Weeds, disease, and harmful insects rob plants of water, sunlight, and nutrients, which can have a devastating impact on food production. At Bayer, we bring greater than a century of research to manage these global challenges, and we want you to help us find the next exciting class of crop protection products.
We are interested in collaborating to identify novel starting points for crop science R&D, which includes finding tool compounds that could unlock new modes of action for control of fungal diseases, insect pests, or weeds as well as reducing the environmental impact of future products.
Through our Grants4Ag program, we offer unrestricted funding and focused guidance toward discovering new molecular targets for fungicide, pesticide or herbicide research as well as delivery mechanisms or formulations for novel active ingredients.
We are interested in providing funding and mentoring in order to advance your research and determine if there is any potential application in shaping the future of crop protection.
- Novel biochemical or structural targets that could inhibit key pathways in plants, insects or fungi.
- Innovative methods to deliver active ingredients to plant or pathogen-based systems.
- Submissions must include a hypothesis for an effect that can be tested experimentally.
- Compounds with known or expected biological activity (please submit to our Testing4Ag program).
Bayer’s vision of #HealthForAll, #HungerForNone drives our need to strengthen innovation capabilities in all areas of agriculture. We know we can’t accomplish this alone, so we're always interested to hear about novel, early-stage scientific innovations that can contribute to feeding the world without starving the planet. You have our commitment to take a look, match with our R&D priorities and provide you timely feedback.
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