[Lhs-biohacking] Synthetic biology for novel materials - Award: £750,000 of funding is available for this Phase 1 competition.

[Tom Hodder]

Sounds like fun.... "This CDE themed competition is looking for synthetic biology approaches to produce novel materials to address defence challenges."

I am thinking of a ballistic material made from a mixture of silk and diatom silica produced in situ to make impact resistant walls....

https://interact.innovateuk.org/competition-display-page/-/asset_publisher/RqEt2AKmEBhi/content/synthetic-biology-for-novel-materials#

    Status: Open

    Key features: This CDE themed competition seeks ambitious concepts to exploit the power of biological systems to make complex materials and the fundamental tools of molecular biology to manipulate such systems.

    Programme: SBRI

    Award: £750,000 of funding is available for this Phase 1 competition. Up to £3 million will also be made available for Phase 2

    Opens: 21 Jan 2016, 00:00

    Registration closes: No deadline

    Closes: 14 Apr 2016, 17:00

    Support phone number: 03067 704236

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Summary
Ministry of Defence logoThe Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) funds innovative research that could lead to a cost-effective capability advantage for UK armed forces and national security.
 
£750,000 of funding is available for this Phase 1 competition. Up to £3 million will also be made available for Phase 2. Funding will be considered on a per-project basis.

SBRI logo
 
This CDE themed competition is looking for synthetic biology approaches to produce novel materials to address defence challenges. Novel materials with enhanced performance in a variety of applications will enhance defence and security, while also having civilian, commercial uses.
 
This Phase 1 competition seeks proposals for short-term, highly innovative, proof-of-concept research that bring together multidisciplinary teams of researchers who use synthetic biology in the design and/or development of next-generation structural and functional materials.