Just got this announcement from ASM for anyone who might be interesting in grant opportunities relating to the microbiology of food safety. Dear Colleague: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has requested that ASM bring to the attention of interested members the following Food Safety Challenge Area RFA:
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has created a new funding opportunity in its Microbiology of the Built Environment (MoBE) program. The Foundation seeks to further the development of talented early stage Ph.D. scientists and engineers by establishing the Microbiology of the Built Environment (MoBE) Postdoctoral Fellowship program. The program will provide support for postdoctoral researchers …
Just a quick note about a funding opportunity of potential interest. The Department of Homeland Security “BAA 12-04 Whole Genome Approach to Microbial Forensics (WGAMF)” program has a grant called “Whole-genome sequencing to capture the global biodiversity of human, plant and animal pathogens (bacterial, viral and fungal) in support of microbial forensics analysis” https://baa2.st.dhs.gov/portal/public/Menu.action?page=baa_current_solicitations Here’s the …
Note – after writing this post I found out this project is no longer active, though it still has some useful information. For those interested in what the US Government is doing in areas relating to microbiology, there is a useful site to check out called “The Microbe Project“. The goal of this project is …