Booster Grants for Public-Private Partnerships in the Life Sciences

NGI is a proponent of an incubator model in which new public-private partnerships are created, financially stimulated during a certain period and then successfully embedded. In the past, NGI has made booster grants available for the formation of consortia in certain areas. In 2010, NGI is organising an open call for booster grants to encourage public-private partnerships in the life sciences.

Proposals should fit within one of the following themes (see the brochure for further information):

• development of diagnostic tests for personalised health;
• development of sustainable biobased chemicals, materials and energy;
• Increasing food security by improving crops yields.

For each of these themes, the leading technology for the approach should be: epigenomics, next generation sequencing, or synthetic biology, or a combination of these technologies.

Who can apply

This round started with the submission of a preproposal. Applicants whose preproposals were selected by the evaluation committee have been invited to submit a full proposal.

What can be applied for

A grant of 1 million euro can be applied for and the required matching (own contribution from the consortium) is also 1 million euro.

When can be applied

• Closing date for submitting preliminary proposals was 14 October 2010, 23:59 hrs
• Closing date for submitting full proposals was 15 December 2010, 23:59 hrs

Criteria

The criteria can be found in the NGI brochure.

Procedure

The procedure can be found in the NGI brochure.

Committees

Evaluation committee

Budget

The budget for this funding round is 3 million euro.

Financiers

Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)

Contacts

• Tonnie Rijkers
  phone: +31 (0)70 344 0519, e-mail: rijkers@genomics.nl