Enhancing Readiness of Biomanufacturing Technologies for Decarbonization
Enhancing Readiness of Biomanufacturing Technologies for Decarbonization
The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)-funded Agile BioFoundry (ABF) consortium is partnering with the MSI STEM Research & Development Consortium (MSRDC) to support promising research and build new connections and future collaborations.
This solicitation provides funding to MSRDC-associated investigators to conduct R&D activities at their home institution, to increase the readiness of their technologies. This solicitation aims to advance these technologies to the stage where they could utilize ABF’s capabilities in future research. These capabilities include the development of novel microbial hosts, augmentations of titer, rate, and yield of bioproducts, and the creation of new capabilities & approaches to improve the Design-Build-Test-Learn biomanufacturing cycle.
Proposers should identify how their project could at its conclusion proceed to leverage and contribute to the ABF’s capabilities. Submissions should also clearly identify how the work addresses BETO's goals of supporting the decarbonization of various industrial sectors, including the development of sustainable bio-based products, sustainable aviation fuels, or other impacts in transportation.
Submissions should also clearly identify how the work addresses BETO's goals of supporting the decarbonization of various industrial sectors, including the development of sustainable bio-based products, sustainable aviation fuels, or other impacts in transportation.
BETO has committed $1,000,000 (total) to support 2 to 4 projects with a one year duration.
Proposal selection will follow occur in stages.
- Submission of concept papers. All applicants must submit a short concept paper following the template found here: [Concept Paper Template].
- ABF staff will evaluate concept papers, and recommend proposals for advancement to the next stage. MSRDC will inform applicants of the outcome.
- Full proposals should adhere to the document template found here: [Full Proposal Template]. The ABF selection committee and BETO will confer on proposals to receive funding, based on the quality of the approach, the proposal’s alignment with the BETO mission, and a well-articulated path to leveraging ABF capabilities in future research.
Funding timeline:
Dates for submission deadlines are in bold within the ‘Due/Completed by’ column. MSRDC must receive concept paper submissions, via the submission portal no later than November1st, 11:59PM PST.
Stage | Due/Completed by |
Full applications due | 03-Feb-2023 |
Review completed | 24-Feb-2023 |
Applicants awarded by | 23-Mar-2023 |