DOST-PCAARRD Department of Sdene and Technology PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURE, AQUATIC AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Iso 9001:2015 OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ‘September 29, 2020 Subject; FFAR’s Call for Proposals on Improving Climate Resilience in Crops Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to inform you that the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) is calling for research proposals that focus on providing transformative approaches and solutions to increase a crop’s tolerance for higher temperatures. FFAR is a non-profit organization that builds unique partnerships to support innovative and actionable science addressing today's food and agriculture challenges. It also leverages public and private resources to increase the scientific and technological research, innovation, and partnerships critical to enhancing sustainable production of nutritious food for a growing global population. FFAR welcomes applications from higher education institutions, non-profit and for-profit organizations, government-affiliated researchers, and domestic and intemational organizations. The research should be applicable to maize, rice, sorghum, millet, wheat, sweet Potato, cassava, banana, yam, common bean, cowpea, chickpea, or groundnut, Among the priority areas are: 1. Approaches that quantify the specific features of climate-driven temperature change that will most impact erop plants (e.g. development/improverent of biophysical crop simulation’ predictive models); Solutions that address higher temperatures in day and/or night periods; Solutions that address increased temperature variability; Solutions that could be applied in crop genetic improvement programs; Solutions that address the challenges of phenotyping for variation in thermotolerance, including the impact of acctimation; Solutions that address temperature response in crop plants, including molecular, enzymatic, physiological, and/or genetic approaches; Solutions developed in model plant systems that can be applied to the identified crops; and 8. Solutions that can be reasonably applied in agricultural systems in low income countries. N ® fawn Proposals covering other crops may be considered if the proponent can adequately describe how the research would be applicable to the preferred crops. Moreover, potential solutions that are applicable only to agricultural systems in high-income countries or that involve domestication of new crops will not be considered. -more - too do Valmayor, By. Thmugan, Los Bae, Laguns, Phipps £030 Tel No. 3) 48) 8548670 f (em | eo ae ae (@| ana ston On Mets Gv TDLOOST. Baan, Tap CMa tank 6 TaLNe oH Mere | wee | WABFFAR's Call for Proposals on Improving Climate Resilience in Crops ‘September 29, 2020 page 02.... Funding may range from USD250,000 to 1,000,000 for a maximum of five years. Matching funds will be provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and are not required from proponents. Interested proponents may accomplish and submit the research proposal application form online through httos://arants.foundationfar.ora/prog/improving climate resilience in_crops_ requesi_for_appiication on or before November 11, 2020. For additional information such as application crit deadlines and — eligibility requirements, kindly visit hlips:/foundationfarorg/climate-resilience-rfal. You may also contact FFAR at grants@foundationfar.ora ‘Thank you and we would appreciate if you could share this information within your networks. jery tvuly yours, REYNALDO V. EBORA, Ph.D., CESO Il Executive Director co: OFD-RO (OED-ARMSS PoMo