25 January 2008 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
GCP Fellowships 2008—Deadline for applications extended

Following last month’s call for applications for the GCP 2008 Fellowship Programme, we are pleased to announce that the deadline has been extended to 29th February 2008 for the six themes below:

1. Data analysis of a network of field trials involving a population of recombinant inbred lines: dissecting the genotype x environment interaction

2. Studying the influence of genetic correlations between environments on the power to detect QTLs and QTLxE

3. The use of relatedness information in linkage disequilibrium mapping: pedigree information versus molecular marker information

4. Marker-based estimation of coancestry measures in genebank collections

5. Estimation of genetic parameters in autotetraploids

6. Data mining approach to assessing biotic constraints.

The Fellowship Programme facilitates innovative research related to GCP’s central theme—unlocking genetic diversity of crops for the resource-poor. This Programme is for scientists wishing to broaden their skills by conducting research outside their home countries or institutions.

Applications are invited from developing country crop science researchers working in developing country research institutions. Priority will be given to scientists already involved in GCP research projects.

A reminder too that the other two calls announced in GCP News Issue 25 for GCP travel grants (for individual researchers) and Capacity-building à la carte (for research teams) are still open. Application deadline for both: 31st January 2008.

For full details on all three programmes and how to apply, please visit GCP’s Capacity-building Corner at http://www.generationcp.org/capcorner.php.