be used by a faculty mentor/supervisor to help support a graduate student or post-doctoral student. The funds are renewable for an additional year upon satisfactory progress. Funds will be distributed in 3 equal installments: 

• Following attendance at P.I.G. Content Creator Fellowship Training Session in Des Moines (August/September) 
• Completion of satisfactory, Mid-Year Report (January) 
• Submission of satisfactory 9 Month, Final Report (May) 

The stipend will follow the academic fiscal year of July 1 to June 30. 

The U.S. Pork Center of Excellence encourages identifying matching funds to reach full funding.

Submitted proposals must bring fundamental knowledge and application to maintain and improve the Pork Information Gateway through serving as a temporary editor to several categories as well as authoring new fact sheets and “how-to” guides. Student and faculty must identify up to 5 categories compatible with faculty/student knowledge and interest. The Pork Information Gateway Proposal Selection Committee will make final determination on which category(s) will be selected for the student. 

For more information, including proposal submission, click here. Proposal submissions are due May 15th.