The purpose of this document is to allow IVCC to determine if they will support this project. The contents of this document will be reviewed by the External Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) and the Executive Committee. When the project is reviewed and approved by these bodies project teams will be invited to complete a Complete Project Specification which will detail the project plan and budget.
There are three main sections to this document:
- Product Specification -we want to know what product or the specification of lead candidates you want to develop
- Current Project Status -we want to see what you have done so far either on this specific product or a similar product
- Project Approach -we want to know how you will get from where you are now to the final product.
1. Product Specification
The purpose of this section is to clearly define the characteristics of the final product that will be developed and how it will be used in the market. In the case of Data mining projects it should be made clear here what the deliverable is going to be e.g chemical leads to be considered for further development into vector control products.
Product description:
Give a description of the product you plan to develop. Clearly state why there is a need for the new product over existing products, who is going to use it and how it will be made cost effective.
Target Product Profile: (Not all of these are appropriate for discovery projects but a Target product profile defining the search criteria should be included in this section)
[Required performance or efficacy (knockdown, mortality, spectrum, resistance breaking etc) including a comment on desirable application rate]
- [Mode of action and resistance status]
- [Toxicity profile including potential hazards to handlers]
- [Ecotoxicity profile]
- [Benefits over existing methods including operational impact on vector control]
- [Duration of effect either on its own or potential for formulation]
- [Manufacturing considerations]
- [Method of application]
- [Parallel Benefits i.e. Description of any planned uses outside vector control]
2. Current Project Status
The purpose of this section is to define the present state of technology and knowledge plus any related information. Please present summaries of data with full data sets as appendices.
In the case of data mining projects this section should just be used to explain the extent of the chemical library and also a comment about IP and freedom to operate issues regarding any compounds found.
3. Project Approach
The purpose of this section is to define how the project is going to move from its current status to the target product. This needs to include who will input to the work, how much it will cost and what risks are associated with the project
- [Rational for getting from current project definition to final product specification]
- [Describe the key steps and sequence of tasks required for product development]
- [Define the scope of the project and exclusions to scope]
- [Definition of Project Team. Please include all project partners describing the work they will perform]
- [Define your stakeholders]
- [Budget for each of the key steps. Please make clear which steps will be paid for by the industrial partner(s) and which steps you would like the IVCC to fund.]
- [Define the risks to the project]
- [Describe any dependencies and assumptions which are being made]
4. Global Access Plan (GAP)
[Please confirm that the project partners have understood and agreed to comply with the principles of Global Access.]
5. Acceptance
[Signature page to confirm that all project partners have reviewed, agreed upon and approved the project outline specification document ready for submission to the ESAC and Executive Committee.]