Friday, August 21, 2009
The aim of this call is to facilitate innovative and high quality scientific research in the area of Ecogenomics.
The main drivers from a scientific point of view are to use new opportunities provided by the 'omics'-technology revolution and apply these tools to better understand gene-function relations, to learn more about species interactions and the mechanisms of evolutionary change, to discover novel micro-life species and functions, and to better monitor and predict the potential impact of environment, landscape and climate changes on populations and ecosystems.
Who can apply
Funding applications can be made by researchers from Dutch universities, NWO and KNAW Institutes, and the Netherlands Cancer Institute. Further information about the submission conditions can be found in the call document.
Deadline for submissionof a pre-proposal: 21 September 2009.
About the programme
NWO Earth and Life Sciences (NWO-ALW) and Netherlands Genomics Initiative cooperate on the topic of fundamental Ecogenomics research. The theme metagenomics is realised within the Ecogenomics Consortium. A budget of 1M€ (four projects) is available for the NWO-ALW Ecogenomics programme which focuses on two research themes:
- Adaptation and Environmental Change
- Comparative genomics and evolution
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