Background
In 2019, the Synthetic Biology Consortium (SBC) was formed as a result from interest from Program Staff from 11 NIH Institutes/Centers and the Office of the NIH Director. The NIH SBC hosts an annual meeting that is open to the public. The annual meeting summaries and videos and other NIH led synthetic biology workshops are linked below under the Historical Synthetic Biology Workshops section.
Active Synthetic Biology Funding Opportunities
NOT-EB-23-002
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Synthetic Biology for Biomedical Applications
NOT-HL-21-024
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Bold New Bioengineering Research for Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders and Diseases
RFA-OD-24-010
R03: Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science
NSF-24-603
Biomedical Research Initiative for Next-Gen BioTechnologies - SynBio Control (BRING SynBio)
NSF/Directorate of Engineering and NIH/NIBIB program solicitation
BRING SynBio webinar recording now available | NSF - National Science Foundation
POSEIDON | ARPA-H
Notice ID: ARPA-H-SOL-24-109
Platform Optimizing SynBio for Early Intervention and Detection in ONcology
Teaming Users with Developers: NHLBI has several heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS)-focused opportunities and obstacles, and an interest in technologically-based solutions to disease and improved health. This workshop intends to continue bringing these fields together to address HLBS disorders and better understand HLBS molecular mechanisms driving development, regeneration, and pathophysiology through synthetic biology.
Historical Synthetic Biology Workshops
2024
Workshop on Synthetic Biology for Molecular Imaging in Cancer
National Cancer Institute
2023
Synthetic Biology for Aging Workshop
Hosted by NIBIB, NIA
- Synthetic Biology for Aging Workshop
- Sessions and Breakout Room Videos
- Synthetic Biology for Aging Research Workshop Summary
2022
Synthetic Biology and New Directions for HLBS Application Virtual Workshop
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NIH SBC Meeting history videos links and summaries:
2023: Biomanufacturing and Synthetic Biology for Biomedical Applications (Hybrid/in person)
2022: Control Theory and Synthetic Biology for Biomedical Applications (Virtual)
Breakout meeting 1 Response to the Pandemic and Opportunities for Synthetic Biology to Prepare and Recover from a Pandemic
Breakout meeting 2 Control Theory, Toolkits and Modeling
Breakout meeting 3 Engineering Biology Capabilities and Bottlenecks
Breakout meeting 4 Scaling up Biocontrol Methods to Complex Biological Systems
Main Synthetic Biology Consortium meeting
2021: Synthetic Biology Technology Showcases (Virtual)
Day 1 Video Link
Day 2 Video Link
2019: First NIH Synthetic Biology Meeting! Breakout sessions in Embryogenesis & Morphogenesis, Natural Products, Vaccine Development, Immunotherapy (In person, no video link)