WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, SUI-SETZ
Today, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF) named 15 plant biologists as HHMI-GBMF Investigators and tapped them to receive a chunk of the $75 million the two organizations are pumping into plant science research over the next 5 years. Chosen from a group of more than 200 applicants on the basis of their "potential for significant research productivity and originality," the selected scientists will receive an initial five-year HHMI appointment, with the possibility to be renewed, and funding to support their research on wheat, maize, tomato, Arabidopsis, and other plants.
“These Investigators will acquire new knowledge about—and possibly find innovative solutions to—some of the most pressing challenges in plant sciences,” Vicki L. Chandler, Chief Program Officer for ...
