Closed · DE-FOA-0002448 · CFDA 81.049 · Discretionary

SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF BIOENERGY-RELEVANT MICROBES TO ENABLE PRODUCTION OF NEXT-GENERATION BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Science, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$250K-$500K
Award range
Closed
Status
April 8, 2021
Close date
15
Expected awards

The verdict

SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF BIOENERGY-RELEVANT MICROBES TO ENABLE PRODUCTION OF NEXT-GENERATION BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Science that offered $250,000 -- $500,000 across 15 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office of Science.

$250K-$500K
award range
Closed
application status
15
expected awards
81.049
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF BIOENERGY-RELEVANT MICROBE… is closed (last close April 8, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 81.049 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Office of Science still indexes 414 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed April 8, 2021

Posted Dec 3 Closes Apr 8

Est. Total Funding

$9,000,000

Expected Awards

15

Instrument

Grant

Description

The DOE SC program in Biological and Environmental Research (BER) hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research within the Biological Systems Science Division’s (BSSD) Genomic Science Program (GSP) (http://genomicscience.energy.gov) mission-space. This FOA solicits applications for: a) research to advance the development of promising new model organisms, microbial functional capabilities, and biosynthetic pathways relevant to biofuels and bioproducts production; and b) research into the metabolic pathways that can achieve synthetic polymer deconstruction and conversion to recycled monomers.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002448

Grants.gov marks SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF BIOENERGY-RELEVANT MICROBE… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 72 other Office of Science listings share this eligibility-code string (17% of 415).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 81.049

Basic Energy Sciences

U.S. Department of Energy

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Agency Contact

kim.laing@science.doe.gov

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What to do next

SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF BIOENERGY-RELEVANT MICROBE… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 81.049 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Basic Energy Sciences indexes 6 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Office of Science lists 414 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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