Title:
Core microbes for field pea farming
Agreement Value:
$25,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 12, 2020 - Mar 31, 2022
Description:
A student or post-doctoral fellow will join the Laboratory at McGill University in part to participate in the New Beginnings project. The student/postdoc will be the main person responsible for the following activities: soil and seed inoculations, plant growth, soil sampling and processing for DNA sequencing, data analysis, manuscript production. The student/postdoc will also contribute to the following activities: production of cell extracts, qPCR analyses, microbial culturing. In addition to the advisory role, the principal investigator will contribute to the production of manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators.
Location:
Montreal, Quebec, CA H3A 0G4
Reference Number:
172-2020-2021-Q4-944736
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
119128981
Additional Information:
This agreement has been amended 1 time(s). The end date of this agreements has been modified by 365 days.
Amendment Date
Jan 29, 2021
Recipient's Legal Name:
The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University
Federal Riding Name:
Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Sœurs
Federal Riding Number:
24077
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
Program Purpose:
The Ideation Fund is intended to encourage, test and validate transformative research ideas generated by teams of NRC scientific personnel and external collaborators with complementary capabilities, acting as a demonstration phase for a continually-evolving suite of research and development (R&D) deliverables at the NRC. The fund supports exploratory research through two mechanisms: the New Beginnings Initiative and the Small Teams Initiative.
NAICS Code:
541710 - R&D in the physical, engineering and life sciences