Synthetic Plant Biology

The Synthetic Plant Biology program funds research that applies engineering principles to advance plant biology, with goals including development of sensors, stress-tolerance engineering, and exploration of growth trade-offs. Projects are intended to be exploratory and high-risk with potential for significant impact, and preliminary data are not required at the application stage.

Grant funding for research (staff, equipment, travel, and related project costs) for selected projects; multi-year support (three years).

Eligible applicants are PIs with a Ph.D. or equivalent and a faculty position at a college, university, research institute, or equivalent organization capable of receiving grant funding; there is no citizenship requirement for PIs.

Submit a full application via the Simons Award Manager (SAM) following the program’s guidelines.