Letters of intent are due November 14, full proposals January 8. Proposals are invited from U.S. academic institutions, U.S. non-profit research institutions, and consortia of institutions with appropriate research and educational facilities. This year's competition focuses on functional genomics, the identification of functions of a pathway or a cluster of genes at a genomic scale. Also encouraged is development of techniques, methods, devices and other tools that would enable a broad community of investigators to participate in plant genome research. NSF is especially looking for proposals that are conceptually new and different from many of the already well-supported, ongoing projects.
Emphasis is placed on plants of economic importance and plant processes of potential economic value.
Research involving lower plants will not be accepted unless compelling reasons are presented. RGS Fundopp is a service of the UCI Office of Research Development and is intended for the sole use of UCI employees. Follow the instructions, and select RGS Fundopp. For questions or comments, contact Beth Riley.