Funding
From Mascp
Funding
The subcommittee will attempt to seek integrative funding for international Arabidopsis proteomic research projects and to encourage an exchange program for young researchers and students between plant proteomic labs throughout the world.
European COST initiative on Plant Proteomics
The COST action FA 0603 Plant Proteomics in Europe officially starts with the first MC meeting and will end on 27/03/2011. This proposal aims to build up expertise in plant proteomics through an integrated network of European scientists. Tools for proteome analysis in fundamental and applied plant research areas will be developed and shared, to generate fundamental information about plant metabolism, investigate responses to environmental constraints and assess food quality. This proposal will also increase public understanding for new technologies, critical for further development by the industry. Two working groups (WGs) have been identified: a first WG will deal with the technical aspects inherent to plant proteomics. From the start, a large diversity of crops (not only the well known model plants such as Arabidopsis, Medicago or Populus) will be involved since for most such plant models many efficient techniques have already been developed. For more sophisticated techniques model plants will still be used. The second WG will focus more on the implementations. The latter includes proteomic tools in fundamental plant biology (e.g. tolerance to environmental changes), as well as in agronomy (e.g. characterizing and exploiting genetic diversity of crops or forestry species).
International Fellowships and Exchange Programs
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany)
Around 600 Fellowships per year (6 to 24 months) are available for young international researchers to undertake projects Germany.
Potential MASCP member hosts:
Hans-Peter Braun (Universität Hannover, Hannover)
Hans-Peter Mock (Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben)
Waltraud Schulze (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm)
Around 150 Fellowships available to young German researchers (6 to 24 months) to visit international groups who have previously been sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Potential MASCP member hosts:
Joshua Heazlewood (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA)
Australian Research Council (Australia)
Available to young researchers (up to 3 years since PhD completion) regardless of nationality to undertake a 3 year research project at an Australian Institution.
Potential MASCP member hosts:
Harvey Millar (University of Western Australia, Perth)
Nic Taylor (University of Western Australia, Perth)