NGI Booster Grants open for pre-proposals until 2010-10-14
The Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI) is a proponent of an incubator model in which new public-private partnerships are created, financially stimulated during a certain period and then successfully embedded. In the past, NGI has made booster grants available for the formation of consortia in certain areas. In 2010, NGI is organising an open call for booster grants to encourage public-private partnerships in the life sciences.Proposals should fit within one of the following themes:
> Development of diagnostic tests for personalised health
> Development of sustainable biobased chemicals, materials
and energy
>Increasing food security by improving crops yields
For each of these themes, the leading technology for the approach should be: epigenomics, next generation sequencing,
or synthetic biology, or a combination of these technologies.
This round will start with the submission of a pre-proposal. In the pre-proposals a grant of € 1 million can be applied for and the required matching (own contribution from the consortium) is also
€ 1 million. The budget for this funding round is € 3 million.
Submission
Pre-proposals should be submitted no later than 14 October 2010. Applicants whose pre-proposals are selected by the evaluation committee will be invited to submit a full proposal.
Applications can be submitted via the NWOwebsite, where the Booster Grant brochure and the pre-proposal form can also be accessed.
Contact
Tonnie Rijkers (available on Mondays and Wednesdays)
t +31 70 344 0519 | e rijkers@genomics.nl
