More than 180 research projects have been funded since the AAI was established in 1996. Projects funded for 2008-09 are:

 

• Establishing a USDA Process Verification Program: Capitalizing on Michigan’s Leadership in Individual Animal Identification—Dan Buskirk.
   
• Utilizing Wetlands for the Diversion, Retention and Natural Treatment of Tile-Line Effluent from Manured Cropland—Tim Harrigan.
   
• Impact of the Variation in Egg Numbers on Fertility in Dairy Cattle—James Ireland.
   
• Turkey Femur Integrity: A Structural and Functional Analysis—Darrin Karcher.
   
• Developing an Integrated Animal Manure Operation to Produce a High-Quality and Large Quantity Lignocellulosic Feedstock for Bio-Ethanol Refinery—Wei Liao.
   
• The Scoop Newsletter on Animal Agriculture and the Environment—Wendy Powers.
   
• Boron Treatment of Stored Swine Manure Slurry to Reduce Hydrogen Sulfide and Conserve Ammonia Nitrogen and Sulfur on a Commercial Swine Farm—Mel Yokoyama.

To search previously funded proposals, visit the AAI database search page.

Download the 2010 - 2011 AAI Pre-Proposal Guidelines here.  The AAI pre-proposals for the 2010 - 2011 funding year are due by noon, Oct. 9, 2009.