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Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)
FYI
A new program solicitation is currently in development. The anticipated target date for PGRP is January 2009. Also in development is a new Coordination Plan for the National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI) by the National Science and Technology Council's Interagency Working Group on Plant Genomes (IWG). The IWG coordinates and provides oversight for the Federal investment in plant genome research through NPGI.
New NRC Report
Report in Brief "Achievements of the National Plant Genome Initiative and New Horizons in Plant Biology" and full report now available
CONTACTS
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
06-581 Solicitation
SYNOPSIS
This program is a continuation of the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) that began in FY1998 as part of the National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI). The current five-year plan for the NPGI was published in January 2003 (http://www.nsf.gov/bio/pubs/reports/npgi2003/index.htm). The overall goals of this program are to support basic research in plant genomics and to accelerate the acquisition and utilization of new knowledge and innovative approaches to elucidating fundamental biological processes in plants. The focus is on plants of economic importance and plant processes of economic value.
In the past nine years of the PGRP, there has been a tremendous increase in the tools available for genomics in key crop plants and their models, including but not limited to, expressed sequence tags (ESTs), genome survey sequences, mutant collections, expression profiling resources, and tools for studying gene expression in situ. High quality whole genome sequences and downstream tools are available for model dicots (Arabidopsis, poplar) and a model monocot (rice), and the sequencing of several other plant genomes is under way. This wealth of genomic resources now makes it possible for researchers to begin to address some of the major unanswered questions in plant biology that have been intractable using traditional approaches as well as transfer findings from model systems into plants of economic importance. At same time, there is a continued need for novel and creative tools to allow development of new experimental approaches or new ways of analyzing genomic data. Proposals that present conceptually new and different ideas are encouraged, especially from investigators and institutions that have not participated in the PGRP before. In addition, proposals that provide strong and novel training opportunities integral to the research plan, and particularly across disciplines are especially encouraged.
Three kinds of activity will be supported in FY 2007 and FY 2008: (1) Genome-Enabled Plant Research (GEPR) awards to tackle major unanswered questions in plant biology on a genome-wide scale, (2) Transferring Research from Model Systems (TRMS) to apply basic biological findings made using model systems to studying the basic biology of plants of economic importance, and (3) Tools and Resources for Plant Genome Research (TRPGR) awards to support development of novel technologies and analysis to enable discovery in plant genomics. While young investigators can apply for any of these opportunities, eligible researchers are strongly encouraged to apply to the CAREER Program ( NSF 05-579: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5262).
FUNDED AS PART OF THIS ACTIVITY
Developing Country Collaborations in Plant Genome Research (DCC-PGR)
Maize Genome Sequencing Project: An NSF/DOE/USDA Joint Program 
Plant Genome Comparative Sequencing Program
RELATED URLS
PGR Staff Directory
PGR Awards: 1998-2007
PGR Reports
Plant Genome Database (PlantGDB)
Plant Genomics Research Outreach Portal (PGROP)
Video: Secrets of Plant Genomes revealed
REVISIONS AND UPDATES
In furtherance of the President's Management Agenda, in Fiscal Year 2006, NSF has identified programs that will offer proposers the option to utilize Grants.gov to prepare and submit proposals, or will require that proposers utilize Grants.gov to prepare and submit proposals. Grants.gov provides a single Government-wide portal for finding and applying for Federal grants online.
In response to this program solicitation, proposers may opt to submit proposals via Grants.gov or via the NSF FastLane system. Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program News Discoveries
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