The CGIAR Generation Challenge Programme (GCP), in coordination and collaboration with the Global Crop Diversity Trust (the Trust) and the the Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB) announces its second call for proposals for the Genotyping Support Service (GSS).

The call from the Trust focuses on phenotyping, the GCP call on genotyping and the GIPB call on capacity-building. Together, these coordinated and complementary calls widen the scope for applicants, by offering an all-round comprehensive programme.

Due dates for submitting proposals are in 2008 and 2009, depending on the call.

For the GCP call, proposal submission is between July 1 2008 and September 30th 2008. Applicants who will have submitted GSS proposals by this date 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. These new deadlines supersede both the original 31st August deadline announced in GCP News Issue 32, and the former extended deadline of 10th September 2008.

Applications are invited from eligible developing country research programmes working on any of the crops listed within the Call.

More on the three calls