AWF re-opens research fund
The Animal Welfare Foundation has carried out a review of its grants process and has chosen to re-open its Norman Hayward Fund grants programme for research into the diseases and welfare of sheep, cattle and horses.
The Fund has awarded more than £1 million to research over the last six years to projects in the UK. A four-year study into Contagious Ovine Digital Dermatitis in Sheep led by a team at the University of Liverpool is the most recent project funded by the scheme. The research has the potential to greatly improve sheep welfare and the Fund hopes it will attract this kind of project in the future.
The Norman Hayward Fund was closed to applications for a year while the review looked at making the grants process more transparent and easier for applicants to understand.
Applications are now welcome from academic and practice-based researchers who can demonstrate that their proposal will have a practical impact on the welfare of sheep, cattle or horses.
For further information and to apply click here.
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