We are planning a 3 day meeting in Chennai, India for a joint meeting between Indian Partners and Norwegian partners to work out the main components of a common application.The Indian partners hosting this is (dr Murugan, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna U niversity, Chennai). Other indian partners are coming from New Dehli, Bhubaneswar og Cochin.The Norwegian partners are coming from Norwegian School of veterinary science and University of Tromsø. The partners from University of Tromsø will not be able to attend the meeting in India. It was estimated that moving three Norwegians to India was the most feasible way of arranging the meeting. One of the Norwegian partnes, Mohasina Syed, originates from India.Prior to the Chennai meeting a preparative meeting between the Norwegian partners will have taken place. Much preparative work has been done electronically prior to the meeting.