Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research Program Grants by HFSP for 2008
Program Description:
THE HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAM (HFSP) research grant program aims to stimulate novel, daring ideas by supporting collaborative research involving biologists together with scientists from other disciplines such as chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science and engineering. Recent developments in the biological and physical sciences and emerging disciplines such as computational biology and nanoscience open up new approaches to understanding the complex mechanisms underlying biological functions in living organisms.
Two types of Research Grant are available: Young Investigators' Grants and Program Grants
Young Investigators' Grants are awarded to teams of researchers, all of whom are within the first five years after obtaining an independent laboratory (e.g. Assistant Professor, Lecturer or equivalent). Applications for Young Investigators' Grants will be reviewed in competition with each other independently of applications for Program Grants.
Program Grants are awarded to teams of independent researchers at any stage of their careers. The research team is expected to develop new lines of research through the collaboration. Up to $450,000 per grant per year may be applied for. Applications including independent investigators early in their careers are encouraged
The 2008 call for Letters of Intent is now open.
Pre-registration is March 22nd, Submission deadline is April 3rd 2007.
Please note that HFSP funding programs start at the postdoctoral level. No support is available for undergraduate or PhD students. In addition they do not provide travel grants for attending conferences.
For further detail please visit http://www.hfsp.org/
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Nigeria has a lot of potentials considering the rich repository of plants available, with their growth encouraged by the wide agroecological zones in the country. However, proper funding of the research system has limited the research outputs that can address demand driven research issues. The development of agriculture through the novel research findings will provide an economically viable option for the replacement of oil in the nations economy.