RFIFood for Tomorrow-Cap Aliment

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2017

Application form

The deadline for the submission of proposals is on 13 January 2017 at 12 noon. Incomplete and/or late submissions will not be considered.

Proposals should be submitted electronically to

The original paper version of proposals have to be sent within 2 weeks and be adressed to:

RFI Food for Tomorrow-Cap Aliment

Emilie Korbel

INRA - Centre de recherche Angers-Nantes

Rue de la Géraudière BP 71627

44 316 Nantes Cedex France

  1. PROJECT IDENTIFICATION

/ PhDthesis
/ CofinancedPhDthesis
/ Fixed-term contract “Scientific or Technical bottleneck
/ Attractiveness New team

Proposal title:

Acronym:

Project duration:

36 months for PhD thesis, 6, 12 or 18 months for Fixed-term contract “Scientific or Technical bottleneck”, up to 24 months for Attractiveness New team

Project leader:

SURNAME, Given name

Position

Institution

Postal address

E-mail address

Tel./fax

Unit(s) submitting the project:

Scientific axe with “Food for Tomorrow”:

Indicate below the main axe (M) and the secondary axe if applicable (S).

Axe 1: Sustainable managementof primary production
Axe 2: Sustainable transformation: adaptationto proteintransitions andeco-design
Axe 3Safety chains of production-processing
Axe 4: Deconstruction of matrices in vitro: physical changes, reactivity,compartmentalization
and release of nutrients, contaminants, metabolites, dynamic modeling
Axe 5 The food for future: the impact of food on the health of consumers, food practices
and acceptability
Axe 6: Tools, technologies, modeling, integration of knowledge

II. ABSTRACT OF THE PROJECT(maximum 400 words)

Please mention the scientific context, the main objectives of the program, the innovation character and the expected results.
Scientific keywords
Socio-economic issues keywords (if relevant)

III. SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

  1. CONTEXTAND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSAL(maximum 400 words for this section)

A.1. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT

State the socio-economic and industrial environment of the project

A.2. SCIENTIFIC CONTEXT

Describe the current state of the art on the subject, the project objectives and the scientific and technical barriers that will beovercomed by carrying out the project.

  1. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMME, PROJECT ORGANISATION (maximum 1500 words for this section)

Describe the scientific program and the project structure: objectives, detailed work program and schedule, deliverables,contributions of the partners (“who does what”). For the PhD thesis, describe in addition risks and the back-up solutions envisaged.

  1. EXPECTED IMPACT (maximum 400 words for this section)
  2. Emphasize the original and/or innovative nature of the project. Clearly explain the difficulties (obstacles) that must be overcome and the risk-taking for the laboratory/ies. Describe the added value of the project and the foreseen activities of the laboratory in case of success.
  1. CONSORTIUM DESCRIPTION (maximum 400 words for this section)

Briefly describe each partner, their relevance and complementary expertises.

  1. COSTS AND FUNDING(maximum400 words for this section)

Costs of the project, financial request, co-funding

Please do not forget to include all the tasks with their costs programmed for the development of the project, including those ones that will be financed by other funds (not RFI Food for Tomorrow).

Category / Description / RFI Funding / Other Funding / Total Funding
  1. success indicators(maximum 400 words)

Indicate at least 3 qualitative indicators which measure how the project has reached its objectives.

G. ReFERENCES

Give below the bibliographic references used in the project.

IV. SIGNATURES

Acronym:
Starting and ending date of the program:
Signature of the coordinator(s)
Name, first name, date, signature
Signature of the head of the research unit
Name, first name, date, signature
Signature of the institution director
Name, first name, date, signature

V. REVIEWERS OF THE PROJECT

Indicate in the table below the name, the address of 3 potential national and international reviewers and indicate if you have already collaborated with them. Collaboration means that you have published with this person within the 5 past years, or you have a joint research project.

Name and surname / Area of expertise / Organization and laboratoryaddress / e-mail address / Collaboration (YES or NO)*

In the table below you can indicate the name of the reviewers you do not want because of conflict of interest.

Name and surname / Area of expertise / Organization and laboratoryaddress

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