No-cost scientific user program lead from DOE JGI; eligibility, timing, and fit require current official verification.
No application or relationship exists. This record does not establish eligibility, availability, funding, recommendation, provider interest, or authorization to apply.
Provider
DOE JGI
Kind
No-cost scientific user program
Status
active; call-specific
Timing
Mixed current calls: New Investigator proposals are due September 8, 2026 and Functional Genomics proposals are due January 29, 2027; FICUS, CSP Large Scale, and the listed critical-minerals call are closed.
Eligibility
JGI lists call-specific investigator and mission-fit requirements. The New Investigator call is for people who have not been principal investigator on an approved JGI proposal; the broader user program requires relevance to DOE missions.
Access notes
Accepted user proposals receive sequencing, synthesis, metabolomics, and analysis services at no cost; this is facility access, not a cash grant. Data, publication, sample, user-agreement, and biosafety obligations must be reviewed.
Official link checked
2026-07-25
Relationship
indexed only; no formal relationship
Potential fit and evidence boundary
Microbiomes, crops, waste loops, and systems biology
Evidence boundary: Official JGI user-program page reviewed. Current call states and dates are explicit, but scientific merit, investigator status, mission relevance, acceptance, and resource availability were not independently established.
Task-specific matches
No bounded task match is recorded.
Proposed founder action—not undertaken
Define a publishable microbiome, crop, waste-loop, or systems-biology question and engage only through the matching official call after confirming eligibility, data policy, samples, and biosafety; seek authorization before submission.
Conflicts and change triggers
Conflicts: Biological safety, genomic data governance, publication obligations, sample ownership, and dual-use biological concerns require expert review.
What would change this record? Call amendments, a qualified investigator and host institution, preliminary data, a defined sample plan, or revised DOE mission priorities would change the assessment.
Official JGI user-program page reviewed. Current call states and dates are explicit, but scientific merit, investigator status, mission relevance, acceptance, and resource availability were not independently established.
Indexing and task matching do not establish eligibility, recommendation, availability, funding, provider interest, a relationship, or authorization to apply.
What would change this page?
Call amendments, a qualified investigator and host institution, preliminary data, a defined sample plan, or revised DOE mission priorities would change the assessment.
Biological safety, genomic data governance, publication obligations, sample ownership, and dual-use biological concerns require expert review.
The maintainer intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work. No entity, outside funding, customer, sponsor, or indexed-organization relationship currently exists.