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THE ILLUMINA AGRICULTURAL GREATER GOOD INITIATIVE GRANTS 

Application Deadline: 30 September, 2023

LOCATION: USA

Applications for the 2024 Agricultural Greater Good Initiative grant is currently being accepted. This initiative recognizes researchers in the agricultural community using Illumina technology to help alleviate global hunger, malnutrition, and poverty.

ELIGIBILITY:

The grant program is open to basic researchers in Agrigenomics at academic, for profit, or nonprofit institutions. Priority will be given to research that increases sustainability, productivity, and nutritional density of the world’s food supply.

In 400 words or less, provide an overview, a statement of work, and a description of the impact of your research. You may also include up to three figures, with legends, and a list of citations (with 200 word count limit).

In these sections, applicants should include:

Economic impact

Social impact

Collaborators

Nations represented

Technologies used

Other sources of funding

To be considered, all entries must:

Be in English

Be complete

Be an original work

BENEFIT:

The Grand Prize winner will receive up to $350,000 of in-kind consumables and/or services at list price value on up to 1000 samples of your choice. The winner will be announced during the International Plant and Animal Genome Conference in January 2024.

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MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE JOURNALIST IN RESIDENCE FELLOWSHIP

Application Deadline: 06 October 2023, 12:00 pm CET.

LOCATION: Heidelberg, Germany

The MPIL Journalist in Residence Fellowship enables journalists with several years of experience to spend three months at the Institute. The time and duration of the stay (between March and November 2024) are agreed individually. MPIL Journalists in Residence are free to pursue their own research. They are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to exchange ideas with researchers at the institute and to participate in our various work and discussion formats.

ELIGIBILITY:

Please upload one PDF-file with your application in English or German, including:

a brief portrait of your own journalistic work

a curriculum vitae

three work samples with relevance to the research topics of the institute

a short outline of your proposed research planned for your stay at the Institute (max. 2000 characters)

details of your preferred dates (between March and November 2023) and intended duration of stay

BENEFIT:

A monthly research grant up to 3.500€, based on the fellows qualifications and experience, is offered for the duration of the stay. The Institute provides desk space and access to all research resources of the Institute’s library.

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