Research grants up to $150,000 available for 2024

26 April 2023

The Council of Grain Grower Organisations Limited (COGGO) is offering grants of up to $150,000 for innovative grains research and development projects commencing in 2024.

COGGO will consider projects that target any part of the Western Australian grain supply chain that return benefits to WA grain growers.

Mr Rhys Turton, COGGO Chairman, said the catalytic COGGO research grants provide a significant boost to grains R&D projects in WA.

“Our State has one of the strongest R&D infrastructures in the country, supporting the growth and stability of our lucrative export grain markets,” said Mr Turton.

“The COGGO Research Fund provides additional opportunities for kickstarting research projects to support the ongoing profitability and sustainability of the WA grains industry.”

Funding for projects ranges from $20,000 to $75,000 per annum over a project life of one or two years, to a maximum of $150,000 per project.

In January this year, COGGO announced four projects that successfully received funding through the grant process for commencement in 2023. These were:

• Roberto Busi, Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative: “Paraquat ain’t paraquat: improving the use of paraquat for cost-effective glyphosate and paraquat resistance management on-farm”
• Svetlana Micic, DPIRD: “Investigating systems for control of Desiantha weevil in relation to resistance and biology in WA”
• Nick Eyres, Yuna Farm Improvement Group: “Managing soil nitrogen, moisture and plant production interactions for increased grain production potential under climatically variable conditions.”
• Michael Lamond, SLR Agriculture: “The impact SHO Safflower on the profitability of the rotation with single and double break scenarios in the low rainfall regions of WA”

Expression of Interest (EOI) application forms for prospective 2024 projects are available at giwa.org.au/industry-projects/coggo or by phoning (08) 6262 2128.

The closing date for initial EOI applications is Friday 7 July. Accepted EOIs will be invited to submit a full Project proposal for projects ready to commence in 2024.

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