[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67498-67499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18650]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Request for Information: Biomaterials Program

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Request for Information.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biomaterials 
(BMAT) Program requests input from stakeholders on opportunities, 
challenges, emerging areas, and frontiers in biomaterials research. 
This RFI will help inform NSF as it considers future program 
directions, new initiatives, and potential funding opportunities.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments between August 
14 and September 19, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Nitsa Rosenzweig, Biomaterials Program Director, 2415 Eisenhower 
Avenue, Room W 9213, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone (703) 292-
7256; or send email to [email protected].
    Dan Savin, Biomaterials Program Director, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Room W 9213, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone (703) 292-4644; or 
send email to [email protected].
    Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-
8339, which is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a 
year (including Federal holidays).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Instructions: Response to this RFI is voluntary and anonymous. 
Respondents may participate in this RFI by submitting comments through 
the online survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/BMAT-2024-RFI. Each 
individual is requested to submit only one response. Please limit your 
response to no more than 100 words per question.
    In accordance with FAR 15.202(3), responses to this notice are not 
offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding 
contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated 
with responding to this RFI.
    Background Information: The Biomaterials program supports 
fundamental materials research related to (1) biological materials, (2) 
biomimetic, bioinspired, and bioenabled materials, (3) synthetic 
materials

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intended for applications in contact with biological systems, and (4) 
the processes through which nature produces biological materials. This 
RFI is part of NSF's effort to think about opportunities, challenges, 
emerging areas, and frontiers in biomaterials research.
    Information Requested: Responders are asked to answer one or more 
of the following questions in responses to the RFI:
    1. What are emerging research areas at the frontier of biomaterials 
research?
    2. Briefly describe areas in which the biomaterials community can 
address societal needs or benefit society.
    3. What potential deliverables or advances in biomaterials are 
achievable in a five-year effort?
    4. What disciplines in industry, academia, government, 
philanthropy, non-profits, or another sector outside of the 
biomaterials community could serve as partners in solving specific 
biomaterials-related challenges? Please identify the challenges that 
may be addressed by each partnership.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1861, et al.)

    Dated: August 15, 2024.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2024-18650 Filed 8-19-24; 8:45 am]
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