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Research Grants

This page is used to provide your assessment scores for each application. Please use the rubric below the application details to enter your name, your scores, and any notes on the application.

Chromosome and genome size evolution in the subgenus Hitcheniopsis of the ginger genus Curcuma L.

Project summary:

The overall aim of my PhD project is to address the riddles responsible for the variation of genome size, its variation and biogeography in tropical seasonal dormant ginger genus Curcuma. Financial support for molecular expenses has already been granted from my supervisor’s lab projects. The funding requested here is specifically to cover visits to botanical gardens housing living accessions for collection of fresh root tips and leaves sample which do not yet have vouchers, one will be made and deposited in E and SING herbaria respectively.

First Name:

Bijay Khadka

khadkabj@gmail.com

Highest degree:

Master (M. Sc.)

Year obtained:

2020

Applicant Status:

Current student

Czech Republic

Flowering plants

Relevant publications (minimum 1, maximum 4):

Hlavatá, K., Zaveska, E., Leong-Škorničková, J., Poulsen, A.D., Šída, O., Khadka, B., Mandakova, T. and Fér, T., 2024. Ancient Hybridization and Repetitive Element Proliferation in the evolutionary history of the Monocot Genus Amomum (Zingiberaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, p.1324358.

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Scoring Rubric

Your name:

c1. Scientific Merit

 

  • Scientific impact of the study in the proposed taxonomic group or the flora and funga of a geographic region – up to 10 points

  • Contribution to the generation of novel systematic/taxonomic/floristic data – up to 5 points

  • Quality and significance of questions being addressed – up to 10 points

  • Adequacy of methods for testing the research question (data collection/analysis/use of different tools) – up to 10 points

This proposal scores:

/35

C2. Community Building

 

  • Applicant’s potential for completing goals of the proposal within the time frame, and of professional success (based on CV, considering career stage) – up to 10 points

  • Explicit inclusion of (a) the use and generation of collections, and (b) conferring with taxonomic/nomenclatural experts – up to 10 points

  • Perceived need where more points are given for applicants from low- or middle-income countries – up to 5 points

This proposal scores:

/25

C3. Broader Impacts

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  • The proposal will yield durable benefits and be disseminated through publications (e.g., taxonomic revisions, checklists, new data provided for existing databases, websites) – up to 20 points

  • The proposal involves taxonomic training, fieldwork, and herbarium visits  – up to 10 points

  • The proposal involves outreach, mentoring, and mobility exchange  – up to 10 points

This proposal scores:

/40

Applicant Details

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Previous publications

Budget (USD):

2000

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University

Affiliation:

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