The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)-funded Agile BioFoundry (ABF) consortium is overseeing a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) solicitation for industry and academic partners to utilize ABF capabilities.
According to a statement, this funding opportunity provides resources for partners to collaborate with ABF’s investigators for developing novel microbial hosts; augmenting titer, rate, and yield of bioproducts; and creating new capabilities and approaches to improve the Design-Build-Test-Learn biomanufacturing cycle.
Proposals should identify how projects can leverage the ABF’s capabilities while identifying routes to support BETO goals of supporting sustainable aviation fuel production, decarbonizing industry through low or negative-carbon biochemicals, and decarbonizing transportation.
This opportunity funds competitively-selected Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) between BETO laboratory consortia and partners from industry and academia.
No less than US$3 million will be available for this call with an anticipated four projects to be selected with a project duration of up to two years. Abstract submission and discussion with ABF lead investigators must take place by April 25, 2022.
