Dear Students,
I am inviting you to sit in on a "grant proposal preparation session" that many members of the Ag faculty are involved in.
Background Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, along with NSERC (natural sciences) and SSHRC (social sciences) will fund projects in the area of "Sustainable Agriculture" for a 4-year period beginning in Spring, 2024. These are large grants with a minimum of $500,000 per year. The proposals are due Oct 2023. One of the project ideas that we as faculty are working on is "Perennializing Canadian Agriculture for Multifunctionality". We are meeting regularly and engaged in the dynamic process of conceptualizing ideas into a competitive proposal. You are welcome to join us to observe the process and contribute ideas. I have attached a ppt that describes some of our thinking so far.
When: Monday, May 8 - 10 AM to Noon (recurring over the next 3 months, dates TBD) Where: Room 218 Plant Science (coffee and tea provided!) Why: To provide graduate students with the opportunity to observe (and contribute to) the creative process involved in conceptualizing and preparing a large, integrated research proposal on sustainable agriculture.
Hope you can make it - even for a portion of the time
Martin Entz
Martin Entz, PhD, FCSA Professor of Cropping Systems and Natural Systems Agriculture Department of Plant Science, U of M, Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2 204 474-6077
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