Project Calls

Project calls to support BioMADE’s research on technology and innovation, education and workforce development, and safety and security are an important part of BioMADE’s mission. There are currently no active project calls, but stay tuned for future opportunities or become a member to always be in-the-know about new funding opportunities. And, check out external opportunities that may be relevant below.

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Previous BioMADE Project Call Topic Areas

Technology and Innovation: Projects that enable bioindustrial manufacturing, develop technologies to enhance U.S. bioindustrial competitiveness, and de-risk investment in relevant infrastructure.

Education and Workforce Development: Projects that expand the biomanufacturing workforce by building awareness, preparing the future workforce, and supporting the current workforce.

Safety and Security: Projects that advance BioMADE’s commitment to safety and security in bioindustrial manufacturing.

Topic-Specific Project Calls: Projects that address one or more specific needs in the bioindustrial manufacturing ecosystem, made available based on specific funding opportunities.

External Funding Opportunities

  • America’s Seed Fund is focused on transforming scientific and engineering discoveries into products and services with commercial and societal impact. The deep technologies we fund show promise but their success hasn’t yet been validated. And, each year, we award $200+ million in research and development (R&D) funding to about 400 startups across the United States.

    The Biological Technologies topic covers a wide range of technology areas to advance engineering and science innovation across the biological spectrum. Biological technologies have disrupted decades-old chemical, agricultural and medical products and services, producing a new bioeconomy. Potential breakthroughs in this space are on course to make major socioeconomic contributions by boosting productivity in industrial and agricultural processes, improving human health, and making advances toward environmental sustainability.

    Funding Agency: NSF

    Learn more here.

  • The Distributed Bioindustrial Production Capability (DBPC) prototype effort seeks to design, integrate, and demonstrate a pilot-scale, production-representative bio-industrial biomanufacturing capability.

    Funding Agency: DEVCOM United States Army Research Lab (ARL) and Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Manufacturing Technology Program [OUSD(R&E)/ManTech]

    Closes: 7/14/2026

    Learn more here.

  • Develop and demonstrate a flexible, polymer-matrix thermal interface material with tunable thermal and mechanical properties, leveraging hierarchical, biocomposite-based microstructures for scalable, sustainable, low-cost thermal management of high-performance electronics and power applications.

    Funding Agency: DoW STTR

    Closes: 7/22/2026

    Learn more here.

  • The Supply Chain Acceleration and Logistics Enablement (SCALE) Program supports organizations that help small businesses overcome operational, technical, workforce, and market access barriers that limit their ability to participate and grow as suppliers within strategically important industries. Through technical assistance, industry engagement, and other implementation focused activities, SCALE helps small businesses address identified supply chain constraints, strengthen supplier readiness, improve production capability, and expand participation in strategically important supply chains.

    Funding Agency: Small Business Administration

    Closes: 8/7/2026

    Learn more here.

  • Develop an environmentally friendly processing method to produce a plant-based carbon fiber precursor for high-temperature applications.

    Funding Agency: DoW SBIR

    Closes: 8/19/2026

    Learn more here.