This an initial EOI SMART Idea bid, which still requires internal AgResearch go-ahead, for it to be released. This is a heads-up of the submission which would be due through the MBIE portal by November 3rd. Essentially we would seek to get two PhD students to work on structural biology of methanogen marker proteins, and build on some of the work that students have done before on this. We would seek approximately 1,000,000$ over three years, similar to a Marsden. This is a 'one-pager' which if approved will be fully-written up over the next few weeks, and another ROI submitted. 

If this is not approved for the MBIE round by Internal AgResearch review process then we would seek to have it funded as a Marsden in late February.