Sec. 127. Agency activities
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As part of the Program, the National Science Foundation shall— support basic research at the intersection of the biological, physical, and information sciences and engineering through individual grants and through interdisciplinary research centers; support research on the environmental and social effects of engineering biology; provide research instrumentation support for engineering biology disciplines; and award grants, on a competitive basis, to enable institutions to support graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who perform some of their engineering biology research in an industry setting.
As part of the Program, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall— establish a bioscience research program to advance the development of standard reference materials and measurements and to create new data tools, techniques, and processes necessary to advance engineering biology and biomanufacturing; provide access to user facilities with advanced or unique equipment, services, materials, and other resources to industry, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies to perform research and testing; and provide technical expertise to inform the development of guidelines and safeguards for new products, processes, and systems of engineering biology.
As part of the Program, the Secretary of Energy shall— conduct and support basic research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities in engineering biology disciplines, including in the areas of synthetic biology, advanced biofuel development, biobased materials, and environmental remediation; and provide access to user facilities with advanced or unique equipment, services, materials, and other resources, as appropriate, to industry, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies to perform research and testing.
As part of the Program, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall— conduct and support basic and applied research in engineering biology fields, including in the field of synthetic biology, and related to Earth and space sciences, aeronautics, space technology, and space exploration and experimentation, consistent with the priorities established in the National Academies’ decadal surveys; and award grants, on a competitive basis, that enable institutions to support graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who perform some of their engineering biology research in an industry setting.
As part of the Program, the Environmental Protection Agency shall support research on how products, processes, and systems of engineering biology will affect the environment.