DOE Biosystems Design to Enable Next-Generation Biofuels and Bioproducts - preapplication

Sponsor Deadline: 

Dec 19, 2016

Sponsor: 

DOE Energy Biological and Environmental Research

Grants.gov  http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=289449

DOE Open announcements:   http://science.energy.gov/grants/foas/open/

Preapplication is required.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science (SC), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research of interest to the Genomic Science Program (http://genomicscience.energy.gov) in the following research areas: a) Integrating large-scale systems biology data to model, design, and engineer microbial systems for the production of biofuels and bioproducts: Interdisciplinary approaches to develop innovative, high-throughput modeling, genome-wide design and editing, and engineering technologies for a broad range of microbes relevant for the production of biofuels and bioproducts from biomass. b) Plant systems design for bioenergy: To develop novel technologies for genome-scale engineering to re-design bioenergy crops that can grow in marginal environments while producing high yield of biomass that can be easily converted to biofuels and bioproducts. Applications should include strategies to address biocontainment, minimizing risks of potential release of engineered organisms into the environment or other unintended outcomes.

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