内容简介：
【组织简介】 The mission of the Illinois-Missouri Agricultural Biotechnology Alliance (IMBA) is to increase the volume of profitable business in the U.S. food and agriculture sector by improving the diversity, quality, safety, affordability, and convenience of products and services marketed by the sector. The general objectives of IMBA are:
To develop new and improved uses for corn and soybeans and products that can be manufactured profitably from them.
To increase the value of corn and soybeans as a raw material for manufacturing various products, including food, feed, fiber, fuel, or chemical feedstocks.
To lower the unit cost of producing, processing, distributing, retailing, and utilizing corn, soybeans, and products manufactured from them.
To maximize positive and minimize negative effects of the corn and soybean industries on the environment.
To conserve non-renewable resources consumed in the corn and soybean industries. Organizational Structure
Executive Committee Dr. Steven Pueppke 1301 West Gregory Drive University of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801 pueppke@uiuc.edu
Dean Tom Payne 2-69 Agriculture Building University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 paynet@missouri.edu
Dr. David Shoup Agriculture Building Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901 dshoup@siu.edu
Daniel D. Jones USDA/CREES Room 310 Aerospace Center Washington D.C. 20250 ddjones@reeusda.gov
Dr. Ken Schneeberger IMBA Program Manager 2-3 Agricultural Building University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 SchneebergerK@missouri.edu
IMBA Program
The IMBA mission is achieved by funding a portfolio of biotechnology research projects. Grants are awarded via a process described in the Proposal Guidelines section. A list of funded projects is located in the Projects section.
Limitations on use of IMBA federal funds
Use of the federal funds appropriated to IMBA is limited to biotechnology research and to related research evaluating the technologies and economic potential of materials or systems generated, or potentially generated, by the biotechnology research. IMBA funds can be used only to pay direct costs of research by qualified scientists in a non-profit institution and the direct cost of administering the IMBA program.
