College of Engineering, Design & Computing Events

11 June | Global Centers: Addressing Global Challenges through the Bioeconomy

NSF

The Global Centers program is meant to support multidisciplinary research that can only be achieved through international partnerships uniting complementary areas of expertise, and/or facilitating access to unique expertise or resources of the participating countries. This solicitation defines “bioeconomy” as the share of the economy based on products, services, and processes derived from living systems. Bioeconomy is built on the foundation of biotechnology and biomanufacturing, and in addition to biological science and engineering includes contributions from fields such as chemistry, materials science, geosciences, mathematics, data sciences, humanities, and the social sciences. Within the general theme of Bioeconomy, proposals submitted in the framework of this call must be centered on either or both of two subtopics: Leveraging Biodiversity Across the Tree of Life to Power the Bioeconomy; and Biofoundries, using the Design-Build-Test-Learn process in biology. All proposals must integrate both of two crosscutting themes into the proposed work: Public engagement and co-generation of research activities to strengthen the global science and technology enterprise; and Workforce Development and Education.