25 Pre-Proposals and 3 Start-up Proposals Advance to Full Proposal Development
The Generation Challenge Programme announced last week the 25 pre-proposals and 3 start-up proposals that will move on to full proposal development. These were selected from the 78 eligible proposals that were submitted in May 2004. For the list of the proposals that have advanced to full proposal development, please go to:
http://www.generationcp.com/list%20of%20proposals.htm.
The deadline for full proposal submission is 27 August 2004. Submission guidelines (plus additional instructions) can be found here:
http://www.generationcp.com/full%20proposal%20submission.htm.
DFID to Provide 2.5 M Pounds Sterling to Generation Challenge Programme for 2004-5
UK?s Department for International Development announced last week that it would provide 2.5 million Pounds Sterling (about US $4.6 million) for the 2004-2005 year. We thank DFID for this vote of confidence in the Generation Challenge Programme!
SP4 Design Workshop, held in Mexico 31 May-4 June, a Success
The Generation Challenge Program Information Systems and Network Design Workshop brought together experts from within and outside the GCP to develop a comprehensive architectural blueprint for the GCP platform, network, and registry. The workshop report will be posted to the GCP virtual workspace (http://www.generationcp.org/vw) within the next few weeks. The presentations of the participants as well as supporting documents from the workshop are available on the virtual workspace at: http://www.generationcp.org/vw/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=27.
SP3 Leader Jonathan Crouch to Move to Kenya
SP3 Leader Jonathan Crouch, Principal Scientist in Biotechnology at ICRISAT in Patancheru, India, will be posted to the NEPAD Biosciences Facility hosted by ILRI in Nairobi, Kenya, as of 1 January 2005. Dr. Crouch?s move to the NEPAD facility is part of ICRISAT and the GCP?s continuing commitment to strengthening research capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Generation Challenge Program and the NEPAD Biosciences Initiative have several shared goals and many complementarities. Dr. Crouch will oversee the development of a joint Biosciences-GCP program on research and capacity building for east, central, and sub-Saharan Africa. Such an alliance will maximize scientific synergies in this important region and create rich opportunities to further both programs' research agendas through targeted joint fundraising efforts.
ANNUAL RESEARCH MEETING in BRISBANE, 22-24 SEPTEMBER 2004
The GCP Annual Research Meeting in Brisbane, Australia, is fast approaching. At the ARM, the Subprogramme Leaders and task leaders from the subprogrammes will present on this year?s activities and progress, and each Subprogramme will have in-depth breakout sessions to discuss research activities for year two of the GCP. The list of participants is nearing finalization, but if you are a task leader within one of the subprogrammes and have not confirmed your participation in the ARM with Jenny Nelson (j.nelson@cgiar.org), please do so at your earliest convenience. A draft program and the list of participants will be sent out to the participants shortly.