Closed · HR001121S0035 · CFDA 12.910 · Discretionary

Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource (EMBER)

Federal grant opportunity posted by DARPA - Biological Technologies Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.

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Award range
Closed
Status
September 27, 2021
Close date
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Expected awards

The verdict

Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource (EMBER) is a closed discretionary listing from DARPA - Biological Technologies Office that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 73 other opportunities from DARPA - Biological Technologies Office.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
12.910
CFDA program
73
other opportunities from DARPA - Biological Technologies Office

Archived opportunity record

Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Re… is closed (last close September 27, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. DARPA - Biological Technologies Office still indexes 73 other opportunities here.

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

Deadline tracker

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Closed September 27, 2021

Posted Jul 13 Closes Sep 27

Instrument

Procurement Contract

Description

The Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource (EMBER) program aims to develop novel, bio-based technologies to overcome key challenges facing domestic supply of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) critical to the U.S. and Department of Defense (DoD). The EMBER program will leverage the diversity, specificity, and customizability of environmental microbiology to enable new biomining methods for separation, purification, and conversion of REEs into manufacturing-ready forms. Microbes (and/or biomolecules), including those from extreme or metal-rich environments, can be biologically engineered or adapted to bind, assimilate, and manipulate individual REEs. These biological components, once developed, may be assembled into an in-line separation, purification, and recovery workflow resulting in individual, purified REEs. Scalability of EMBER’s approach will be demonstrated with proof-of-concept, pilot scale studies aligned with existing mining/waste treatment infrastructure.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HR001121S0035

Grants.gov marks Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Re… 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: Procurement Contract. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the DARPA - Biological Technologies Office book (44 peers, 59% of 74).

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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Agency Contact

BAA Coordinator EMBER@darpa.mil

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