2nd Call for proposals: NRP 84| Project Funding
Event details
| Date | 07.05.2025 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Societal Implications of the National Research Programme "Plant Breeding Innovation" (NRP 84) SECOND CALL for Proposals
TIMELINE:
Proposal submission: 7 May 2025
Final decision on proposals: November 2025
Start of research phase: December 2025-April 2026
End of research: max. June 2030
CALL 2 DOCUMENT available here.
AIMS:
expected durations: 24 to 42 months
expected budgets: CHF 300'000 to 500'000 (Max total budget available CHF 2'000'000)
STRUCTURE:
The original NRP 84 call was structured around three modules:
• Module 1: Technical feasibility of new breeding technologies
• Module 2: Ethics, society, and economics: evaluating the ethics, societal perceptions, and economic potential of NBTs
• Module 3: Regulatory considerations: evaluating the adequacy of the current regulatory framework and the need for legal innovation to enable NBT implementation
This second call is only for full proposals in Module 2 and Module 3: Proposals for this second call will thus be accepted from the humanities and social sciences (HSS),
in fields including (but not restricted to) the applied ethics of innovation, social sciences, science education, anthropology, history, communication and media, economics and law.
TIMELINE:
Proposal submission: 7 May 2025
Final decision on proposals: November 2025
Start of research phase: December 2025-April 2026
End of research: max. June 2030
CALL 2 DOCUMENT available here.
AIMS:
>>The 1st call NRP 84 aimed at developing new plant trait combinations that confer greater resistance to pests and diseases or continued productivity in the face of drought, flooding or rising temperatures. The programme aimed to identify and test new plant breeding technologies (NBTs), which involve targeted mutagenesis, DNA editing and cisgenic insertion of DNA constructs that do not lead to transgenic products, and to evaluate their application from agronomic, social, ethics, economic and regulatory perspectives in Switzerland.
Applicants should consult the first call document for relevant background to NRP 84 and its aims in general.
>>This 2nd call focuses on the societal implications of such developments.
Applicants should consult the first call document for relevant background to NRP 84 and its aims in general.
>>This 2nd call focuses on the societal implications of such developments.
expected budgets: CHF 300'000 to 500'000 (Max total budget available CHF 2'000'000)
STRUCTURE:
The original NRP 84 call was structured around three modules:
• Module 1: Technical feasibility of new breeding technologies
• Module 2: Ethics, society, and economics: evaluating the ethics, societal perceptions, and economic potential of NBTs
• Module 3: Regulatory considerations: evaluating the adequacy of the current regulatory framework and the need for legal innovation to enable NBT implementation
This second call is only for full proposals in Module 2 and Module 3: Proposals for this second call will thus be accepted from the humanities and social sciences (HSS),
in fields including (but not restricted to) the applied ethics of innovation, social sciences, science education, anthropology, history, communication and media, economics and law.
Practical information
- General public
- Free