VOHs

Global Centers (GC) Office Hours

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The Global Centers (GC) program in FY2024 will support innovative collaborative international centers for interdisciplinary use-inspired research to address global bioeconomy challenges, in partnership with funding agencies in Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, Finland and the United Kingdom.

The GC Program Team is hosting a series of Virtual Office Hours aimed at giving potential PIs an opportunity to ask questions about the new solicitation starting March 29 and ending on May 22, during which any questions about the Program can be asked and discussed. Two of the sessions will have a special focus: Monday April 1 (Focus on Non-R1 Institutions), and Monday April 8 (Focus on Minority Serving Institutions). 

Session dates and times are outlined below. There are no restrictions on attending multiple sessions, so please feel free to attend the sessions which best fit your schedule. The zoom link is the same for all sessions: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/j/1619482232?pwd=blBiQWJwL2h5a0ZPeVpkWEFVWWRNZz09.

  • April 1, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET (Special Focus on Non-R1 Institutions)
  • April 4, 2024, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET
  • April 9, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET (Special Focus on Minority Serving Institutions):
  • April 12, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
  • April 15, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
  • April 23, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
  • May 1, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
  • May 10, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
  • May 14, 2024, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
  • May 22, 2024, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET

More information about the GC program, including the solicitation and deadline information, can be found on the program page: https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/global-centers-gc

Share Your Creative Idea to Spur the Bioeconomy

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To work towards creating a unified, collaborative strategy to advance the U.S. bioeconomy, Catalyzing Across Sectors to Advance the Bioeconomy (CASA-Bio; www.casa-bio.net) was created.

As a first step, representatives from government, industry, and non-profit organizations met in early December to identify R&D areas of possible synergy.

Now we need your input!!!

To learn how members of the research community can participate in CASA-Bio, please plan to attend one of the following virtual office hours. The office hours will be identical but are being offered on different dates/times to accommodate diverse schedules. Choose the day and time that works best for you.

Following the Virtual Office Hours, there will be several virtual town halls where the community (that’s you) can provide ideas on research and development possibilities within the areas of synergy identified by representatives from government, industry, and non-profit organizations. The tentative dates for the the first couple of town halls are listed below. More information is and will be available at www.casa-bio.net.

  • February 12, 2024 from 7-8:30 PM ET
  • February 15, 2024 from 9-10:30 AM ET
  • February 21, 2024 from 12-1:30 PM ET
  • February 22, 2024 from 5-6:30 PM ET

CASA-Bio is facilitated by KnowInnovation under contract No. 49100423P0058 from the National Science Foundation.​