2020 Workshop: Materials from Engineering Biology, an Engineering Biology Research Consortium Roadmap

工程生物学研究联盟（EBRC）的目标是为工程生物学材料的发展制定一个路线图，将于2020年夏季出版。路线图的目标是作为研究界的资源，激发创造力，促进未来20年的重大进步和创新。该路线图将专注于生物工程，以生产，增强和改进广泛应用的材料。该路线图将包括技术和应用挑战、创新技术目标以及具体但雄心勃勃的工具和技术开发里程碑，为实现目标和克服挑战奠定基础。创建一个成功的路线图包括一个结构化的范围界定、起草、讨论、审查和修订材料的协同过程。EBRC通过与研究界和利益攸关方举办写作研讨会来实现这一目标。这些研讨会是实现路线图的宝贵组成部分，代表了研究人员和支持未来研究计划的人员的不同观点。技术摘要：为了支持工程生物学材料路线图的制作，EBRC寻求两个为期2天的写作研讨会的财政支持。在制定材料路线图时，特别重要的是来自材料研究界的不同科学家和工程师群体的参与，他们可能有也可能没有工程生物学方面的经验或专业知识。这些人鼓励采用整体方法来理解和报告制作可用，有效和功能性材料的独特挑战，并将被招募为研讨会参与者，草稿贡献者和社区评审员。过去的EBRC写作研讨会已被证明是令人难以置信的生产力，汇集专家和利益相关者起草，审查和修改路线图的内容和实质。财政支助将帮助支付与会者的旅费、住宿费、餐费和其他费用以及任何必要的设施和支助费。EBRC研讨会的目的是方便，并举行的日期和地点，为尽可能多的参与者。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。

Non-technical Abstract:The Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC) aims to produce a roadmap for the advancement of materials from engineering biology, to be published in Summer 2020. The goal of the roadmap is to serve as a resource for the research community, to spur creativity and promote significant advancement and innovation over the next 20 years. This roadmap will be focused on the engineering of biology to produce, augment, and improve materials for a broad swath of applications. The roadmap will consist of technical and application challenges, innovative technical goals, and concrete but ambitious milestones for tool and technology development that build a path toward achieving the goals and overcoming the challenges. Creating a successful roadmap consists of a synergistic process of structured scoping, drafting, discussion, review, and revision of material. EBRC accomplishes this, in part, through writing workshops with the research community and stakeholders. These workshops are an invaluable part of achieving a roadmap that represents the diverse views of researchers and those that support future research programs.Technical Abstract:To support the production of a materials roadmap for engineering biology, EBRC seeks financial support for two, 2-day writing workshops. Of particular importance in producing a materials roadmap is the engagement of a diverse group of scientists and engineers from the materials research community, who may or may not have experience or expertise in engineering biology. These individuals encourage a holistic approach to understanding and reporting the unique challenges of producing usable, effective, and functional materials, and will be enlisted as workshop participants, draft contributors, and community reviewers. Past EBRC writing workshops have proven to be incredibly productive in bringing together experts and stakeholders to draft, review, and revise the roadmap content and substance. Financial support will help to cover costs of participant travel, accommodations, meals and expenses and any necessary facility and support fees. EBRC workshops are designed to be accessible and are held on dates and in locations that serve as many participants as possible.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.