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International Society for Plant Pathology
TASK FORCE ON GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
CHALLENGE PROJECT 2007
Call for Proposals
You are invited to submit your proposal for a
funded project that will help to:
Raise the profile of plant disease, as a
contribution to the challenge of global food security
If you wish to submit a
proposal, please review the description of ISPP's Task Force on Global Food
Security:
http://www.isppweb.org/gfshome.htm
The Task Force has initiated an
activity aimed at "Changing Public Policy and Opinions on Global Food Security".
We are now calling for innovative ideas that may contribute to this. In
particular, we are looking for projects that will help to improve awareness of
the impact and importance of plant disease.
Guidelines for your bid
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The project should give, within 3 years, a tangible
output that is able to effect change
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The output should help to demonstrate that plant
disease is important for food security
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The output may be suitable for influencing
policy-makers, from a science base
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The output may be suitable for informing the public
and/or teaching students, from a science base
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The project may aim to strengthen the attractiveness of
plant pathology to students
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The project may aim to strengthen data on the
quantitative impact of plant disease
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The project may be based on one or more case studies,
from developing or developed countries or both
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The project is likely to include field work and desk
studies
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The project should be achievable with a contribution of
no more than $50,000 from ISPP, over a period of 3 years
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The project should be appropriate to the status of ISPP
and to the aims of its Task Force
You are asked to be brief in your proposal
(not more than five pages) and to follow the format of the Task Force
Activities, including Rationale, Objectives, Activities plan, Anticipated
outputs, and Resource requirements.
Submissions should be
sent by email to the Chairman of the ISPP Task Force on Global Food Security,
Peter Scott at
p.scott@cabi.org
no later than 1 August 2007.
Adjudication
Comments on submissions will be
invited from Members of the Task Force. The selection will be made by the ISPP
Executive Committee in 2007. The successful proposal will be announced, and
project details agreed, so that work can start as soon as possible. The
successful project will have an opportunity to be presented at the
9th International Congress of Plant Pathology, Torino, August
2008.
ISPP
April 2007
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