Systems Biology of Bioenergy-Relevant Microbes to Enable Production of Next-Generation Biofuels

Post Date

December 20th 2013

Application Due Date

March 14th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

DE-FOA-0001060

CFDA Number(s)

81.049

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

25

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

All types of entities are eligible to apply, except other Federal agencies, Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Contractors, and nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995. Synergistic collaborations with researchers in Federal Laboratories and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), including the DOE National Laboratories are permitted. Such collaborations should be limited to filling critical voids in expertise and can represent no more than 50 percent of the total budget.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $8000000

• Award Range:

  $750000 - $1500000

Grant Description

The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research that supports the Genomic Science research program (http://genomicscience.energy.gov). In this FOA, applications are requested for: i) Research to advance the development of promising new model organisms relevant to biofuels production , ii) development of novel microbial functional capabilities and biosynthetic pathways relevant to the production of advanced biofuels and the development of strategies to overcome associated metabolic challenges resulting from pathway modification, and iii) development of novel analytical technologies or high-throughput screening approaches relating to research in bullets i and ii.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Energy - Office of Science

• Office:

  Office of Science

• Agency Contact:

  Kimberlie J. Laing, Grant Analyst, 301-903-3026
  kim.laing@science.doe.gov
  Joseph R. Graber, Program Manager, 301-903-1239
  joseph.graber@science.doe.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  kim.laing@science.doe.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  kim.laing@science.doe.gov

• More Information:

  FedConnect