Pre-proposal Pigeon Pea Call
Submission 30.1.2014
· Please fill in the application form in black with font Times New Roman size 12 and line spacing 1.15
· You are kindly requested to DELETE INSTRUCTIONS IN GREY (& red)
· To ensure a targeted focus towards a final product and impact on small and marginal farmers, we often require you to name the general outcome, and even the implementing strategies of this outcome beyond the 3 years of this project. However, please note that funding beyond 3 years is not guaranteed.
1. Summary
Project title:Budget summary: Please fill in from budget section what applies to you (see section 7)
Funded by SDC, Swiss partners in CHF / Fill if you are Swiss
Funded by SDC, Indian partners in INR / Fill if you are Indian
Funded by DBT, Indian partners in INR / Fill if you are Indian
PI’s information
Title
Surname (Family name)
Name (Given name)
Organisation name
Gender (male or female)
Position
Postal address
Date of birth
Telephone
Alternative email
Organisation website
2. Abstract (max. ½ page)
Write your abstract here
3. Expected outcome and outputs
Please refer to the diagram below for the meaning of outcome and output and then delete the diagram from this form. Please also use the rationale in this diagram to make your research plan.
3.1 Expected outcome (beyond 3 years) (maximum 0.5 page)
3.1.1 Outcome (= Project overall objective, purpose)
The outcome can be understood as the intended situation after the project's lifespan in terms of gains in performance (as a result of changes in knowledge and behaviour).
3.1.2 Relevance of the expected outcome
Here we are interested in knowing how your project will have an impact beyond the 3 years in which you are involved in it. Why is the final outcome relevant to food security and small and marginal farmers? Quantitative description/numbers are preferred (compared to a general qualitative narrative).
3.2 Expected output (for 3 years) (maximum 0.5 page)
3.2.1 Output (Project results, deliverables)
The outputs are the products and services produced or competences and capacities established directly as a result of the project activities.
3.2.2 Tangible product for the farmer
3. 3 Steps beyond 3 years (maximum 1 page)
3.3.1 Major differences between the outcome and the outputs
In this paragraph we would like you to outline what the major differences are between the long term general outcome of your project (that you may not manage to achieve in this 3-year period) (as defined in section 3.1) and the outputs (that you intend to achieve in the 3 year period) (as defined in section 3.2).
3.3.2 What steps would be required to go from your outputs to the outcome?
3.3.3 Which stakeholder groups need to be integrated in your network to perform these steps?
4. Research plan (for 3 years) (maximum 5 pages)
4.1 Origin of the proposal
4.1.1 Existing knowledge and limitations
4.1.2 Rationale of the study supported by the cited literature
4.1.3 Hypotheses
4.1.4 Key questions
4.2 Current status of research and development in the subject (both international and national status)
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4.3 Preliminary work done so far
Please explain how the work you have done so far will contribute to you reaching the outputs that you specified in section 3.2
4.4 Material and methods for each output
4.4.1 Output 1
Materials
o Make clear if the materials (e.g. population mapping, microorganisms collection, candidate genes) are already available or if they need to be identified or established from scratch
o Please include concrete descriptions (e.g. variety, marker or gene name)
Methods
o Describe the methods for each activity defined under section 5.2.
o Which methods are applied? Please be very specific: e.g. 3 markers will be identified (NOT markers will be identified); Variety x is crossed with variety y and z progenies will be established (NOT a population mapping will be established)
o a consortium of x microorganism (NOT a consortium of microorganism)
o x interviews will be made using method y (NOT interviews will be made)
4.4.2 Output 2
Materials
Methods
4.5 Existing facilities
Please provide information about your existing resources
4.5.1 Personnel
4.5.2 Equipment
4.5.3 Other resources (experimental garden, glass house etc.)
4.6 Efficiency of the method (s)
Why is the approach chosen more efficient compared to other biotechnological methods that address the same problem? Please talk about how the chosen approach is appropriate to reach the final outputs in the time given (3 years).
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5. Research organisation over 3 years
5.1 Activities and output planning (3 years)
The numbers correspond to the running months in the project please give a shade of grey to the boxes when the activities will take place (an example is provided below)
Output / Activities / Months(Keep the same numbers as in section 3.2) / 0-6 / 7-12 / 13-18 / 19-24 / 25-30 / 31-36
Output 1 / Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Output 2 / Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
…
5.2 Deliverables, key performance indicator and risk management
Output (Keep the numbers the same as under section 3.2) / Deliverables / Beneficiarystakeholder group
(e.g. research, farmers, private, policy) / KPIs at end of year I / KPIs at end of year II / KPIs at end of year III / Possible risks / Alternate strategies
x / 3 markers / breeder / markers are applied of x breeders in y lines / markers are not close enough linked to target gene / What will you do if the proposed deliverable is not attainable as planned?
y / policy model established / policy maker / policy document established / policy document applied of x organisations / Policy makers priorities and subject dimensions will be different after 3 years
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6. Ethics, biosafety and legal aspects
7.1 Legal aspects
The Technology Advancement Unit, ISCB Management Unit in India, TAU, will support you in identifying and establishing necessary documents once the network is launched. The most important point here is that you are aware that certain approvals are necessary which may take a long time to receive. Intellectual Property generated in the proposal will be protected as per TAU policy.
7.1.1 Do you use material for which a license respective a “freedom of operate” is necessary?
E.g. genes, markers, promoters, landraces, varieties or other living organisms
If yes, please list
7.1.2 Please list export/import permission necessary for transport permission within India
At least include list which material (plants, microorganisms or other living material) you will transport within and export from India to Switzerland
7.1.3 Do you use material for which a license respective a “freedom of operate” is necessary?
Please list which Material Transfer Agreements (MTA) you will establish between partners
Others, if any
6.2 Risk assessment
What measures will you take relating to ethics, biosafety and biodiversity?
7.2.1 Ethics
7.2.2 Biosafety
7.2.3 Biodiversity
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7. Budget
To be filled by Swiss applicants only
Funded by SDC, Swiss Partners all amounts in CHFPut your name and institution here
Personnel
Recurring
Own travel and living costs
Costs of travel and living of visitors
Total
To be filled by Indian applicants only
Funded by SDC, Indian Partners all amounts in INRPut your name and institution here
Own travel and living costs
Costs of travel and living of visitors
Total
To be filled by Indian applicants only
Funded by DBT, Indian Partners all amounts in INRPut your name and institution here
Personnel
Recurring
Equipment
Local travel
Contingency
Overheads
Total
8. Principal Investigator’s CV (max. 3 pages)
8.1 Short description of PI’s institute
8.2 Short CV of PI including his/her experience in relevant field
8.3 Most relevant peer-reviewed publications and publications in commonly read newspapers/publications (maximum 10)
8.5 Patents and technologies transferred to industry or adopted by farmers/consumers and of his/her institute
Please note below the selection criteria for the pre-proposal. Please read and delete from the application for submission.
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