Funding is now available through the Semiconductor Synthetic Biology for Information Storage and Retrieval Technologies (SemiSynBio-II) solicitation (NSF 20-518) which seeks to leverage synthetic biology tools, concepts, and methodologies to advance the development of next-generation semiconductor information storage and retrieval technologies that are driven by biological principles and use biomaterials in the fabrication of storage and retrieval devices and systems.  

The goal of the SemiSynBio-II research program will be to foster high-risk/high-reward, multi-disciplinary, longer-term basic research leading to novel high-payoff solutions for the information-storage and retrieval industries based on recent progress in synthetic biology and the know-how of the semiconductor technology.

This program aims to seed and foster collaborations among the researchers in physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, computer science, and engineering disciplines to develop new cross-disciplinary projects and curricula that will model and integrate concepts, tools and methodology.

This solicitation builds from the previous SemiSynBio solicitation (NSF 17-557, no longer active) to include aspects of data retrieval. Proposals can be submitted during the submission window (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s local time): February 14, 2020 – March 16, 2020. Full program details including program priorities, submission guidelines, and contact information can be found in the full solicitation NSF 20-518.

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