Genotyping Support Service: 3rd call for proposals
This call is now closed, with details below given for information only.
Deadline for applications: Re-extended to 17th January 2010
GCP is pleased to announce the third Call for applications for the Subprogramme 5 Genotyping Support Service (GSS).
GSS aims to help spread the benefits of marker technology in the developing world through:
- Technology access: facilitating developing world researchers’ access to top molecular marker technologies for germplasm analysis;
- Capacity-building: training researchers in data analysis and knowledge application; and,
- Sustainability and spread: to build a core of researchers who can continue to use the technology, independent of GCP support.
This call is being launched in conjunction with a call from the Global Crop Diversity Trust, which focuses on supporting the evaluation of crop genetic resources. Together, these coordinated and complementary calls widen the support that plant scientists can obtain.
The GSS is offered to plant breeding programmes and germplasm collections in the developing world to facilitate their access to molecular marker technologies for the analysis of germplasm. GSS hires high-throughput, cost-effective genotyping facilities; beneficiaries of the service will send their samples there for analysis, with the GSS covering the costs.
GSS is not only limited to genotyping services and financial support, but also includes capacity development: participating researchers receive training to analyse the resulting data, including interpretation and application of the new knowledge.
Eligibility
- Applicant organisations will be national agricultural research systems, academia, civil society organisations or private companies, located in developing countries and active in plant breeding and/or germplasm conservation for the main food crops.
- Applicants 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.
Application procedure and submission
- Full details of this call for proposals
- How to submit a GSS proposal: A step-by-step guide
- Genotyping Service Request Agreement
- Applications to be submitted online
- GSS applicants may benefit from the information available in the GCP GCP Molecular Marker Toolkit (see below).
GCP is delighted to share with you one of its latest resources from Subprogramme 5: the GCP Molecular Marker Toolkit (MM Toolkit).
This toolkit allows rapid access to validated markers that are currently, as of April 2009, being used in marker-assisted selection (MAS) selection in 19 GCP mandate crops. This first version of the toolkit is limited to SSR, STS, SNP and SCAR markers as they are highly reproducible. At the moment there 172 markers in the toolkit that are linked to 65 different traits. The current information available on the GCP MM Toolkit is accessible through the Capacity-building corner of the GCP website and consists of both background information and direct entry to the Toolkit itself.
The GSS beneficiaries will find in the toolkit a reliable reference point for the development of their genotyping proposals.
Contact: Humberto Gomez, GSS Coordinator
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Recognising the bottleneck in the use of germplasm collections, in 2007, the Global Crop Diversity Trust initiated a competitive grants scheme to support the evaluation of crop genetic resources. These grants enable breeders and other scientists to screen germplasm collections for phenotypic characteristics of particular importance for adaptation to climate change, and to have such information in the public domain. This is the third call under this Award Scheme. All interested parties are hereby invited to submit proposals for consideration by the Trust for an award in early 2010. |