Research Grant Program | Egg Farmers of Canada

Project information
Project title*
Please identify which Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC) research priority this project aligns with:*
- Environment and sustainability
- End of flock management
- Innovative uses of eggs
- Animal care science
- Food safety
- Human nutrition and health
- Bird nutrition and health
- Public policy and economics
- Research gaps identified by the Code of Practice

Principal investigator
Name*
Salutation*
Position*
Institution or organization*
Mailing address*
Street Address City Province Postal Code
Telephone*
Email*
List principal investigator’s relevant experience as it relates to this study*

Collaborator(s)
Are there other collaborator(s)?*
- Yes
- No
Please list all names, titles, organization or university and role of collaborator(s)*
List collaborator's expertise as it relates to this research area*
Primary contact
(If different from principal investigator)
Name
Telephone
Email

Project details
Start date**
DD slash MM slash YYYY
End date*
DD slash MM slash YYYY
*All applicants are notified of EFC’s funding decision in August of each year. Please consider other funding application timelines (e.g. NSERC) when determining project start date. ** Please be as accurate as possible. The start date of the project is considered when making the funding decision.
Project summary*
List of keywords*
Project's main and specific objective(s)*
Hypotheses*
Methodology*
Significance of this project to your organization*
Significance of this project to the egg industry*
Plans for knowledge and technology transfer*

Budget
Egg Farmers of Canada does not offer funding to cover overhead or indirect costs associated with a research project. Our focus is to maximize the resources directly associated to and available for the research project.
Is this project a continuation of research previously-funded by EFC? If yes, please indicate which project.*
- Yes
- No
Name of project*
Was the follow-up study a request by the EFC Research Committee? If yes, explain how this study meets the Committee’s request.*
- Yes
- No
Explain how this study meets the Committee’s request*
Are you aware of any overlap with EFC previously funded research? If yes, please explain how is your proposal novel and unique.*
- Yes
- No
Please review EFC Research Summary issues available here.
Please explain how is your proposal novel and unique*
Total funding request from EFC*
Please enter a number from 1 to 99999999.
Does your funding request include any overhead?*
- Yes
- No
Do you have other sources of funding?*
- Yes
- No
If yes, please list other sources of funding, indicate if the funding is being provided in cash or in kind, and if the funding has been confirmed or is pending. Other sources of funding are considered an asset.*
Source of funding In-kind (equivalent cash amount) Cash ($ CAD) To be applied for, confirmed or response pending?

Describe any product that might result from the project (if applicable).
Who is expected to have ownership of the intellectual property rights in the research created as part of the project?*
Have any rights of first refusal relating to the output of the research, including the potential commercialization of such research or the ability to register intellectual property rights (such as patents), been granted or are intended to be granted to third parties? If so, over what part of the project?*
If funded, all researchers and institutions are expected to negotiate with EFC the right of first refusal with respect to the intellectual property arising from the project, in priority to other parties, including the right to commercialize the research and/or obtain the ability to register intellectual property rights (such as patents) or obtain a licence with respect to such intellectual property rights, on the terms set out in Attachment A. Please indicate if the researcher or institution foresees any obstacles agreeing to Attachment A.*
Attachment A – Intellectual Property Ownership and Right of First Refusal
1. Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights; Representations and Grant of License
  1. Any Background Intellectual Property owned by EFC, Research Institution or Researcher remains the exclusive property of such Party.
  2. Research Institution covenants, represents and warrants that: (i) Research Institution has secured or will secure the rights, or has the right to use, all of the Background Intellectual Property required to carry out the Project and grant the rights set out in this Agreement; (ii) any Foreground Intellectual Property resulting from the Project will be owned by Research Institution, except as otherwise disclosed to EFC prior to the Effective Date; and (iii) Research Institution has or will secure all consents and waivers of moral rights from third parties, including the Researcher, to grant the licenses and rights set out in this Agreement;
  3. Research Institution covenants, represents and warrants that: (i) the objectives of the Project and the Project will not be materially modified without the approval of EFC; and (ii) the EFC funding will only be used for the purposes of the Project.
  4. Research Institution hereby grants EFC a perpetual, non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license to translate, reproduce or publish, but not to modify, the whole or part of any report or other documents submitted by Research Institution or the Researcher under this Agreement, and to include such material in any report or other document relating to the Project that may be prepared, reproduced or published by or for EFC, but may not charge any fees in connection with any such translation, reproduction or publication.
2. Commercialization of Foreground Intellectual Property and Right of First Refusal
  1. Before any licensing or other form of commercial exploitation of the Foreground Intellectual Property is made by Research Institution or Researcher, Research Institution must provide EFC, in writing, on an ongoing basis during the course of the Project and upon completion of the Project, information as to the scope of the Foreground Intellectual Property.
  2. Research Institution will provide EFC written notice of any application of Foreground Intellectual Property that, in Research Institution’s reasonable opinion, is commercially viable (each, a “Notice of Application”) during the Term and continuing after the termination or expiry of the Agreement (the “ROFR Period”).
  3. Research Institution hereby grants to EFC or, if designated as the negotiating entity by EFC, ALT, a right of first refusal in the Foreground Intellectual Property during the ROFR Period as follows:
    1. EFC or ALT will have a first right to negotiate with Research Institution and the Researcher, for a period of 120 days (or such other period agreed upon by the Parties) after the date that EFC receives a Notice of Application (the “Negotiation Period”), for an exclusive or non-exclusive license to enable EFC or ALT to commercially exploit the Project Intellectual Property and, if applicable, grant a sub-licence to an EFC or ALT sub-licensee;
    2. EFC or ALT and Research Institution will negotiate in good faith the provisions of such license agreement or an IP transfer agreement during the Negotiation Period;
    3. if EFC or ALT and Research Institution fail to agree on the terms of a license agreement or IP transfer agreement, Research Institution may commercialize the Foreground Project Intellectual Property itself or grant a license of or transfer the Foreground Project Intellectual Property to a third party to commercialize the Foreground Project Intellectual Property, without having to account further to EFC or ALT, as applicable, but only if, where the Foreground Project Intellectual Property is licensed or assigned to a third party, the terms offered to the third party when considered as a whole in the circumstances of the offer, are not materially more advantageous to the third party than the terms offered to EFC or ALT, as applicable.
  4. EFC may, with the consent of Research Institution (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), assign the rights in this Section, including the right of first refusal, to one or more of EFC’s members or partners or any other third parties for purposes of the commercial exploitation of the Foreground Intellectual Property.
  5. EFC acknowledges that Research Institution may have a mandate to disseminate knowledge and make new knowledge available for research and teaching purposes. On the other hand, EFC has a legitimate interest in publications funded by it in whole or in part.
  6. Research Institution will provide EFC notice of any proposed publication related to the Project at least 30 days before submission to publication or disclosure. EFC may object to the publication (such as on the grounds that the publication must be amended to delete Confidential Information of EFC). EFC may also require Research Institution to delay publication or disclosure in order to ensure that any patent or other IP application for the applicable Foreground Intellectual Property in which EFC or ALT has an interest is not prejudiced. Research Institution will, in any event, retain the right to have academic theses and other academic material reviewed and defended in accordance with its stablished procedures.

Source of funding	In-kind (equivalent cash amount)	Cash ($ CAD)	To be applied for, confirmed or response pending?

Project information

Principal investigator

Collaborator(s)

Primary contact

Project details

Budget

Attachment A – Intellectual Property Ownership and Right of First Refusal