ARF Pre-proposal Application
ARF Pre-proposal Application supports researchers conducting hypothesis-driven studies in alpaca health, husbandry, genetics, and fiber to provide new information benefiting the North American alpaca industry.
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Funder: Alpaca Research Foundation
Due Dates: April 1, 2027 (Pre-proposal) | September 1, 2027 (Invited full proposal)
Funding Amounts: Projects lasting one to three years
Summary: Supports hypothesis-driven research benefiting the North American alpaca industry, primarily in health, husbandry, genetics, and fiber.
Key Information: Applicants ordinarily must hold a DVM, PhD, or equivalent and be full-time faculty or research-organization employees.
Description
The Alpaca Research Foundation (ARF) supports peer-reviewed scientific research benefiting the North American alpaca industry, primarily in alpaca health, husbandry, genetics, and fiber. Its pre-proposal application is the initial stage of an annual research-proposal program. Successful applicants are invited to submit a full proposal.
Proposed studies should be hypothesis-driven, with defined objectives and preliminary work supporting feasibility. Applicants must explain the study’s importance, relevance to ARF’s interests, and contribution of new information. The pre-proposal also addresses expected results and their interpretation, methods grounded in relevant literature, statistical analysis, animal numbers, and available equipment and space. Clinical studies must demonstrate access to sufficient case material; multicenter investigations may be necessary.
