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The Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Functional Grains (The Functional Grains ITTC) will transform the Australian Grains Industry from a commodity-based industry into a highly efficient industry producing high quality food and feed products that exceed market expectations.

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The Centre is supported by the Australian Government, through a $2.15 million ARC grant. The Centre is also supported by industry partners:

The Functional Grains ITTC is an initiative of the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation.

Funded by the Australian Research Council

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Meet David Falepau

David Falepau

David has over 30 years private and public sector experience in meat and livestock value chains including a PhD in Meat Science and various roles managing Meat & Livestock Australia’s beef and goat on and off farm R&D portfolios. Prof. Falepau will supervise students working in the feed grain area.

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Our cookbook

Cover of Grains cookbook

We hope that with this cookbook, we can identify international consumer preferences, play a key role in helping to improve future grain storage, enhance human health with the recipes and drinks, improve food end-product quality, identify novel bioactive compounds, train the next generation of food scientists, and build long term collaborative food innovation systems.

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Research

Research

The Functional Grains research strengths include, rice, pulses and canola.

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Our Partners

Our Partners

The Functional Grains ITTC is supported by industry partners.

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Scholarships

Scholarships

The Functional Grains Centre is looking to attract strong candidates.

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