ANNUAL CALL FOR PROPOSALS

TO DEVELOP CULTIVARS OR OTHER PLANT GERMPLASM

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 4:30 p.m., Friday, August 4, 2017

BACKGROUND: A Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") was entered into by The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System on behalf of the Graduate School and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences ("CALS") of the University of Wisconsin-Madison ("University"), the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation ("WARF"), and the Wisconsin Crop Improvement Association ("WCIA"). WCIA is a non-profit organization started by facultyand housed in Moore Hall on the UW-Madison campus. Historically, WCIA has been involved in seed certification and in helping faculty develop, release and evaluate cultivars.

Approximately $100,000 per year will be available to support the development of cultivars and other plant germplasm, and for which rights are or will be assigned to WARF. A committee with representation from WARF, WCIA, CALS, and CALS Departments of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Pathology will evaluate the proposals for germplasm to be developed, the development tasks and thebudget requested. Development tasks may be carried out by WCIA as appropriate.

CRITERIA: Cultivars and other plant germplasm developed with the use of these funds must be unencumbered by intellectual property rights for agreements with entities other than WARF and WCIA. Exceptions may be made after negotiations by WARF. The review committee will consider the prospects for the proposal to yield a commercial product in the near future, alternate sources of funding for the development work, potential marketability for the product and expected revenue return, previous successes and progress from prior funding from this source and the scope of the project relative to the scientists' overall germplasm program.

PROJECT PERIOD: September 1, 2017 through December 31, 2018

**A Final Report will be due February 28, 2019and is required to receive future funding from this program. Please submit Final Report via email to Michell Sass (), CALS Research Division.

FORMAT: A standard format is provided to streamline proposal preparation while also providing for the expedited review of the proposed project and its likelihood of contributing to the goals of the partnership.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: Due to increased competition and limited funding for this program, investigators may not be Principal Investigator on more than one proposal, but can serve as Co-Investigator on multiple proposals.

  • Proposals must be submitted via the WISPER system
  • Proposals must have all approvals (Chair/Administrator/PI/Co-I) to be accepted
  • Attachments to the WISPER record must include the full proposal and the cover page document
  • Select “Internal” for the Document type
  • Include “WCIA/WARF 2018” as the Short Title
  • Proposals should be routed to Michell Sass or the CALS Research Division
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications must be uploaded in WISPER no later than 4:30 p.m. on August 4, 2017. Time extension requests will not be grantedand late submissions will not be accepted.

QUESTIONS: Tony Klink, WCIA -- , (608) 262-1341 orMichell Sass, CALS Research Division , (608) 265-9534.

COVER PAGE

PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP CULTIVARS OR OTHER PLANT GERMPLASM

Project Title: Project title should provide a clear and concise description of the proposed research. The title is limited to 100 characters including letters, symbols, punctuation, and spaces.

Principal Investigators: List Principal Investigator and any Co-Investigatorand associated department(s).

Required Clearances: **These questions need to be answered in the clearance section of the WISPER Record**

1. Does the project involve toxic, infectious, or carcinogenic/mutagenic YES  NO

material of proven or potential hazard to humans, other animals, or to plants?

Does the project use recombinant DNA technology?

2. Does the project involve use of human subjects or human tissue? YES NO

3. Does the project involve the use of vertebrate animals? YES NO

SIGNATURES:

All signatures should be obtained electronically on the WISPER record; no original signatures are required with the submission of the application.

Investigator's WISPER Signatures: The Principal Investigator(s) involved in this research proposal has planned the research and has set forth in the proposal the responsibilities for conducting the research.

Chair's WISPER Approval: The Principal Investigator(s) has reviewed the proposal with me or my designee.

Goal/Objective Statement: Provide a goal statement and specific objectives for the proposal.

Progress:If applicable, provide a brief paragraph summarizing the progress and highlights of your most recently funded WARF/WCIA Cultivars or Other Plant Germplasm proposal. Additionally, please provide a list (and current status) of germplasm most recently disclosed to WARF that was developed using WARF/WCIACultivars or Other Plant Germplasm funding.

Other Current Funding for Related Work: Provide a description of the current funding sources being used to support your overall breeding program. Include outside funding sources and other current funding related to work on all germplasm or varietal development in your program.

Relationship of Proposal to Overall Program of Germplasm Development: (Include marketability or revenue predictions if available).

Budget Summary: (Indicate category totals)

Labor
Fringe Benefits
Supplies
Travel
Capital Equipment
Tuition Remission
Other
Total

Budget Narrative: Provide a narrative justifying the above budget categories (Include additional documentation as needed).

PROPOSAL: A full proposal (not exceeding three, single-spaced, 12 point font pages) must be attached to the cover page document and should include a description of the germplasm to be advanced, a research plan including the development tasks and timeline. In addition, include a 2-page CV highlighting professional training, research interests, and majorhonors/awards. Include a list of publications from the past five years. The list of publications has no page limit.