This joint grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is for advancing photosynthesis efficiency beyond current limits. The initiative seeks innovative and transformative research proposals to address global challenges in food, energy, and the environment. It encourages multidisciplinary teams, including expertise from traditional biology, physics, engineering, and computer science, to foster fresh thinking. The program aims to generate breakthrough knowledge rather than incremental improvements, leveraging new integrative bioscience approaches like functional genomics and synthetic biology. Strong transatlantic collaborations between US and UK researchers are highly encouraged to maximize synergistic expertise, leading to significant added value in solving the long-standing problem of increasing photosynthetic efficiency.
Opportunity ID: 54041
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 10-559 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Surpassing Evolution: Transformative Approaches to Enhance the Efficiency of Photosynthesis |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
| Assistance Listings: | 47.074 — Biological Sciences |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 26, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 01, 2010 06/15/2010 Prelim Proposals required for consideration of participation in the Ideas Lab workshop (Sept 13-17, 2010). See full document for details. 11/01/2010 Full proposals. Participation in Ideas Lab not required to submit a full proposal. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 01, 2010 06/15/2010 Prelim Proposals required for consideration of participation in the Ideas Lab workshop (Sept 13-17, 2010). See full document for details. 11/01/2010 Full proposals. Participation in Ideas Lab not required to submit a full proposal. |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $6,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $300,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Description: | Photosynthesis is the basis of energy capture from the sun in plants and algae and has the potential to be harnessed for major increases in biomass yield – whether that is for bioenergy, production of renewable chemicals or boosting crop yields for food. Increasing the efficiency of photosynthesis is likely to provide solutions for the food, energy, and environmental challenges of the future. While numerous efforts to increase photosynthetic efficiency have been made, few gains have been realized. Nevertheless, an increasingly detailed picture of photosynthetic mechanisms has been obtained. The emergence of new integrative bioscience including areas such as functional genomics, metabolic flux analysis, and synthetic biology bring novel strategies that can position scientists to surpass those limits. This solicitation encourages proposals that have the potential to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of photosynthesis beyond current limits. The key objective of this joint activity between the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the US and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in the UK is to stimulate innovative and transformative research proposals for the enhancement of photosynthetic efficiency. The proposals funded through this activity will include ideas that could lead to a sea-change in our knowledge, rather than incremental advances. The proposals will be generated in an Ideas Lab by multidisciplinary teams, which in addition to scientists from a traditional biology background may include researchers with expertise in physics, engineering, mathematical modeling, computer science, chemistry or any other discipline which may help to shed light on the topic. Members of the photosynthesis research community and specialists in other areas including but not limited to bioenergetics, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, modeling, and systems biology are strongly encouraged to participate.The aspiration is that mixing researchers from diverse backgrounds will engender fresh thinking and approaches that can be brought to bear on the long-standing problem of increasing efficiency of photosynthesis. In addition, by bringing together the best researchers from the US and the UK, the intention is to form strong transatlantic alliances, where the resulting synergies from the expertise of each partner, allows for significant added value. US and UK researchers can submit preliminary proposals via FastLane for participating in the Ideas Lab in which a set of multidisciplinary ideas will be developed. These will be submitted as full proposals. Alternatively, US researchers who cannot or do not desire to participate in the Ideas Lab can submit full proposals directly in response to this solicitation. Collaboration among researchers from USA and UK is strongly encouraged in the full proposals. International research collaborations between the researchers from USA and from UK are strongly encouraged in the full proposals. |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 10-559 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
NSF grants.gov support
grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov Email:grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | NSF grants.gov support grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov Email: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.074 | PKG00018566 | Apr 26, 2010 | Nov 01, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
54041 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
54041 PerformanceSite_1_2-1.2.pdf
54041 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_2-1.2.pdf
54041 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
54041 RR_PersonalData_1_2-1.2.pdf
54041 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
54041 NSF_CoverPage_1_3-1.3.pdf
Optional forms
54041 RR_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
54041 NSF_DeviationAuthorization-1.1.pdf
54041 NSF_SuggestedReviewers-1.1.pdf
54041 NSF_Registration_1_3-1.3.pdf
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