Applications Invited for ICGEB Research Grant 2023

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About the Organization

The ICGEB is a unique intergovernmental organisation initially established as a special project of UNIDO. Autonomous since 1994, it runs over 45 state-of-the-art laboratories, in Trieste, Italy, New Delhi, India and Cape Town, South Africa and forms an interactive network with almost 70 Member States, with operations are aligned to those of the United Nations System. It plays a key role in Biotechnology promoting Research excellence, Training, and Technology Transfer to industry, to contribute in concrete terms to sustainable global development.

About the Scholarship

The ICGEB Research Grant is part of the Collaborative Research Programme (CRP) of ICGEB and is a dedicated source of funding aimed at financing projects that address scientific problems of particular relevance for the host country.

 The programme was established in 1988 with the aim of:

• stimulating collaborative research between ICGEB Member States and with the ICGEB Component laboratories
• promoting the training of young scientists
• facilitating the creation of appropriate research facilities

The programme provides support for original research projects in basic life sciences, human healthcare, industrial and agricultural biotechnology, and bioenergy.

Eligibility

Applicants for research grant proposals (identified as “CRPs”) should hold positions at Universities or Research Institutes in any of the ICGEB Member States.

International collaboration is an essential feature of all ICGEB grants and must be fully integrated into the project. Active collaboration with ICGEB Research Groups is welcome but not mandatory. Particular attention will be given to projects addressing issues of interest for specific geographic regions and presented by groups collaborating across more than one country.

Investigating groups do not qualify for submission of applications:

• if previously awarded projects have not been evaluated and satisfactorily concluded;
• if the University or Research Institute of the Principal Investigator is based in Italy.

A special category of CRP-ICGEB Early Career Return Grants is intended to fund young researchers with an outstanding track record, who have spent a minimum of 2 years abroad and have recently returned to an ICGEB Member State to establish their own independent laboratories.

Applicants for Early Career Return Grants should be no more than 40 years of age at the time of application.

Applicants should have returned to an ICGEB Member State (except Italy) no more than 2 years prior to submitting the application.

How to Apply

Principal Investigators must submit their applications online via the dedicated portal (https://www.icgeb.org/activities/grants/) ICGEB CRP Guidelines 2023

Their full proposals will be accessed by the Liaison Officer of the relevant country, for the internal selection and endorsement procedures.

 Each country may endorse a maximum of three (3) project proposals for standard research grant applications, plus two (2) additional Early Career Return Grant applications. Liaison Officers will inform ICGEB and the applicants which proposals they have endorsed for the present call. Liaison Officers will also inform the unendorsed applicants.

Deadline: 30 April 2023

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