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Partner to Develop a Natural Herbicide

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The Seeker, a Fortune 500 company, is looking for one or more collaboration partners to help identify and develop naturally occurring herbicides from any and all sources.  It is well understood by this Seeker that there are relatively few natural herbicides for eradication of weeds or other invasive plants species and that those that are used today can be harmful if applied under the wrong conditions.   

This is an electronic Request-for-Partners (eRFP) Challenge; the Solver (including a team or company) will only need to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by the Seeker with a goal of establishing a collaborative partnership.  The Solver should propose a novel chemistry or approach or novel source of naturally occurring herbicides that have not been previously explored but may have shown promise in an ad hoc way. 

The Seeker, a Fortune 500 company, is looking for one or more collaboration partners to help identify and develop naturally occurring herbicides from any and all sources.  It is well understood by this Seeker that there are relatively few natural herbicides for eradication of weeds or other invasive plants species and that those that are used today can be harmful if applied under the wrong conditions. 

This is an electronic Request-for-Partners (eRFP) Challenge.  The Solver will write a preliminary proposal (about 2–4 pages including contact information) to be evaluated by the Seeker with a goal of establishing a collaborative partnership.  Upon completion of the evaluation, the Seeker may contact selected Solvers directly to work out terms for a collaboration contract. The monetary value of the contract will vary depending on the amount of work to be delivered and the time frame agreed upon. 

(NOTE: Only proposals from Solvers who have the ability to work as the collaboration partner will be considered.)

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