C-FAR Connection - Summer 2006

              IN this ISSUE
Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research
Connection
Vol. 8, No. 2, Summer 2006
C FAR
This spring, the Governor and Illinois
General Assembly approved an FY07
State of Illinois budget that includes
a $4.5 million appropriation for food
and agricultural research via C-FAR.
This represents a $1 million increase
from the FY06 appropriation.
“Our thanks are duly directed to
Governor Blagojevich and to the
leaders and all members of the
General Assembly,” said Alan Puzey,
C-FAR chairman. “We are also
extremely appreciative to our
members for effectively raising the
importance of this appropriation to
the attention of our state leaders.”
As ongoing research and other
program commitments will be
supported in FY07, the appropriation
increase will allow meaningful new
research to be initiated.
EXTERNAL COMPETITIVE
GRANTS PROGRAM
The External Competitive Grants
Program is funded at 15% of the
overall appropriation (per the
legislation). The following research
initiatives were identified by the
C-FAR working groups as
priority projects and are being
funded through this fiscal year’s
program.
High-Quality Protein Diets
Decrease Insulin Resistance and
Breast Cancer
Principal investigator:
Donald Layman, UIUC
This project examines the potential
for diets with increased high-quality
proteins and reduced
carbohydrates to improve insulin
sensitivity, reduce inf lammation,
and reduce breast cancer incidence.
Researchers will use a new animal
model of insulin resistance to
evaluate the impact of chronic
inf lammation on breast tumor
formation in rats.
FY07 C-FAR Appropriation Enables New Research
The C-FAR Appropriation: Its Importance?........................ 2
New Markets Investigated for Ethanol Byproduct............ 4
Alternative Vegetable Crops Research.............................. 5
Water Quality SRI Update................................................... 6
Websites to Watch.............................................................. 7
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C-FAR Researc h programs