2024 Illumina Agricultural Greater Good Initiative Program (win up to $350,000)
Illumina is dedicated to making tangible contributions to the agricultural community, with the goal of reducing hunger, malnutrition, and poverty.
We are committed to enabling groundbreaking research that will result in increased sustainability, productivity, and nutritional density of agricultural species.
Through the Illumina Agricultural Greater Good Initiative, we are collaborating with the agricultural community to support research into enabling a more sustainable, nutritious food supply.
The grant program is designed to help identify measures that can increase crop yields and improve livestock welfare and productivity to alleviate poverty and hunger in the developing world.
About Illumina
At Illumina, our goal is to apply innovative technologies to the analysis of genetic variation and function, making studies possible that were not even imaginable just a few years ago.
It is mission critical for us to deliver innovative, flexible, and scalable solutions to meet the needs of our customers.
As a global company that places high value on collaborative interactions, rapid delivery of solutions, and providing the highest level of quality, we strive to meet this challenge.
Benefits of Illumina Agricultural Greater Good Initiative Program
The Grand Prize winner will receive up to $350,000 of in-kind consumables and/or services at list price value on up to 1000 samples of your choice.
The winner will be announced during the International Plant and Animal Genome Conference in January 2024.
Requirements for Illumina Agricultural Greater Good Initiative Program
The grant program is open to basic researchers in Agri genomics at academic, for-profit, or nonprofit institutions. Priority will be given to research that increases the sustainability, productivity, and nutritional density of the world’s food supply.
In 400 words or less, provide an overview, a statement of work, and a description of the impact of your research. You may also include up to three figures, with legends, and a list of citations (with 200 word count limit).
- Economic impact
- Social impact
- Collaborators
- Nations represented
- Technologies used
- Other sources of funding
- Be in English
- Be complete
- Be an original work
Judging Criteria
How to Apply
Application Deadline
September 30, 2023.