Announcing the Opportunity for NSF Researchers to Participate in BioMADE Project Calls as Part of an Integrated Project Team
Supports collaborative academic-industry research to advance biomanufacturing from basic discovery to production, accelerating the translation of biotechnology innovations through joint NSF and BioMADE funding.
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: October 17, 2024 (BioMADE Project Call; NSF proposal must align)
Funding Amounts: Joint NSF and BioMADE funding; typical NSF awards support MRL 1–3, BioMADE funds MRL 4–7; award sizes vary by project scope.
Summary: Supports integrated academic-industry research projects advancing biomanufacturing from basic discovery through translation to production, via joint NSF and BioMADE review and funding.
Key Information: Requires coordinated submission to both NSF and BioMADE; BioMADE membership/cost share applies to translational portion only.
Description
This opportunity invites U.S.-based researchers to submit integrated proposals spanning the full spectrum from basic scientific discovery (Manufacturing Readiness Level [MRL] 1–3) to translational research and production (MRL 4–7) in biomanufacturing. The initiative is a collaboration between the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and BioMADE, designed to bridge the gap between early-stage academic research and industry-scale biomanufacturing. Projects must be relevant to advancing the U.S. bioeconomy and require joint participation and support from both NSF (for basic research) and BioMADE (for translational work).
Integrated project teams should include both academic and industry partners, with proposals addressing BioMADE's project call topics and NSF's participating program areas within the Directorates for Biological Sciences and Engineering. The goal is to accelerate the translation of biotechnological innovations from the lab to commercial or production environments.
