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New Initiatives competition is now closed!
The New Initiatives grants aim to encourage new research avenues, bold hypotheses, or innovative new technologies, while remaining aligned with the research objectives of the Centre SÈVE. These competitions, held once a year, are reserved for members of the Centre SÈVE.
The different components are presented below, along with the regulations and specific forms for each component.
Interinstitutional Team Project
This component enables collaboration between members of the SÈVE Center from at least two different institutions in the development of a new project.
New Investigator
Ce volet est réservé aux chercheuses et chercheurs du Centre SÈVE qui ont un poste régulier depuis moins de 5 ans. Le projet doit se faire en collaboration avec au moins un autre membre du Centre SÈVE.
Interdisciplinary Team Project
This component enables collaboration between researchers from Axis 4 “Plant Production: At the Intersection of Science and Society” and a researcher from another axis of the SÈVE Center.
General Public Project
This component enables the implementation of a research project that involves the general public. The aim is to promote plant sciences and sustainable development to the public.
College-University Collaboration
This component enables new collaborations between college members and university members of the SÈVE Center to carry out a joint project.
Participative Science
This component supports members in research projects with non-academic citizen groups (e.g., the general public, non-academic and non-industrial groups, or specific communities) that actively contribute to the progress of the project.