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Publication Date - 12/3/1999

63. DOE - Fundamental Plant and Microbial Research in Carbon Management

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research grants in the area of fundamental research underlying potential strategies to reduce or limit gaseous carbon production from fossil fuel use. Research-related activities in areas of interest to the Division of Energy Biosciences include biochemical, molecular genetic, and cellular mechanisms of carbon fixation metabolism in plants and microbes.

Conversion of sunlight to fuels and chemicals by plants and microorganisms and the interconversion of greenhouse gases requires a better understanding of plant and microbial biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology, and the structure and function of enzymes and sub-cellular components. Areas of specific interest include fundamental understanding in photosynthesis, photochemistry, photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic carbon fixation, plant and microbial carbon biochemistry, regulatory control of plant assimilate allocation and transport, molecular regulatory mechanisms controlling carbon metabolism, and related areas of bioscience.

It is anticipated that up to $4.8 million will be available for multiple grant awards to be made in FY 2000. Multiple year funding of grant awards is expected.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a brief preapplication by JANUARY 12, 2000. A response regarding the potential program relevance of the preapplication and encouraging or discouraging a formal application will be communicated to the applicant by January 31, 2000. The deadline for receipt of formal applicationsis MARCH 1, 2000.