What kind of proposals can be submitted?
| Proposal Call Type | Review Frequency | Next Submission Deadline | Next Review Date |
| CSP Annual | Annual | Spring 2025 for FY26 call | August 2025 for FY26 call |
| FICUS JGI-EMSL | Annual | Spring 2025 for FY26 call | June 2025 for FY26 call |
| CSP New Investigator | Annual | Sep 26, 2025 for FY26 call | Dec 2024 for FY25 call |
| CSP Functional Genomics | Annual | Jan 30, 2025 for FY25 call | March 2025 for FY25 call |
For accepted proposals, sequencing, synthesis, metabolomics and analysis will be paid for by the Department of Energy’s funding of the JGI. There is no cost to the user and no granting of funds.
- Status: OPEN
- Only for investigators who do not already have a CSP or FICUS proposal.
- Proposals may include synthetic biology, sequencing and metabolomics.
- Status: OPEN (replaces DNA Synthesis call)
- Proposals may include synthetic biology, transcriptomics, DAP-seq, and metabolomics.
- Focus on translating genomic information to biological function
- Status: FY25 call CLOSED
- Large-scale sequencing, synthetic biology and metabolomics proposals.
- Proposals must be preceded by Letters of Intent.
FICUS JGI-EMSL Collaborative Science Initiative
- Status: FY25 call CLOSED
- High risk/high reward proposals that make use of JGI’s sequencing, metabolomics, and synthetic biology capabilities, and EMSL’s proteomics and imaging capabilities
- Proposals must be preceded by Letters of Intent
FICUS JGI-NERSC-KBase Biological Data Science
- Status: CLOSED
- Submitters may request large-scale computational analyses of sequence data to solve problems relevant to DOE missions.
- Proposals may not include sequencing, metabolomics or synthetic biology requests.