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Genome Editing for Crop Improvement

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FOCUS AREA: Traits

At Corteva Agriscience™, we are leaders in CRISPR-Cas research for agricultural products, especially for crops including maize, soybean, canola, wheat, and sorghum. Because we believe in the potential of CRISPR-Cas to improve crops, we are dedicated to enabling the broader research community and encouraging wide adoption of CRISPR-Cas in agriculture. By facilitating access to the technology, we intend to help solve some of the world’s biggest food security challenges. 

As part of this effort and our commitment to building strong partnerships, Corteva invites scientists from academic and nonprofit research institutions to submit brief, non-confidential proposals for gene edits that have the potential to improve maize, soybean, canola, wheat, or sorghum.  For selected proposals awards include genome editing vector design and synthesis, seed from gene edited plants of the chosen crop, and an opportunity to engage with our scientists on topics such as gene editing and transformation methods for trait and crop improvement.  Awardees will be expected to perform phenotypic analysis of the edited plants and to share those results with Corteva and the broader research community through scientific publication.  Subsequent collaborative opportunities with Corteva may be available.

At Corteva Agriscience, our goal is to develop effective, sustainable, and durable solutions to agricultural challenges. We invite the research community to join in our efforts to improve crops through CRISPR-Cas gene editing.

This opportunity is now closed.

What we are Seeking

We seek non-confidential proposals that describe the impact of the proposed edits on crop improvement, along with a brief description of the phenotypic analysis of edited plants (guidelines available for download on submission page).  Proposals should include a title, an abstract of no more than 250 words, and a project description not to exceed 1,000 words including:

  • Description of proposed edit(s) at the gene level (additional details may be submitted upon selection)
  • Selected crop species for editing - maize (PHR03), soybean (Williams 82), canola (Westar), wheat (Fielder), or sorghum (Tx430) - please explain if your trait requires an alternative variety for editing
  • Type of edit requested (e.g., frameshift, base edit(s), gene deletion, etc.)
  • Potential impact on agriculture including supporting data (figures may be uploaded separately in a single file)
  • Sufficient details to convey phenotypic analysis strategy to demonstrate gene edit effect(s)
  • Supporting citations as applicable

Proposals will be evaluated based on the proposed edit’s impact on agriculture, sustainability, and food security.

Download PDF for detailed submission guidelines.