Energy
and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for the Bioeconomy (ECOSynBio) (DE-FOA-0002387); October 26. 2020
Agency
Department
of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
(ARPA-E)
Description
This
funding opportunity seeks submissions to establish new technologies to
significantly improve the carbon efficiency of bioconversion platforms through
the accommodation of external reducing equivalents. Proposed systems of
interest include, but are not limited to: (1) carbon optimized fermentation
strains that avoid CO2 evolution, (2) engineered mixotrophic consortia or systems that avoid CO2 evolution,
(3) biomass or gas fermentation with internal CO2 utilization, (4) cell-free
carbon optimized biocatalytic biomass conversion
and/or CO2 utilization, and (5) cross-cutting or other proposed carbon optimized
bioconversion schemes. All systems will need to demonstrate the capacity to
accommodate external reducing equivalents to optimize the carbon efficiency of
the system as compared to traditional fermentation systems (i.e. the sum of the
recoverable energy contents of the products is greater than the energy content
of the biomass or primary carbon feedstock).
**Note:
A separate SBIR/STTR opportunity is available under DE-FOA-0002388.**
Announcement
Number:
DE-FOA-0002387
Closing
Date:
Concept
paper: October 26, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/#FoaId05f5077d-caa1-467a-87f6-e82732d4595f
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