Genotyping Support Service: 2nd call for proposals
Please note that this Call is now closed, and that the below is for information only.
GCP is pleased to announce the second Call for applications for the Subprogramme 5-supported Genotyping Support Service (GSS). The service is to facilitate access, by breeding programmes in the developing world, to molecular marker technologies for the analysis of germplasm.
This second call is being launched in conjunction with calls from Global Crop Diversity Trust and the Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB). The call from the Trust focuses on phenotyping, the GCP call on genotyping and the GIPB call on capacity-building (more details below). Together, the three coordinated and complementary calls widen the scope available to applicants, and offer an all-round comprehensive programme.
GSS hires competent high-throughput genotyping facilities (GF) and trains researchers in data analysis, interpretation and implementation of the new knowledge.
Together with the genotyping outputs, the GSS commits to generate high quality results that may be published in refereed journals. Therefore, applicants must be willing to publish. To this end, the GCP will provide statistical support and may also cover publishing costs, where feasible.
In addition to building technical capacity in the use of this technology, a key GSS objective is helping participants understand how to outsource genotyping services to laboratories outside their countries. In this way, participants can continue using the technology independent of the GSS support.
Eligibility
- organisations must have functional breeding programmes (national agricultural research systems, academia, civil society organisations);
- organisations located in developing countries (see Table 1 of the call); and, be working on the crops listed in Table 2;
- Applicant organisations should be willing to incorporate the use of molecular maker technologies with a long-term perspective, ie, demonstrate readiness to take the steps needed to become self-sufficient in outsourcing genotyping work in the medium term.
- Priority will be given to applicants:
- in organisations already engaged in GCP projects or activities; and/o
- who qualify for any of the other two simultaneous and complementary calls by the Trust and GIPB (details below)
- Applications from previous recipients are welcome, as long as there is evidence of satisfactory implementation of previous results.
Application procedure and submission
- New! How to submit a GSS proposal: A step-by-step guide
- Information: Full details on call for proposals
- Genotyping service request form
- Procedure and dates: online application at: http://www.cropster.org/gcpwf/gss/apply/1. This link will be activated on 1st July 2008 and deactivated on 30th September 2008.
Applicants who will have submitted GSS proposals by 30th September 2008 will have up to Wednesday 8th October 2008 to revise and polish their proposals. Please note that this proposal editing window (30th Septemeber to 8th October) will only apply to proposals already registered by 30th September. New proposals submitted after 30th September will not be accepted.
Contact:
For technical issues on GSS, please send your query to Humberto Gomez, GSS Coordinator at h.gomez@cgiar.org
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Recognising the bottleneck in the use of germplasm collections the Global Crop Diversity Trust initiated in 2007 a competitive grants scheme to support the evaluation of crop genetic resources. The grants will enable breeders and others to screen germplasm collections for phenotypic characteristics of particular of importance in adaptation to climate change, and to make the information generated publicly available. This is the second call under this Award Scheme. All interested parties are hereby invited to submit proposals for consideration by the Trust for an award in early 2009.
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The Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB) is an internationally facilitated platform dedicated to enhancing the capacity of developing countries to improve crops for food security and sustainable development through better plant breeding and delivery systems. |