Bay Area Biotechnology Topical Conference at the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting

2016 AIChE年会湾区生物技术专题会议

• 批准号: 1650296
• 负责人: Chase Beisel
• 金额: $ 2.74万
• 依托单位: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-11-01 至 2017-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1650296&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Bay; Area; Biotechnology; Topical; Conference

This proposal requests funding for a conference to be held in conjunction with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual meeting to take place in San Francisco, CA, November 16, 2016. The Conference is entitled "Bay Area Biotechnology Topical Conference" with the goal to create a unique environment for companies and small businesses operating at the forefront of synthetic biology to come together share ideas, network with AIChE affiliates, and interface with students to educate and recruit the next generation of scientists and engineers in this area. In addition, this will include a SBIR/STTR program workshop and networking event to include current SBIR grantees and prospective small businesses interested in learning more about the SBIR/STTR programs.The proposed conference offers a unique opportunity for companies to showcase their capabilities to a diverse audience of chemical engineers from academia and industry while also identifying potential partnerships. The Workshop on SBIR/STTR grant opportunities will allow start-up companies dominating the synthetic-biology space to learn about obtaining seed funding from the NSF. Finally, through the speaker presentations, students and post-docs in attendance will connect academic exploration of synthetic biology into commercial ventures and the challenges of creating business models and identifying appropriate markets.

该提案要求为2016年11月16日在加利福尼亚州旧金山举行的与美国化学工程师学会(AIChE)年会同时举行的会议提供资金。会议的主题是“湾区生物技术专题会议”，旨在为处于合成生物学前沿的公司和小企业创造一个独特的环境，让他们聚集在一起，分享想法，与AIChE的分支机构建立网络，并与学生建立联系，以教育和招聘该领域的下一代科学家和工程师。此外，这将包括SBIR/STTR计划研讨会和联网活动，包括目前SBIR的受赠者和有兴趣了解更多SBIR/STTR计划的潜在小企业。拟议中的会议为公司提供了一个独特的机会，向来自学术界和行业的不同受众展示他们的能力，同时确定潜在的合作伙伴关系。关于SBIR/STTR赠款机会的研讨会将允许主导合成生物学领域的初创公司了解如何从NSF获得种子资金。最后，通过演讲者演讲，与会的学生和博士后将把合成生物学的学术探索与商业风险以及创建商业模式和确定适当市场的挑战联系起来。