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[NOW CLOSED] California Conservation Genomics 2020 Call for Proposals

NOTE: This call for proposals is now closed and not accepting new applications.

UCLA, on behalf of the California Conservation Genomics Project, is pleased to issue a 2020 Call for Proposals. The California Conservation Genomics Project (CCGP) seeks single and multi-investigator proposals from UC researchers to conduct conservation genomic research in California.  The CCGP, funded by the state of California, involves conservation biologists, genomicists, ecologists and climate scientists from all ten UC campuses. The CCGP invites proposals from UC faculty members or researchers across all ten UC campuses.

The CCGP will focus primarily on three groups of species: threatened and endangered (T & E), commercially exploited, and wide-ranging foundational species of great ecological significance. However, the primary emphasis is on T & E species.

The CCGP has four key components:

  • Component 1 produces a reference genome for approximately 150 endangered, threatened, and/or ecologically important species.
  • Component 2 assembles a geographically representative set of samples for each of these species with broad, range-wide coverage, followed by whole genome resequencing of all samples.
  • Component 3 brings in climate data, satellite imagery, and geospatial mapping to integrate genomic and environmental data to produce landscape genomic maps.
  • Component 4 focuses on communication of our results and sharing of knowledge with state agency partners and collaborators. 

Please review the Call for Proposals carefully for key dates and follow all instructions. Please also see the PI Genus Excel Datasheet referred to in the Call for Proposals. Proposals are due Monday, March 9, 2020, 5:00pm PST. All proposals should be submitted using the CCGP Proposal Template provided in the Call for Proposals and sent to ccgp@lifesci.ucla.edu.

An informational webinar will be held January 30, 1:00 PM PST at https://ucla.zoom.us/j/481328224.

If you would like to listen to a recording of the webinar, please visit (look for the "Listen to the Webinar on the Call for Proposals" link): https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/california-conservation-genomics/