Bayer Crop Science: Advancing health & enhancing nutrition via gene editing - Request for proposal

Opportunity for

• Academic researchers and companies to develop new fruit and vegetable products that have increased nutritional content, enhanced consumer appeal or positive impact on the environment by harnessing the speed and precision of gene editing/new breeding techniques.

Opportunity description

Industry challenge

Are you passionate about using science to improve human health and the environment? We are seeking to partner with academic researchers and companies to develop new fruit and vegetable products that have increased nutritional content, enhanced consumer appeal or positive impact on the environment by harnessing the speed and precision of gene editing/new breeding techniques. Let’s work together to create a future where fruits and vegetables are even more delicious and nutritious, while decreasing food waste.

Current opportunity

We are looking for anything from a product concept around a gene edit in a fruit or vegetable crop to an existing and characterized edit.

Solutions of interest include:

• Technology maturity: ranging from early in-crop proof of concept to commercial-ready leads​
• Crops: all vegetables and fruits excluding fruit trees
• Product Concept: nutrition, taste, consumer appeal, food waste reduction
• Technology: gene editing (not transgenic traits).

Our must-have requirements are:

• A product or focus developed through gene editing or NBTs in a fruit or vegetable crop.

What's out of scope:

• Transgenics.

What we can offer you:

• Eligible partnership models
• Sponsored research
• Licensing
• Co-development

Benefits:

• Sponsored Research
• Depending on the maturity of the concept, we offer a range of partnership opportunities from small grants for early ideas to commercial co-development and licensing, all supported by Bayer technical and business experts with the ultimate goal of commercialization.

Expertise

• Connection to Bayer's scientific and/or market development teams to help develop and advance your concept.