Full Proposal | ETH Zurich World Food System Center

Coop Research Program

Submission Deadline: 1 November 2018, 17.00 CET

General Information

Project Title: Click or tap here to enter text.

Project Acronym: Click or tap here to enter text.

Call Theme and Topic (Please use topic name and number listed in the call): Click or tap here to enter text.

Food System Challenges Addressed (keywords): Click or tap here to enter text.

Principal Investigator (PI)
Family name	First name	Title
Date of Birth	ETH Leitzahl of the PI
Full name of Institution and Group	Shortform name	Postal address
Street
Zip code	City	Country
E-mail	Phone	Fax
Date, Signature

Co-Applicant (please copy and paste when more than one co-applicant)
Family name	First name	Title
Full name of Institution and Group	Shortform name	Postal address
Street
Zip code	City	Country
E-mail	Phone	Fax
Date, Signature

Project Duration: Click or tap here to enter text. months (max. 24 months)

Requested WFS Grant Contribution: Click or tap here to enter text. CHF

Proposed Starting Date: Click or tap to enter a date.

Abstract

Maximum 20 lines (Calibri font, size 11, min 1.15 line spacing)

Description of Project

Maximum 10 pages (Calibri font, size 11, min 1.15 line spacing), excluding reference list

Background and Motivation

Goals of the project and overview of challenge(s) the project aims to address

Connection to the themes and topics of the Coop Research Program

State of the art in the respective research field

Description of own research and experience relevant for this proposal

Research Plan

Please note: Technical abbreviations and jargon should be avoided or adequately explained. In particular, the summary should be written in a form that allows the educated layperson to understand the objectives of the proposed research project, the methods to be employed, and the significance of the anticipated results.

Detailed research plan

Please include specific objectives, approach, methods, a description of work packages and duties for each researcher.

Overview of expected final outcomes

Role of PI and co-applicant(s) in the project

Overview of external partner(s) and their role

Please provide full name(s), affiliation and letter(s) of support.

Collaboration with Coop

Please elaborate how you intend to collaborate with Coop (retail, wholesale, production or own brand divisions) and provide a letter(s) of support (attached as an annex) from the main contact person you will work with. Please be sure this includes their full name, title and contact details.

Project Impact

Key stakeholders for whom the project results will be relevant, and how you will work with them

Plan for dissemination of findings

Please provide an overview of how you will make the findings available for and used by the relevant stakeholders.

Plan to link the project to education

Collaboration with the WFSC

Please outline how you envisage working with the WFSC and in what way you would like to take advantage of the platform that the WFSC provides in order to increase the impact of the project.

Time Plan

Please provide a time plan as table with three intervals of four months per year (January to April; May to August; September to December) for the entire project duration, including key milestones and outputs for the research, education and outreach elements of the project.

Reference List

In describing the state of research, it is essential to include appropriate references to the most recent work of others, as well as those of the PI and co-applicants. With regard to the reference list, each reference must include (i) the names of all authors in the order as published, (ii) year of publication, (iii) title of the article, (iv) title of the journal or book, (v) volume, and (vi) page numbers. If a publication or other relevant manuscript is available electronically, the website address may be provided. References to gray literature material (e.g. unpublished reports, papers in obscure or difficult-to-access journals) are discouraged unless sufficient relevant information from them (e.g. figures) is included in the application.

Financial Information

Please use current ETH salaries to budget personnel costs.

Project Budget (in CHF)
Cost Type	Year 1	Year 2	Total Amount
Personnel Costs (incl. social security)
Travel
Consumables
Services and Fees
Education
Outreach and Communications
Other
Total

Explanation of the costs

Please provide a breakdown for each budget line item given above.

Contribution of resources of the PI and co-applicant to the project

Please provide a breakdown for each budget line item given above.

Total estimated value of own contribution: Click or tap here to enter text. CHF

CVs of Applicants

Maximum 2 pages per applicant.

Suggested Reviewers

Please list five potential external reviewers in the table below. Suggested reviewers should be independent of the applicants and anyone that may receive funding as a result of the project. To facilitate the review process, please do not list the same reviewers for multiple applications.

Please note that external reviews will only be solicited in the case that the Associated Sub-Committee decides they are required.

Designation	First Name	Surname	Institution	Unit / Department	Email Address

Please email the full proposal to the WFSC before

1 November 2018, 17.00 CET

The following email address should be used for the submission:

wfsgrants@ethz.ch