Overview

GTRI’s Intersection of Biology and Engineering (IBE) portfolio is one of GTRI’s New Ventures, which support “big bets” into emerging research areas in support of national security. 

The IBE strategic vision is to leverage existing core technical competencies to open avenues of new research and establish GTRI/GT as a thought leader in emerging areas of the bio-space. 

The IBE IRAD portfolio provides internal funding to foster relationships between GTRI and GT resident instruction that aid our ability to grow sponsored research in biological science and engineering and to enhance the impact of our research serving the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and other sponsors.
 

Time, Scale, and Process

GTRI is seeking proposals for IBE research projects to begin in fiscal year 2024. Proposed research should be aligned with the IBE strategic vision but need not necessarily fall into one of the example research areas. Proposed projects must have at least a GTRI co-PI. 

• Scale of IBE projects
  o Period of performance - 1 to 3 years 
  o Funding level - $100k to $300k per year 
• FY26 Proposal Timeline o Oct 30th - Call for proposals issued 
  o Nov -GTRI-Campus collaboration meeting 
  o Feb 14th - Proposals due to GTRI co-PI’s Lab Chief Scientist 
  o May 1st - Proposals selected for award and PIs notified 

Please contact either Leanne West (lwest@gatech.edu) or your GTRI Lab Chief Scientist for the proposal template or with any questions.