ASVO Innovation Award
Amount
Up to $5,000
Purpose
To encourage the development, promotion or awareness of innovations in grape production or processing of grape products.
Scope, Categories
The ASVO Innovation Award may be used to offset expenses, including travel, associated with any of the following activities:
- Investigation into an industry-related problem;
- Scientific evaluation of a research hypothesis;
- A feasibility study for a new scientific or technological development;
- The promotion or further development of an innovation with demonstrated benefit to the industry.
Eligibility
Any current financial member of the Society.
Selection Criteria
- Relevance to the Society's objectives;
- Innovation;
- Potential benefit(s) for the Australian grape and wine industries;
- Support of other Society members;
- Prospects of successfully achieving project objectives;
- Ineligibility for funding from other sources;
- Potential to disseminate results of the study to the grape and wine industries and the intent of the applicant to do so, and
- Preference will be given to an innovation that is already of benefit to the industry or is sufficiently developed that the benefits to the industry can be clearly seen.
Conditions
- Only one award is to be made yearly. However, an award will not be made if, in the Selection Committee's assessment, applications received do not adequately meet published criteria.
- The successful Awardee must agree in writing to comply with the requirements of the Society relating to completion of the project and dissemination of results. This would generally include the preparation and publication of a final written report plus the opportunity of a verbal presentation at an appropriate seminar. Progress reports may also be required for some projects.
- The Award project is expected to be completed in the same financial year as the Award is accepted.
Guidelines for Applicants
Applications for an Award should be sufficiently detailed, and clearly written, to allow a selection Committee to fully understand the scope, relevance and methodology of the proposed study. The submission should also indicate the capacity and experience of the applicant, in order that prospects of success may be assessed.
Applicants are strongly advised to address the following key areas in preparing submissions:
- Objectives of study;
- Significance of study to industry;
- Methodology and justification;
- Proposed methods of dissemination;
- Budget;
- Other related studies/other background information;
- Curriculum Vitae/personal experience.
Supporting documentation should also be included with applications:
- Employer support;
- Relevant correspondence, e.g. from potential collaborators;
- Three (3) references from Society members which express support for the project and the applicant.
Closing Date for 2003
May 2003
To: Administration Manager, ASVO, PO Box 197, Glen Osmond, SA 5064
Telephone: (08) 8303 6607
Fax: (08) 8303 6803
E-mail: admin@asvo.com.au
Past Recipients
2000 - Richard Gawel
Richard's project submission was aimed at developing an internet-based information and knowledge warehouse, practical toolkit, and discussion system for wine production professionals. His system, call The E-KnowledgeistTM, with the domain name www.the-winemaker.com, allows winemakers and viticulturists to instantly access relevant world-wide research and technical information, and will provide a medium for them to discuss their methods, philosophies and problems with others. The E-KnowledgeistTM will also contain a suite of calculation and analysis tools relevant to the professional needs of winemakers and viticulturists.
Richard can be contacted on Tele: 61 8 8357 9083, Fax: 61 8 8172 1480,
Email: rworthy@senet.com.au
1998 - Sue Weeks
The recipient developed a new product, The Doovle. This new packaging product was aimed at revolutionising the shipping of small quantities of wine by:
- retaining the protecting the integrity of the product;
- being suitable for a wide range of bottle sizes and shapes;
- being returnable, re-cyclable, and re-useable;
- taking up minimal storage space prior to use, and
- less space than the current options when in use.
Sue is continuing to develop a production line to produce The Doovle and can be contacted on Tele/Fax: 61 8 8358 1676 or Email: sue@bibber.com.au
1996 - Peter Murphy
(Victorian and Murray Valley Wine Industry Association)
The objectives of this study were to develop a device to handle rootstock cuttings:
- increase the accuracy of cutting number per bundle;
- reduce the cost of processing large quantities of rootstock cuttings;
- Enable increasingly larger numbers of rootstock cuttings to be processed within the same limited time frame; and,
- Reduce congestion within the processing area by reducing staff numbers.
Each unit operates independently, signalling an alarm at the nominated number of cuttings, e.g. 100. It is then reset to begin the counting process again for the next bundle. The totals of individual units are posted to a master unit to record the progressive total. Art the end of the batch or day, the grand total from the master unit can be used as a cross-reference to the stock record.