Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering  (BBBE)

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Apply to PD 08-1491 as follows:

For full proposals submitted via FastLane: standard Grant Proposal Guidelines apply.
For full proposals submitted via Grants.gov: NSF Grants.gov Application Guide; A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.gov Guidelines apply (Note: The NSF Grants.gov Application Guide is available on the Grants.gov website and on the NSF website at: http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/docs/grantsgovguide.pdf)

SYNOPSIS

NOTICE:  Three Program Synopses Changes may be occurring after the close of the August 15 to September 15, 2008 Window-of-Opportunity:

(1)  An additional CBET program may be added to the Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Healthcare cluster.  This program may include the topics of Bioengineering (e.g. biosensing, imaging and food processing).

(2)  The content of two existing CBET programs may be re-distributed among all three of these programs.  The two existing programs are:

(a)  the Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering program [1491], and

(b)  the Biomedical Engineering program [5345].

Proposals that are received in either [1491] or [5345], that best fit with the new program, may be transferred internally.  Stay tuned for further developments.

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The Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering (BBBE) program deals with problems involved in economic processing and manufacturing of products of economic importance by effectively utilizing renewable resources of biological origin and bioinformatics originating from genomic and proteomic information.

The BBBE program emphasizes basic engineering and biological research that advances the fundamental knowledge base that contributes to a better understanding of biomolecular processes (in vivo, in vitro, and/or ex vivo) and eventually to the development of generic enabling technology and practical application.

Quantitative assessments of bioprocesses and their rates at the levels of gene regulation and expression, signal transduction pathways, posttranslational protein processing, enzymes in reaction systems, metabolic pathways, cells and tissues in cultivation, and biological systems including animal, plant, microbial and insect cells, etc. are considered vital to the successful research projects in the BBBE program.  Research projects supported through the BBBE program include, but are not limited to:

• Fermentation technology
• Enzyme technology
• Recombinant DNA technology
• Cell culture technology
• Ex vivo and therapeutic stem cell culture technology
• Metabolic engineering
• Biosensor development
• Food processing with special focus on the safety of the nation's food supply
• Tissue engineering
• Nanobiotechnology
• Quantitative systems biotechnology

The duration of unsolicited awards is generally one to three years.  The average annual award size for the program is $100,000.  Please check the NSF Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems Division (CBET) Home Page for the two annual submission windows for unsolicited proposals.  Small equipment proposals up to $100,000 will also be considered and may be submitted during these windows.  Any proposal received outside the announced dates will be returned without review.

The duration of CAREER awards is five years.  The submission deadline for Engineering CAREER proposals is in July every year.  Please see the following URL for more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05027/nsf05027.jsp

Proposals for Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER), Conferences, Workshops, and Supplements may be submitted at any time, but must be discussed with the program director before submission.

Please refer to the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG), January 2008, (NSF 08-1) when you prepare your proposal.  Chapter II, especially, will assist you.  The GPG is available for download at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg

THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF

Chemical, Biochemical, and Biotechnology Systems

Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program