Genomic Science Program
U.S. Department of Energy | Office of Science | Biological and Environmental Research Program

Genomics-Enabled Understanding and Advancing Knowledge on Plant Gene Function(s)

Summary

October 15, 2024

Funding Announcement for Bioenergy Crop Design

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 NOFO solicits applications for “Genomics-Enabled Understanding and Advancing Knowledge on Plant Gene Function(s)” to effectively design bioenergy crops by developing approaches to:

  • understand regulatory elements, biological mechanisms and develop predictive models for dissecting multigene traits and their component parts that govern plant growth under different growing conditions, biochemical and signaling pathways;
  • understand genetic components and molecular mechanisms underlying plant regeneration/organogenesis in tissue culture to improve heterologous DNA transfer to germlines of bioenergy crops; and
  • understand genetic and molecular mechanisms that will reduce the cycle time for out-crossing energy crops (e.g. self-incompatibility) to speed development of new plant feedstocks underpinning a more broader and more competitive U.S. bioeconomy.

The NOFO, titled “Genomics-Enabled Understanding and Advancing Knowledge on Plant Gene Function(s),” can be found on the Office of Science funding opportunities page.

DOE’s Office of Science is the nation’s largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences, funds research at hundreds of universities nationwide, and stewards 10 of DOE’s national laboratories.

 

Funding Announcement Detail

  • Funding Announcement Number: DE-FOA-0003452
  • Funding Announcement: PDF
  • Submission Deadline for Pre-applications: December 2, 2024
  • Pre-application Response Date: January 2, 2025
  • Submission Deadline for Applications: February 10, 2025
  • Technical Contacts: Shing Kwok, [email protected]; and Vijay Sharma, [email protected]