# Ceres

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/hr001123s0012-ceres/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/344046

> DARPA - Biological Technologies Office offered grants to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on January 11, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | HR001123S0012 |
| Agency | DARPA - Biological Technologies Office |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | January 11, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | not stated |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 12.910 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's needs may submit a proposal that shall be considered by DARPA. See the Eligibility Information section of the BAA for more information.

## What the grant funds

Conventional soil bioremediation is laborious, inefficient, and expensive, requiring soil preparation, nutrient delivery to remediating organisms, and continuous site monitoring. Plants and their rhizosphere microbiomes have innate potential to inexpensively perform the costliest aspects of bioremediation—soil preparation, nutrient augmentation, and site monitoring—without routine human intervention. Leveraging the inherent plant-rhizosphere community, Ceres will enhance community performance by engineering synthetic communities to achieve autonomous bioremediation of a fuel, JP-8, and an explosive, TNT, from soil while overtly reporting the status of this remediation. Advances in both synthetic biology and synthetic ecology will be used to create and optimize these sophisticated synthetic communities.

## Questions people ask

### Is HR001123S0012 still open?

No. It closed on January 11, 2023. A newer notice is open: DARPARA2701, closes January 13, 2027 (67 days left).

### Who can apply for Ceres?

DARPA - Biological Technologies Office accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Ceres?

Closed January 11, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### Who has won Research and Technology Development grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of Southern California, Clemson University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The program made 739 awards worth $1.5 billion in that time.