Funding Opportunities for the Western IPM Center

UC Biotechnology Research and Education Program Offering Science and Engineering Research and Training Grants: Campus Deadline: August 19, 2003; Sponsor Deadline: November 10, 2003

• to foster and provide support of meritorious research in biotechnology and on issues related to biotechnology;
• to promote training at the postdoctoral and graduate levels;
• to inform those in government, industry, and the public about biotechnology developments and the implications of these developments in the public arena.

A major goal of the program is to foster research at the forefront of biotechnology and, in the process, to educate future scientists. The continued development of California's world-class biotechnology industry is crucially dependent upon increased availability of personnel with relevant skills. This need can be best met by expanding the research opportunities and capabilities of younger scientists through support of training and the training environment.

Funding opportunities have been substantially enhanced for fiscal year 2004-2005 applications. Applications may now propose plans to include:

• Up to three-year periods of support
• Overall budgets up to $200,000 per year
• Graduate student support up to $20,000 per year per trainee
• Postdoctoral fellow support up to $30,000 per year per trainee
• Limited essential equipment and supplies, up to 20% of the total budget request

The pre-proposals, using the guidelines published by the sponsor. Once the three most competitive proposals are selected, the principal investigators will be notified and asked to prepare a final proposal to forward to the sponsor.

If you have any questions, please contact Matt Nguyen at 754-7667 or Louise Ivey.