Scout | DE-FOA-0003552: PLANT ENGINEERING TO REVOLUTIONIZE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION AND HEIGHTEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOVEL EFFICIENCY SBIR/STTR (PERSEPHONE SBIR/STTR)

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PLANT ENGINEERING TO REVOLUTIONIZE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION AND HEIGHTEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOVEL EFFICIENCY SBIR/STTR (PERSEPHONE SBIR/STTR)

ARPA‑E's PERSEPHONE SBIR/STTR solicits proposals to develop transformative plant genetic engineering tools for bioenergy crops, targeting an annual impact of at least 1 quad of energy or mitigation of >60 MT CO2e. The program supports three tracks: (A) robust, high-throughput transformation tools (10x throughput, 4x cost reduction, 2x faster), (B) radically new engineering modalities that e…

Source

Agency: Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy

Award

Total Funding: $15M

Award Ceiling: $4.5M

Award Floor: $314,363

Funding Amount: $4.5M

Total Awards Given 7

Dates

Opportunity Released: February 10, 2025

Submission Deadline: March 4, 2025

Application Window Closes: March 4, 2025

Eligibility

Small business

Small businesses

Keywords

plant genetic engineering

bioenergy crops

sbir-sttr

plant transformation

biocontainment

synthetic biology

agricultural biotechnology

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