Call CGIAR Public-Private Partnership and Research Uptake Expert reopened

NWO has reopened the call Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and Research Uptake Expert in the CGIAR Research Programme. The call has an adjustment concerning the engagement of the candidate: the minimum size is now set at 60%, though still with a preference for a fulltime engagement. The new deadline for submitting proposals is November 7, 2018. Funding is up to € 300,000, for a period of 36 months.

The expert should be a senior with an academic background (MSc/Ma/PhD), have at least ten years of working experience, and be employed by a Dutch university or (applied) research or development organisation. He or she is expected to increase the role of the private sector (for-profit and not-for-profit) in CGIAR Research Programmes (CRPs) and Platforms. During a running time of three years, the expert is expected to produce a number of outputs and outcomes to contribute to the following objectives of The Netherlands-CGIAR partnership:

• jointly enhance International Agricultural Research (IAR) with a view to contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
• optimise the effectiveness of Dutch IAR knowledge, innovation and research capacities by enhancing leverage and strengthening linkages to the CGIAR System in combination with linkages to the private sector (both for-profit and not-for-profit);
• answer to CGIAR’s interest in mobilising partners for the best science and along the research impact pathways towards development outcomes by providing opportunities to engage private partners for advanced research, reach, and impact.