Previous GCP projects and Principal Investigators

Below are the PIs of previous GCP projects. In addition, this link leads to people who currently serve as GCP PIs. 

PI   Institution  Project No Title SP  Type   Duration   Budget
(as per proposal)		  Crop/region/trait
Atlin, Gary CIMMYT              
Bennett,  John IRRI G3005.01 Identifying genes responsible for failure of grain
formation in rice and wheat under drought		  2 Competitive Jan 2005–Dec 2007; NCE: June 2009 (current project PI: Rachid Serraj) $900,000 Rice, wheat/Asia/Drought tolerance
Bruskiewich, Richard IRRI G4005.22 Development of Generation CP domain models and
ontology		  4 Commissioned January 2005–December 2008; no-cost extension to June 2009 $704,174 Various crops, regions and traits
Cerezo, Manuela CIHEAM−IAMZ G4008.25  Advanced course on ‘Applied statistical methods in plant genomics’, Zaragoza, 18–29 February 2008  5 Commissioned January 2008–December 2008 $25,000 Various crops, regions and traits
Chujoy, Enrique CIP              
Hazekamp, Tom Bioversity International/SGRP G4005.26 Management of the
Generation Challenge Programme Central
Registry		  4 Commissioned Jan 2005–Dec 2007 (to be continued under
project G4008.20)
 $348,468 Various crops, regions and traits
Jayashree, B ICRISAT G4007.11 Further development and support for use of iMAS by NARS and other user communities  4 Commissioned January 2008–December 2008; no cost extension to December 2009 $164,000 Various crops, regions and traits
Jizeng, Jia                
Kim, Dong-Jin IITA G4006.23  Creation of Institutional
Bioinformatics Capacity (IITA)
 		  4 Commissioned Jan 2006–Dec 2006
 $16,500 Various crops, regions and traits
Louwaars, Niels                
McCouch, Susan                
Payne, Thomas CIMMYT G4005.10

Wheat genetic stock assembly and utilisation

 2 Commissioned Jan 2005−Dec 2006 $120,000 Wheat/Various regions and traits
Poisson, Christian Agropolis–CIRAD G4005.51 (CB01) Training
programme on genetic diversity analysis of
germplasm		  5 Commissioned Jan 2005–Dec 2006 $12,500 Various crops, regions and traits
Simon, Reinhard CIP G4006.20

 Creation of Institutional
Bioinformatics Capacity (CIP)

 4 Commissioned Jan 2006–Dec 2006
 $16,500 Various crops, regions and traits
Singh, Murari ICARDA G4006.21  Creation of Institutional
Bioinformatics Capacity (ICARDA)		  4 Commissioned  Jan 2006–Dec 2006
 $16,500 Various crops, regions and traits
Thijssen, Marja WUR G4006.28 Regional PGR courses  5 Commissioned Jan 2006−Dec 2006 $25,000 Various crops, regions and traits
Tiegang, Lu                
Tohme, Joe CIAT G4006.18

Creation of Institutional
Bioinformatics Capacity (CIAT)

 4 Commissioned Jan 2006–Dec 2006
 $16,500 Various crops, regions and traits
Zaidi, PH CIMMYT G4008.56 Asian maize drought tolerance (AMDROUT project)  3 Commissioned November 2008–October 2013 $1,500,000 Maize/Asia/Drought tolerance