Award-Basic
Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD);
November 11, 2011
Agency
Name
National
Science Foundation
Description
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) are partnering
to support a new research program to be administered by NSF. The objective of
the BREAD Program is to support innovative basic scientific research designed
to address key constraints to smallholder agriculture in the developing world.
A significant distinction between BREAD and other NSF programs is that
proposals to BREAD must make a clear and well-defined connection between the
outcomes of the proposed basic research and its direct relevance and potential
application to agriculture in the developing world. The BREAD Program takes the
activities of the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) to the next level by
supporting a broader range of scientific research and by enabling funding to be
allocated to international collaborators through subawards.
The Program's focus
is on novel, transformative basic research at the proof-of-concept stage rather
than its application or development. Especially encouraged are original
proposals that address major constraints to the productivity of crops important
to smallholder farmers, or on the development of novel and efficient production
practices. Although the Program places an initial emphasis on crop improvement,
it will also consider innovative basic research proposals from scientists in
all fields of research in the biological and physical sciences and engineering
as long as the proposed research is consistent with the Program objectives.
Proposals are also expected to address project outcomes in the context of
broader societal impacts, and as appropriate to the research proposed, engage
international partners in scientific collaborations.
Announcement
Number:
NSF 11-579
Due
Date: November
22, 2011
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11579/nsf11579.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Contact
Information
·
Nora
Lapitan, telephone: (703) 292-4400, email: BREAD-WG@nsf.gov
·
Diane
Jofuku Okamuro, telephone:
(703) 292-4400, email: BREAD-WG@nsf.gov