Food Safety Research Program

Overview

The Ontario Government has long recognized the importance of food safety research as a tool to better characterize the risk presented by food contamination, to reduce risk through new detection instruments and methods, and to support the development of effective regulations and policies. For this reason, the Ontario Food Safety Research Program (FSRP) was launched (more information)

Call for Letters of Intent 2011-12 - Now Closed

The Call for letters of Intent is now closed. Only applicants who are successful at the letter of intent stage will be invited to submit a full proposal.

Find out about the application process, who may apply and the type of research priorities normally addressed by the program. Then bookmark this url for future calls (next one will likely be in Spring 2012).

Program Timelines

Date	Item
July 2011	Notification of the status of Letter of Intent
September 29, 2011	Invited full proposals received by OMAFRA
January 2012	Notification about the status of Full Proposal
Spring 2012	Next Call for letters of intent expected

Research Management System (RMS)

Welcome to the Research Management System (RMS), our new e-grant system for managing our research programs.

Although the 2011-12 Call for the Food Safety Research Program Call is now closed, researchers can still register and create a profile if they are interested in other OMAFRA research funding programs. We are expecting to issue a call for the New Directions Researcher Program in July 2011.

• Find out more about the RMS and how to apply

The Food Safety Research Forums

2011 Forum now Scheduled

The 9th annual Food Safety Research Forum will be held on May 5, 2011 at the BEST WESTERN Royal Brock Hotel and Conference Centre at 716 Gordon Street Guelph. The preliminary agenda is coming soon.

Call for Posters

Are you a researcher in Food Safety - Would you like to present your research at the 2011 Forum? The deadline for submission is March 30, 2011.

There are prizes for the best poster submission from a student.

For more information, contact Kelley Knight (519-826-3355).

2010

The 8th annual Food Safety Research Forum was held on May 6, 2010 at the Delta Guelph Hotel on 1 Stone Road West. The event was attended by over 150 people from 42 institutions. The Forum comprised 15 presentations and 11 poster exhibits.

Transcript | Mobile

Student Poster Competition Results

The Ministry successfully held a student poster competition at the 2010 Food Safety Research Forum. Ten student posters competed for the following prizes:

• 1st - $250;
• 2nd - 150
• 3rd - $100.
• Learn about the winners

To get a copy of the presentations, or learn more about the posters, please contact Kelley Knight at 519-826-3355.

2009

• 2009 Food Safety Research Forum report
• For copies of the presentations (in English only), please contact Kelley Knight or visit the Food Safety Network.

Food Safety Research Project Summaries

Projects are listed by the year in which they were funded.

• 2010 - New in July 2011
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001

Compendia

• Compendia of Research Projects (2000-2006)
• For copies of the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 compendia (English-only), please contact Kelley Knight.