Featured
Grants
THE
CONSORTIUM FOR PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, INC.
BIOENERGY
AND ENVIRONMENT
PREPROPOSAL
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 12, 2008
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National Science
Foundation
Directorate for Biological Sciences |
Plant
Genome Research Program (PGRP)
Four areas
of opportunity will be offered as components of the Plant Genome
Research Program in Fiscal Year 2009: (1) Genome-Enabled Plant Research
(GEPR) awards to tackle major unanswered questions in plant biology
on a genome-wide scale; (2) Transferring Research from Model Systems
(TRMS) to transfer findings made using model systems to plants of
economic importance; (3) Tools and Resources for Plant Genome Research
(TRPGR) awards to support development of novel tools to enable discovery
in plant biology and (4) Heterosis Challenge Grants (HGC) to support
testing of hypotheses for the mechanism of heterosis in plants.
Submission Deadline: January
20, 2009
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