New NWO call Genetics, nutrition and health of agricultural animals (€ 750,000)

NWO has opened a call within the new programme Genetics, nutrition and health of agricultural animals. Deadline for applications is September 16, 2014. The call is about the relationship between the genetic characteristics and the performance of farm animals under a wide variety of farm conditions and the interaction between nutrition and intestinal health of farm animals. The budget for this round is up to € 3,600,000.

With the Genetics, nutrition and health of agricultural animals programme NWO wants to stimulate new fundamental and precompetitive scientific research projects with the aim of strengthening the knowledge base and increasing the usability of knowledge. The research will focus on two themes:
• The relationship between the genetic characteristics and the performance of farm animals under a wide variety of farm conditions;
• The interaction between nutrition and intestinal health of farm animals.

NWO financing is between € 250,000 and € 750,000. A principal applicant can submit an application on behalf of a project consortium of at least one research institute and one private sector partner. The total duration of the overall project, with one or more PhD students and/or postdocs, must be at least two years and be no more than five years.