GCP is pleased to announce the second Call for applications for the Subprogramme 5-supported Genotyping Support Service (GSS). The service is to facilitate access, by breeding programmes in the developing world, to molecular marker technologies for the analysis of germplasm.

This second call is being launched in conjunction with calls from Global Crop Diversity Trust and the Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB). The call from the Trust focuses on phenotyping, the GCP call on genotyping and the GIPB call on capacity-building (more details below). Together, the three coordinated and complementary calls widen the scope available to applicants, and offer an all-round comprehensive programme.

GSS hires competent high-throughput genotyping facilities (GF) and trains researchers in data analysis, interpretation and implementation of the new knowledge.

Together with the genotyping outputs, the GSS commits to generate high quality results that may be published in refereed journals. Therefore, applicants must be willing to publish. To this end, the GCP will provide statistical support and may also cover publishing costs, where feasible.

In addition to building technical capacity in the use of this technology, a key GSS objective is helping participants understand how to outsource genotyping services to laboratories outside their countries. In this way, participants can continue using the technology independent of the GSS support. 

Eligibility

• organisations must have functional breeding programmes (national agricultural research systems, academia, civil society organisations);
• organisations located in developing countries (see Table 1 of the call); and, be working on the crops listed in Table 2;
• Applicant organisations should be willing to incorporate the use of molecular maker technologies with a long-term perspective, ie, demonstrate readiness to take the steps needed to become self-sufficient in outsourcing genotyping work in the medium term.
• Priority will be given to applicants:
  • in organisations already engaged in GCP projects or activities; and/o
  • who qualify for any of the other two simultaneous and complementary calls by the Trust and GIPB (details below)
• Applications from previous recipients are welcome, as long as there is evidence of satisfactory implementation of previous results.

Application procedure and submission

• Information: Full details on call for proposals
• Genotyping service request form
• Procedure and dates: online application at: http://www.cropster.org/gcpwf/gss/apply/1 This link will be activated on July 1 2008 and deactivated on 10th September 2008. APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED AFTER THIS DATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Contact:
For technical issues on GSS, please send your query to Humberto Gomez, GSS Coordinator at h.gomez@cgiar.org