Request for Authorization to Establish the Genetic Engineering and Society 

Center (CGES) 

 

Jennifer Kuzma and Fred Gould 

 

 

a. Relationship of the Center/Institute (CI) to the Mission of NC State. 

 

We request authorization to establish the Genetic Engineering and Society Center 

(CGES)1 at NC State.  The GES Center builds upon NC State’s existing National Science 

Foundation (NSF) Interdisciplinary Graduate Education, Research and Training 

(IGERT) grant on “Genetic Engineering and Society:  The Case of Transgenic Pests” 

(GPM‐IGERT) and the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program Cluster in Genetic 

Engineering and Society (CFEP GES).  The GPM‐IGERT has brought together a group of 

diverse, multi‐disciplinary faculty from CALS, CHASS, CNR and COS in the planning 

and delivery of its curriculum. This faculty has developed a graduate minor in Genetic 

Engineering and Society that is broader than the IGERT program itself, and was 

approved by The Graduate School in April, 2014.   

These current programs are important. The deployment of genetically engineered (GE) 

organisms into society is contentious, however, there is a need to move beyond 

graduate education toward broader engagement with the community.  Particularly, a 

university center can serve as a trusted space for open dialogue and balanced analyses.  

The GES Center will serve as a home for engaged scholarship.  This approach to scholarly 

work brings the activities of academe to bear on the needs of external communities and 

in turn informs scholarly work with the experiences of communities.  The Center will 

embrace this approach, including translational research to bridge natural and social 

sciences and dialogue‐based engagement beyond campus to improve understanding 

among diverse stakeholders. 

The idea of a GES Center fits well with the university’s land grant mission to serve the 

state, its people, the nation and the world.  The GES Center will take the lead in using 

in‐depth research and dialogue‐based approaches to provide the public with rigorous, 

trustworthy analyses of how products of GE technologies may impact society and the 

environment. The proposed Center will foster innovative research, education, and 

                                                            1 To find a list of all acronyms and their meanings, go to Appendix 6 at the end of this document  

engagement while acting to connect the university with local and global communities.   

The GES Center will be a research center, yet tightly coupled with providing public 

service and education.   

Mission of the GES Center 

The GES Center represents a unique example of engaged scholarship and serves as a 

regional, national and international hub of interdisciplinary research and analysis and 

inclusive dialogue surrounding opportunities and challenges associated with genetic 

engineering and society. It is distinctive in the nation and world in its blending of 

approaches from the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities to study the 

intersections of genetic engineering and society. The GES Center provides mechanisms 

for discussion and rigorous, trustworthy analyses about how products of genetic 

engineering and synthetic biology come to be and how they may impact society. The 

Center serves to improve relationships and learning across disciplines, experts and 

stakeholders in order to better inform the future(s) of GE research, development and 

governance.  A multi‐disciplinary team of faculty engages with the Center. 

 

Goals and Objectives

Society is at a “tipping point” in the GE arena that results from a confluence of the 

power of novel technologies for genome editing, sequencing, and engineering and 

rising social and ethical concerns about how technology is changing and could change 

our lives, relationships and the planet.  There is a need for more independent work (i.e., 

outside of industry, government and non‐government organizations (NGOs)) that 

engages multiple disciplines and perspectives and is tied to community and 

stakeholder needs.  GES Center programs have made and are poised to continue 

making NC State a national and international leader in scholarship in this important 

area.  The Center fills an important gap, as it is the first of its kind to take an integrated 

approach to studying the technical and societal dimensions associated with genetically 

engineered organisms, synthetic biology and other advanced biotechnology 

technologies.      

The objectives of the GES Center are rooted in four primary activities:  

1) Engagement 

• Promote dialogue across colleges and other university units to improve 

trans‐, inter‐ and multi‐disciplinary scholarship 

• Convene dialogue and issue mapping activities for stakeholders and 

citizens coming from diverse perspectives and institutions  (government, 

industry, academia, NGOs) 

• Provide research on types and modes of engagement 

2) Synthesis and communication 

• Translate existing scientific information in a balanced manner (e.g., risk 

studies, public perception studies) 

• Document dynamics of debates and controversies 

• Provide natural and social science research needed to fill knowledge gaps 

3) Meta‐analysis 

• Add value to existing social science, policy, humanities, natural science 

and engineering data to inform decision making and programs 

• Provide broader systems analysis (socio‐ecological‐technological systems‐‐

SETS) to understand behavior of systems for development, use, and 

deployment of genetically engineered organisms (GEOs).  

4) Decision Tools 

• Create system maps for models for choices and outcomes 

• Provide analytical tools, such as decision tools and develop processes for 

analyzing options. 

 

Key long‐term practical 

goals include (i) fostering 

relationships among 

diverse experts, 

stakeholders, and citizens, 

(ii) promoting bi‐

directional, social learning 

about issues, opportunities, 

and challenges associated 

with genetic engineering 

and society, and (iii) 

informing and improving the future(s) of GE research, development and governance. 

 

Supported Research 

The core CFEP GES faculty engage in research either supported or hosted by the Center. 

Example projects are listed below:   

Genetic and ecological research on genetic pest management. (Fred Gould, Alun 

Lloyd) 

Innovation analysis in GE and the development of a GE patent database (Zach 

Brown, GES cluster faculty) 

Researchers’ attitudes and visions of GE trees for biofuels (Jason Delborne, GES 

cluster faculty and Louie Rivers, CNR faculty) 

Governance of synthetic biology (Jennifer Kuzma, this research project is funded 

by a Sloan Foundation grant in the amount of $173,000) 

 

Other research supported by the GES Center include the resident faculty fellow 

program, visiting scholars and the history project.  All of these initiatives will be 

highlighted in detail in section f.   

 

Extension and Engagement Activities  

The Center participated and facilitated several engagement and outreach activities.  

Faculty, students and staff participated in many venues across the state, nation and 

world to engage audiences in genetic engineering and society.  For a complete listing of 

outreach talks and presentations, please see Appendices 4 & 5 below entitled 

“Presentations” and “GES in the Media.” Large GES Center sponsored events will be 

discussed in detail in section h.  In addition, three key outreach activities are 

highlighted below.     

Grade School Teacher Internship with the Center through a Partnership with the 

Kenan Institute 

In the summer of 2014, the Center welcomed Kelly Sears, a Kenan Fellow and eighth 

grade teacher at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill.  She spent her time with the GES 

Center split between Dr. Fred Gould’s lab working on DNA extraction/manipulation 

and with Dr. Jennifer Kuzma who was leading work on the Sloan Grant for Synthetic 

Biology.  Ms. Sears had the opportunity to experience different aspects of the Center’s 

work from each mentor.   Dr. Gould’s group taught her what it was like to work in a 

research lab and collaborate with other researchers, and Dr. Kuzma’s group provided 

an introduction to the social sciences side of genetic engineering, working with focus 

groups on new biotechnology topics.  Ms. Sears took the lessons she learned to her 

classroom at Smith Middle School.  When asked about her experience, Ms. Sears 

commented: 

 

“the time I had with the GES Center during my externship has 

transformed the way I teach evolution and biotechnology.  In the past, I 

rushed through biotechnology because I lacked the knowledge base to 

comfortably teach the topic.  I would hit the topic with one day of notes 

and move on. This year, I have nestled biotechnology into artificial 

selection and a unit, covering microbiology and disease.  Thanks to each 

of you, my students are having inquiry based lab experiences and rich 

discussions about exciting topics in bioengineering that are embedded 

and connected to many other areas of science.”  

 

Ms. Sears produced videos documenting her time at the Center as well as how her 

students responded to the new information. The experience will greatly increase her 

outreach in the area of GE.   

   

Tomorrow’s Table Talk Facilitation with Orientation Classes for Different Colleges  

The Center partnered with the libraries,  CALS, COS and CHASS to facilitate 

conversations in all of the sections of their orientation classes about the common core 

reading requirement, Tomorrow’s Table by Dr. Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak.  

The Center had already partnered with the NC State Library to host a public talk with 

the speakers and interview them for the archive as a part of the GES Center’s History 

Project.  By facilitating the talks in orientation classes, GPM‐IGERT students had the 

opportunity to teach undergraduates, and the undergraduates received additional 

insight into issues surrounding genetically engineered and organic foods.   

 

Communications & Public Tools 

In April 2014, the Center launched a website (go.ncsu.edu/ges), a social media presence 

on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/GES‐Center/230025087191089), 

Twitter (@GESCenterNCSU) and Tumbler 

(https://www.tumblr.com/blog/ncsugeneticengineeringsociety) and created internal, 

local, national and international listservs that include industry, NGOs, government, 

universities, individual scientists and other interested stakeholders.  The Center’s 

website provides information about its research, upcoming and past events, its partners, 

projects and publications and covers media exposure that the Center has received. The 

website is equipped with various tools that enable the public at large to learn more 

about GE, GES and policies surrounding GE.  The website provides definitions of 

common GE terms, demonstrates the evolution of genetic/biotech approaches and a 

timeline of the history of GE.  In May 2015, the GES Center launched is inaugural 

monthly newsletter.  

 

Honors and Awards 

In the first year of Center operations many associated faculty and students have 

received honors and awards.  

 

Dr. Jennifer Kuzma, the center’s Co‐Director and Goodnight‐NC GSK Foundation 

Distinguished Professor in the Social Sciences was awarded honors as the 2014 Society 

for Risk Analysis Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer Award for Outstanding 

Contributions to the Field of Risk Analysis and she was elected Secretary and Council 

Member for the Society for Risk Analysis (2014‐present). 

 

Dr. Fred Gould, GES Center Co‐Director and William Neal Reynolds Professor of 

Agriculture was honored with the Founders Memorial Award from Entomological 

Society of America.  He was also selected to become the Chair of the National Academy 

of Sciences study on ʺGenetically Engineered Crops: Past Experiences and Future 

Prospects.ʺ 

 

b.RelationshiptoorPotentialImpactUpontheExistingDepartments,Collegesand/orSchools,andotherCentersandInstitutesintheUNCSystem.The  challenges  associated  with  GES  are  complex  and  fit  the  definition  of  “wicked 

problems”, with interdependencies that are difficult to predict or characterize.  No single 

authority, discipline, or perspective can address sufficiently the challenges alone.   The 

center  will  facilitate  interactions  across  traditional  boundaries  that  will  catalyze 

innovations in how these challenges are addressed.   

 

To our knowledge, similar units do not exist in the UNC system that focus specifically on 

all aspects of GE and  their nexus with society.   Duke University’s Science and Society 

program is involved in bioethics and genomics, but does not focus on GE for agricultural 

and  environmental  applications.    The  leadership  of  the GES  Center  has  established 

contact with Duke’s  Institute  for Genome  Sciences  and  Policy  (IGSP)  faculty  and  its 

former director, Robert Cook‐Deegan who was involved in the NC State‐IGERT on GES.  

The Center and IGSP are currently advertising each other’s events on their listervs and 

websites, and the Center hopes to expand the partnership with IGSP as well as partner 

with other units within the UNC system.  

 

The GES Center engages students, faculty, and staff from at least twenty departments in 

four NC State colleges.   The Center plans  to closely cooperate with  the Synthetic and 

Systems  Biology  cluster  at NC  State.    Jennifer  Kuzma  gave  a  talk  at  the  center  for 

Economic and Environmental Policy in CALS as a starting point for this collaboration.   

The Center plans to cooperate closely with the Synthetic and Systems Biology cluster at 

NC State as well as Science, Technology and Society  (STS) program.     The Center has 

already partnered with the STS program along with the Genetics program and the Keck 

Behavioral  and  Biology  Center  to  host  the  Intersections  of  Genetics  and  Society 

symposium held on September 19, 2014  (see  section h).   To spark conversation about 

contemporary GEO issues and opportunities in the broader NC State community and the 

public, in fall 2014 the Center partnered with the Science and Technology Studies (STS) 

Program to use film to start conversations with broader audiences.  In spring 2015, the 

Center  hosted  two documentary  series  events:    one  on patenting  of GE  seeds  (Percy 

Schmeiser:  David  vs. Monsanto)  and  the  other  on  bringing  back  extinct  species  with 

synthetic biology techniques (The Hunt for Life). The Center hosted screenings followed 

by panel discussions, and both events were well attended.   Professors Kathleen Vogel 

(STS)  and Zachary Brown  (CFEP GES  faculty)  are  leading  the Center’s documentary 

series which will continue fall 2015. 

 

The Center co‐directors have met with key GE faculty from UNC‐Chapel Hill (Maryann 

Feldman) and Duke Science and Society (Jonathan Weiner, Arti Rai) and discussed the 

possibilities of future collaborations.   

 

The GES Center also hosted the First Annual GE @ NC State Symposium which brought 

faculty from different departments all over campus who work on genetic engineering to 

come together to discuss ways in which they could collaborate.  This symposium is 

discussed in more depth in section f. 

 

c.TheNameoftheProposedDirector(s)andaDetailedDescriptionofanyProposedAdvisoryCommitteesorDirectiveBoards.The co‐directors of the Center are Professors Fred Gould (Entomology/CALS) and 

Jennifer Kuzma (School of Public and International Affairs/CHASS).  They provide 

linkages between the GPM‐IGERT and the Center. 

 

Faculty in CHASS, CALS, CNR, and COS will be actively involved in GES Center 

operations.  The Responsible Administrator will be the Vice Chancellor for Research, 

Innovation and Economic Development (ORIED). 

 

An Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) will consist of the Deans, or their designees, 

from CALS, CHASS, CNR and COS and representatives from the Office of the Provost, 

and ORIED.  The IAC will provide guidance on ongoing projects and activities, as well 

as for long term strategic planning, and will meet at least twice during each academic 

year.  The IAC initially met on May 6th, 2014 and provided input on strategic directions 

for the Center.  They met again on January 8th, 2015.  

 

An External Advisory Committee (EAC) consisting of representatives of stakeholders 

from industry, government, NGOs and other academic institutions will help guide 

strategic planning and fundraising for the Center and will meet at least once per 

calendar year.   The first meeting of the EAC was held January 8 – 9, 2015.  This was an 

in‐person meeting, but some future meetings will be held via Skype.  Shortly after the 

meeting, EAC members were put in sub‐groups to advise the Center about specific 

topics, such as communications and fundraising.  During of summer 2015, the GES 

Center met with all of the subgroups through conference calls to get advice on five key 

elements of the Center: communications, academic scholarship, collaborations with 

government and industry, public engagement and fundraising. A table listing the 

members of the EAC is included as Appendix 3.  

 

The Center’s Executive Committee (EC) meets on a regular basis to plan activities, 

events and research.  The EC consists of the following members: the Center’s co‐

directors; Dr. Jason Delborne, Associate Professor of Science, Policy and Society; and Dr. 

Zachary Brown, Assistant Professor in Agricultural and Resource Economics.   In 

addition to the EC, several other faculty form varying departments are affiliated with 

the Center by partnering in research, events and activities.  A list of these faculty is 

included in Appendix 2. 

FundingThe budget template attached to this request to establish includes estimated 

expenditures and funding sources for the 5 year period from July 1, 2014 through June 

30, 2019.  As detailed in Appendix 7, annual support in the total amount of $280K for  5 

years was secured from the Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic 

Development (ORIED) ($50,000), Office of the Provost ($50,000), CALS ($50,000), 

CHASS ($50,000), CNR ($50,000) and COS ($30,000).   Most of this money comes from 

Facilities and Administrative (F&A) funds, but it also comes from foundation and state 

appropriated funds as well.  Additionally, in fiscal year 2014 ‐ 2015 the GES Center co–

directors received a $598,845 installment from GPM‐IGERT grant, a $25,000 installment 

from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and a grant from USDA to cover most of the 

expenses for the USDA Co‐existence Workshop in the amount of $31,792.  The Center 

also received donations from the University of Michigan for $5000 to help support the 

iGEM team, $2000 from Multi‐Site Public Engagement with Science – Synthetic Biology 

for outreach about GE with museums and $15,000 from the Kenan Institute at NC State 

to support conferences on GE.  In the summer of 2015, the GES Center received word 

from NSF that a gene drive grant proposal for $50,000 and a proposal to compare 

cultures of responsible innovation across bioengineering communities for $350,000 

would be funded.  More information about these grants can be seen in the table entitled, 

“Proposals and Awards Submitted through the GES Center” below. 

 

GES cluster faculty and co‐directors are housed in various colleges and departments:  

Co‐director Jennifer Kuzma is in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) in 

the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS);  Co‐director Fred Gould is in 

the Entomology Department in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS);  

Cluster faculty member Dr. Jason Delborne is in the Department of Forest and 

Environmental Resources (FER) in Natural Resources (NR); and Dr. Zach Brown, 

another cluster faculty, works in the Agricultural and Resource Economics and 

Entomology in CALS.  Departments provide in‐kind support with space, general office 

equipment, and supplies.  

PersonnelCostsThe Center has two co‐directors, and their base 9‐month salaries are not a part of the 

overall Center budget because they are both full‐time faculty members and their 9‐

month salaries are paid by their departments.   Part of their summer salaries are a part 

of the Center budget, and part of their summer salaries are paid from other sources.  

 

Other positions such as research assistants or subcontract affiliates will be funded by 

contracts/grants/task orders and are not listed here.   Although the IGERT coordinator is 

included in the Center’s budget as a part of the GPM‐IGERT award, her position is not 

covered here because it will end when the IGERT grant ends in FY 2015‐2016. 

 

Center Deputy Director ‐ This is a 12‐month, full‐time EPA professional position, 

beginning in year 1, to manage day‐to‐day operations of the Center, oversee the budget, 

create marketing collateral and oversee communications, organize events, facilitate 

outreach, supervise employees and troubleshoot problems. 

 

Program Assistant ‐ This is a 12‐month, full‐time SPA position beginning in year one to  

support the Center and one of the co‐directors, process all financial transactions,  

organize events and work on day‐to‐day operations of the Center.   

 

Student Communications Assistant – This is a part‐time temporary position that was filled 

in October 2014.  This position assists in creating advertising collateral, growing social 

media presence, updating website, producing a monthly newsletter and filming various 

events.   

Other Expenditures 

•  Resident Fellow Research.  The center will fund each faculty resident fellow up 

to $20,000 per year for their Center‐related research.   The number of Research 

Fellows that the Center supports will vary from year to year.  

•  History Project  

•  IGERT Teaching.  This would include summer salaries for faculty members who 

travel to various international locations to teach the course for the IGERT 

students 

      Stipends for IGERT students to do their research 

•  iGEM Team in Policy and Practice (expenses related to participation in iGEM 

Jamboree).  

•  Travel for GES Students and Faculty to present research  

•  Intersections of Genetics and Society Symposium 

•  Partial sponsoring of Arizona State University Conference at which both GES 

faculty and students presented. Co‐director Jennifer Kuzma is on the Executive 

Committee of this conference.  

•  GES Patent Project  

•  GES Biofuel Scientist Engagement Project 

•  Public Education Tools 

•  Annual GES Conference 

Educational Materials 

•  Operating Costs  

 

 

   

Projections for Future Center Funding (see Appendix 8) 

Federal grant support received by the Center will facilitate research and engagement 

projects directly, and the Center will also benefit indirectly via the return of twenty‐five 

percent of overhead funds associated with these proposals (per agreement with 

ORIED).  This is reflected in the budget template attached to this request to establish.  It 

also includes carry‐over from year‐to –year.   The GES Executive Committee made a 

prudent decision to save some money every year to help sustain core funding past 2018, 

when it no longer receives funding from colleges and units at NC State.  As a result of 

this, the Center should have a surplus of over 1.5 million dollars in 2019.   

 

In its first year of operations, cluster faculty associated with the Center submitted grant 

proposals totaling over $8 million.  Three of these proposals were submitted through 

the Center (totaling $988,911), and three additional proposals were submitted outside 

the Center. These latter proposals are anticipated to provide partial support for Center 

operations should they be funded (please see Proposals Submitted Chart below).   

Additionally, the Center was recently notified that it will receive $50,000 from NSF to 

support a workshop on gene drives as well as an NSF grant to look at responsible 

innovation in emerging technologies for $350,000. Budget projections for FY 2015‐ 2019 

that appear on the budget template include pending proposals routed through the 

Center.  For proposals submitted by Center‐associated faculty that were not routed 

through the Center, only the fraction of each proposal that is expected to benefit the 

Center is included in projected funding levels.    

  

In addition to the submitted proposals included in budget projections, the Center is 

developing a project that focuses on the views of youth on the next generation of 

genetic engineering.  This project has garnered attention from a wide variety of 

stakeholders and will be the basis for a funding proposal by 2018. The Center has 

developed relationships with many partners in its first year of operations, e.g. the James 

Beard Foundation, the SynBio Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center, the NC 

Biotechnology Center, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Long Now 

Foundation, NC Center of Innovation Network (COIN), and others.  The co‐directors 

have and will pursue these organizations for funding to support core operations of the 

Center.  The Center is involved in discussions with the NC Biotechnology Center about 

possible research partnerships, and also seeks private benefactors and small 

contributions from a variety of unconventional sources, such as Kickstarter.com, for 

specific projects. The Center has also partnered with the CHASS development team to 

help raise core funding. Finally, the Center is considering the development of a business 

model that includes training courses for nutritionists, teachers and other professionals. 

 

Proposals and Awards Submitted Through the GES Center (Data Extracted from 

RADAR) 

 

Project ID

Title Investigator(s) PI Department

Sponsor Status Amount Proposed or Awarded

Proposed or awarded Period of Performance

(1504) 2016-0363

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Efficacy of Participatory Technology Assessment Forums for Public and Policy Engagement in Synthetic Biology

Delborne, Jason Aaron Kuzma, Jennifer

Forestry and Environmental Resources

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Proposed $50,902 12/01/2015-11/30/206

(0619) 2016-0359

Archiving Agricultural Genetic Engineering and Society (AAGES)

Wynn, Alison Booker, Matthew MorseKuzma, Jennifer Brown, M.J. Eleanor

Center on Genetic Engineering and Society (GES)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Proposed

$488,916

01/01/2016-12/31/2018

(0619) 2016-0021

Archiving Agricultural Genetic Engineering and Society (AAGES)

Wynn, Alison Booker, Matthew MorseKuzma, Jennifer

Center on Genetic Engineering and Society (GES)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Proposed $456,683 07/01/2015-06/30/2017

Brown, M.J. Eleanor

(0619) 2015-2228

USDA Stakeholder Workshop on Coexistence of Genetically Engineered and Conventional Crops

Gould, Fred L. Kuzma, Jennifer Delborne, Jason Aaron

Center on Genetic Engineering and Society (GES)

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) - USDA

Awarded $31,792.00

03/09/2015- 06/30/2015

(0619) 2015-2099

Comparing Cultures of Responsible Innovation Across Bioengineering Communities

Kuzma, Jennifer Banks, Erin Berube, David M. Gould, Fred L. Herkert, Joseph R.

Center on Genetic Engineering and Society (GES)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Proposed $350,000 01/01/2016-12/31/2017

(0619) 2015-1789

Gene Drives: A Deliberative Workshop to Develop Frameworks for Research and Governance February 24-26, 2016

Kuzma, Jennifer Gould, Fred L.

Center on Genetic Engineering and Society (GES)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Awarded $50,000

08/01/2015 -07/31/2016

(1504) 2015-1741

Collaborative Research:Moral Fiber: Genetically Modified Trees, Responsible Innovation, and Environmental Justice

Delborne, Jason Aaron Rivers, Louie

Forestry and Environmental Resources

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Non-Funded

$369,280

(1722) 2015-1675

A Genetic Engineering Approach to Rodent Pest Management

Godwin, John R. McGraw, Lisa Anne Gross, Kevin R.Gould, Fred L. Haddad, Nicholas M. Lloyd, Alun L. Reiskind, Martha Burford

Biological Sciences

NCSU Research and Innovation Seed Funding Program

Awarded $14,929 01/01/2015 -12/31/2015

(0670) 2015-1239

OA2015: Integrated Model of Gene-Regulatory and Metabolic Networks to Assess the Interactive Effects of Coastal Hypoxia, Acidification and Warming on Oysters

Schaff, Jennifer Genomics Research Lab

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (Prime--National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Proposed $128,995 03/01/2015-02/28/2018

(1180) 2015-0188

CAREER: Faculty Research in Economics: Global Innovation in Biotechnology, Adoption Dynamics and Bioeconomic Feedbacks

Brown, Zachary Steven

Agricultural & Resource Economics

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Proposed $498,000 01/01/2015-12/31/2019

(0619) 2014-3038

CCE STEM: Facilitating Learning about Meanings of

Kuzma, Jennifer Banks, Erin Gould, Fred L.

Center on Genetic Engineering

National Science

Proposed $485,000 01/01/2015-12/31/2016

Responsible Innovation in Bioengineering

Delborne, Jason Aaron Berube, David M.

and Society (GES)

Foundation (NSF)

Total Amount Awarded: $96,721.00

Total Amount Proposed: $2,924,497

 

Awards and Proposals Not Submitted Through the GES Center that Will Provide 

Partial Support for the Center (Data Extracted from RADAR) 

 

Project ID Title Investigator(s) Sponsor Status

Amount Proposed

or Awarded

Proposed or Awarded Period of

Performance

Portion of Funds

Allocated to GES Center

(1606) 2013-2801

To Use Risk Assessment Tools to Analyze Three Current Synthetic Biology Applications; Looking Forward to Synthetic Biology Governance: Convergent Research Cases to Promote Policy-Making and Dialogue

Kuzma, Jennifer

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Awarded $173,703

06/01/2013- 06/30/2015

100% (this proposal was funded at another university and transferred to NC State)

(1110) 2015-2611

Improving Bt Resistance Risk Assessment and Management by Genomic Monitoring

Gould, Fred L. Fritz, Megan Lindsay

US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) - National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Proposed $498,561 08/15/2015-08/14/2018

10%

(1110) 2013-2587

Evolutionary Consequences of Invasions of Novel Genotypes and Selfish Genetic Elements (previous title: Empirical Testing of Two-Locus Theory and Predicted Behavior of Selfish Genetic Elements)

Gould, Fred L.

University of California - Irvine (Prime--W. M. Keck Foundation)

Awarded $224,99001/01/2014- 12/31/2016

80%

(1110) 2012-1621

Genomic Approaches for Bt Resistance Risk Assessment and Improvement of Regulatory Triggers

Gould, Fred L.

US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) - National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Awarded $499,99909/01/2012- 08/31/2015

10%

(1110) 2010-1935

IGERT: Genetic Engineering and Society: The Case of Transgenic Pests

Gould, Fred L.

Lloyd, Alun L.

Haenn, Nora

Haddad, Nicholas M.

Kinsella, William J

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Awarded $2,998,062

08/15/2011- 07/31/2016

100% (since 2013 -2014)

(1110) 2016-0252

Sustainable spotted wing drosophila management for United States fruit crops

Burrack, Hannah

Scott, Maxwell J

Brown, Zachary Steven

US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) - National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Proposed $7,331,95609/01/2015-08/31/2019

0.10%

Total of Projected Amount of Center Funding $ 2,259,842

Total of Actual Amount of Center Funding $2,202,532

d.SpaceandCapitalEquipmentRequirements.

Six offices, currently assigned to the Center in the Hunt Library, should be sufficient in 

the first few years of the Center’s operation.   The Center will need additional office 

space in the future for its growing faculty and staff.  

e.AStatementRegardingtheEfficacyofPlansImplementedtoAssureProperRecognitionofParticipatingJuniorFacultyWhereRelevant.Junior cluster faculty will be evaluated annually, both by their home departments and 

by the GES co‐directors and will have a choice between a traditional department tenure 

voting faculty or requesting an interdisciplinary set of faculty matching the areas of 

research by the candidate.   The co‐directors will serve as mentors and provide 

opportunities for junior cluster faculty to engage in cutting‐edge interdisciplinary 

research and will connect them with external supporting organizations to benefit their 

research and scholarship.    Even though the Center is still in its planning stage, it is 

already supporting one junior cluster faculty member in his quest to document all GE‐

related patents.  Senior faculty are functioning as a review panel of the proposal he is 

writing to obtain seed funding for his research.   

f.StatementaboutAnticipatedEffectsoftheProposedUnitontheInstructionalProgramsofNCState,andtheProvisionsforAdvancedorGraduateTrainingorDegreePrograms.As mentioned earlier, the GES Center will take the lead in using in‐depth research and 

dialogue‐based approaches to provide the public with rigorous, trustworthy analyses of 

how products of GE technologies may impact society and the environment. The Center 

will foster innovative research, education and engagement while acting to connect the 

university with local and global communities.    

 

Teaching  

GES faculty will expand on the courses already developed for the GES graduate minor 

which was approved by the Graduate School in April, 2014.  In addition to the graduate 

minor courses, the Center plans to develop an undergraduate course on Genetic 

Engineering and Society and an online continuing education course on Genetically 

Engineered Foods.  The Center is also considering the creation of a GES certificate 

program for both students and interested stakeholders.  The courses offered in 2013 – 

2014, are below.   

 

Course Number      Course Name  

GES 506  Principles of Genetic Pest Management 

GES 508  Emerging Technologies and Society 

GES 591‐002  GES Colloquium 

GES 591‐501  Pest Issues in Developing Countries 

GES 591  Systems Thinking and Modeling 

 

Of particular note is the planning and teaching of the international course GES 591‐501, 

Pest Issues in Developing Countries.  The NC State GPM‐ IGERT Students and GES 

Faculty went to Mexico July 19 – August 9, 2014, to study GE crop and pest 

management issues.  This was the first academic experience of the entering 2014 GPM – 

IGERT student cohort. It was held in a part of the world where students could gain 

first‐hand experience in a country that provides contrast in agricultural, political and 

cultural factors. Of all Latin American countries, Mexico has had the most direct 

intersection between its subsistence agricultural base and the commercial development 

of genetically engineered crops.  The introduction of genetically modified corn was felt 

keenly in a country proud of its heritage as the culture that developed hundreds of 

maize varieties. When genes from genetically engineered maize unintentionally moved 

into traditional Mexican maize varieties, Mexico’s federal agents structured regulatory 

committees to govern all genetically engineered organisms.  These federal regulations 

stand alongside common‐property institutions (ejidos) that are often home to 

subsistence farmers and whose members govern access to their communities.  Issues 

about transgenic crops continue to be a major political issue in Mexico. In Mexico City, 

the students visited with regulatory agencies, pro and anti GM crop activists, and with 

university and other research personnel. They gained a sense of diverse perspectives on 

transgenic crops and how those perspectives influence views on transgenic insect pests. 

In Oaxaca, the students spent time in two local agricultural communities to understand 

their cultures, values and views on how their farming can be improved. Students 

worked on the farms and examined insect pest problems that could be addressed using 

engineered pest strains. 

 

The Center will engage IGERT and other graduate students in its research.  The Center 

sponsored a graduate student iGEM team for the international jamboree in November, 

2014.  A more detailed description of this event is in section a. 

 

Resident Faculty Fellow Program 

During the first nine months of the GES Center planning stage, we established a 

Resident Fellows program to further our engagement of existing NC State faculty in the 

Center (i.e., beyond three CFEP GES hires).  Four faculty members were chosen and 

awarded seed grants in a peer review process in order for them to conduct inter‐

disciplinary and translational research projects that are designed to have impact on GES 

scholarship and practice: 

 

Dr. Rajade Berry‐James, an Associate Professor in the School of Public and 

International Affairs (SPIA), is conducting a focus group study to gain an 

understanding of cultural perceptions of consuming genetically modified foods, 

and exploring cultural strategies that inform underrepresented groups about 

scientific advances in genetically modified (GM) food production.  She and two 

SPIA graduate students conducted these focus groups in 2014 with religious, 

African American communities in the NC Triangle region and are currently 

analyzing the data for publication.   

 

Dr. David Berube, Professor of Communications, is working on three projects to 

explore the role that citizen scientists and citizen science advocates have on 

biotechnology  research and industries:   1) a project to determine the roles that 

lay citizens doing biology research, or “Do‐It‐Yourself Biology” (DIYBio), will 

play in regulatory actions;  2) a project  researching how the international 

genetically engineered machines (iGEM) competitions serve as a platform for 

patent generation and corporate acquisitions of the machines; and 3) a project 

looking into the relationship between the BioBricks Foundation and the 

commercialization of synthetic biology. 

 

Dr. Andrew Binder, Assistant Professor of Communications, is conducting a 

project that will produce an up‐to‐date, interdisciplinary synthesis of published 

research on public opinion of GE technologies.   He is conducting content 

analysis and bibliometric analysis on publications in the peer‐reviewed literature 

that address citizen acceptance of and attitudes towards GMOs.  His meta‐

analysis is comparing how the questions are asked, who the researchers are and 

whether these factors influence consumer answers about GMO perceptions. 

 

Dr. Jane Hoppin, an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences 

in the College of Sciences, is researching the potential effects of GMO foods on 

human health.  She is conducting a formal analysis of potential exposure 

pathways for both agricultural workers and consumers.  Related exposures will 

also be considered, such as the potential reduction in diesel exposure or 

increased contact with Roundup herbicide.  Dr. Hoppin and her students will 

review the toxicological and epidemiological literature to contextualize these 

exposure pathways. 

 

Resident Fellows have been active in the GES community, attending events, 

participating in workshops, and assisting with Center activities and planning.  The 

results of their research will not only be published in the peer‐reviewed literature, but 

will also be developed into “Research Briefs” of the GES Center in 2015 and 2016,  

for the public.  Dissemination of these briefs to stakeholders and policy makers will 

increase the GES Center’s ability to inform state, national and international decisions 

about genetic engineering.   

 

The History Project 

Debates about genetic engineering have not changed much over the past 25 years.  With 

the advent of new biotechnologies like gene editing, synthetic biology, and gene drives, 

GE conversations include a new generation of scholars that are perhaps not aware of or 

privy to issues, challenges, opportunities and challenges stemming back several 

decades.  The Center co‐directors, Dr. Kuzma and Dr. Gould, noticed at national and 

international workshops and meetings on GEOs and synthetic biology, that this new 

generation of experts and stakeholders do not often recognize the longer history of the 

GEO debates.  Furthermore, people involved in that history are ending their careers or 

passing away, and society is at risk at losing this historical knowledge which can inform 

and improve contemporary and future research, engagement and decision making.  

 

To address this concern the Center launched a history project under the leadership of 

Dr. Matthew Booker (GES Faculty Fellow), Associate Professor of History and Alison 

Wynn, GES Center Deputy Director.  They work in partnership with the NC State 

Libraries and the Department of History.  The mission of this project is to produce an 

archive that will both inform the public at large about the history of GE and its policies 

as well as serve as a roadmap for future scientists and historians who are interested in 

studying the origins of GE. The project has three primary goals: 1) to promote the work 

of the GES Center, engage the community by hosting public and webcast talks by 

prominent historical figures in GES, and produce video clips of interviews with invited 

guest speakers for the Center’s website; 2) to encourage public access to the history of 

GE ideas, practice and impact by posting a full length video of these interviews on a 

website; and 3) to create an archive of high‐quality oral histories by filming  interviews 

with key figures in the field that will become a part of the NC State Library Special 

Collections.  Two key figures holding different points of view about GE are invited to 

speak publically each semester and participate in in‐depth interviews that will serve as 

the basis for a historical archive and future research and analysis. 

 

To ensure success, the project has partnered with other stakeholders at the University 

and beyond. NC State Library Special Collections is supporting the project by providing 

a part‐time post‐doc and some funding for the GE speakers.  The History Department is 

supporting the project by providing a research assistant who will transcribe video of 

key GE player interviews.  All GES seminars are on the recommended list of required 

talks for both the University Scholars Program and the Parks Scholars program.  Brad 

Herring, a videographer at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Sciences, 

participates in the project.  Along with the NC State University Library, the GES Center 

co‐hosted the University’s common reading for 2014, a public talk called Genetics, Food 

and Society by Tomorrow’s Table authors Dr. Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak on 

August 19, 2014.  The participating authors of the talk have been interviewed and 

filmed for the archive.  Dr. Margaret Mellon from the Union of Concerned Scientists 

spoke to a full room in a webcasted public talk on September 5, 2014, and filmed a 

video interview for the website and the archive.  Dr. Ignacio Chapela, Dr. Anthony 

Shelton and Dr. David Zilberman were interviewed in spring 2015.  The History Project 

team applied for a National Science Foundation Science Technology and Society grant 

in February, 2015 (review pending) to expand and enhance the program. 

 

Visiting Scholars 

As noted before, the Center is supporting research done by four GES faculty fellows, as 

well as three projects that are being conducted by junior GES faculty.  In addition, the 

GES Center hosted three visiting scholars in 2014‐2015 for a semester or the academic 

year to conduct research on GE related activities and participate in the Center’s 

activities: 

 

Dr. Kaiming Guan is an Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of 

Philosophy at Wuhan University of Science and Technology.  Dr. Guan received 

his doctorate from Wuhan University in 2009, majoring in Philosophy of Science 

and Technology.  Dr. Guan’s research interests involve science and technology 

studies, including the social dimensions of science and technology, science 

communication, public understanding of science, and science and technology 

policy and governance.  During his year with the Center, he conducted an 

analysis of US versus Chinese perceptions of GE foods and established 

collaborations with GES faculty for the future. 

 

Dr. Russell Powell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at 

Boston University. Prior to his appointment at BU, Dr. Powell was an Arts and 

Humanities Research Council Fellow in the Faculty of Philosophy, and a James 

Martin Research Fellow in the Institute for Science and Ethics at Oxford 

University. During his semester with the Center, he embarked on research on the 

ethical dimensions of gene drives and de‐extinction, and participated by 

speaking in the GES Center’s Colloquium and Documentary Series.  

 

Dr. Joseph R. Herkert is Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology in 

the School of Letters and Sciences and the Consortium for Science, Policy & 

Outcomes at Arizona State University. Dr. Herkert has been teaching 

engineering ethics and science, technology and society courses for more than 

twenty‐five years and has published numerous articles on engineering ethics and 

societal implications of technology in engineering, law, social science, and 

applied ethics journals. Dr. Herkert previously served as Editor of IEEE 

Technology and Society Magazine and an Associate Editor of Engineering 

Studies.  He was recently elected a Fellow of the American Association for the 

Advancement of Science. He joined the GES Center in spring 2015, to do research 

on the societal implications of GE. 

 

iGEM Competition Winner 

In November of 2014, the center sponsored a group of students to participate in the 

iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machines) competition inaugural division 

of “policy and practice.”  We are extremely proud to say that they won first place in this 

division at the iGEM jamboree.  GES Co‐director Dr. Jennifer Kuzma and Dr. David 

Berube led the team that includes students from NC State Departments of Public 

Administration, Science Communication, Genetics, Entomology Forestry and Environ‐

mental Resources and a student from the University of North Carolina (UNC) Public 

Policy Department. To prepare for the iGEM competition, the Center partnered with 

Glowing Plants, a startup company, and the Risk Science Center at the University of 

Michigan to develop a decision analysis tool that explores the values behind choices 

when developing GEOs.  University of Michigan supported this effort by sponsoring 

the team with $5000 to help offset some of the expenses of this endeavor.   

 

Colloquia 

The Center hosts a weekly colloquium at NC State where IGERT students, affiliated 

faculty, internal and external speakers and other students in the areas of natural/social 

sciences and humanities share and discuss research related to the responsible 

development and deployment of genetic engineering.  Colloquia topics range from 

those presented formally by external speakers and NC State faculty outside of the GES 

Center, to less formal conversations about current events surrounding GEOs or about 

the functioning of the GES Center itself.  Students have also used these colloquia as 

opportunities to practice their presentations for national and international meetings.  

Informal conversations have included guided discussions on increasing the diversity 

and improving the experiences of students in the GES Center, reactions to media 

surrounding GE foods, and tutorials on gene drive technologies.  Weekly attendance 

averages around 30 participants. 

 

The First Annual GE @ NC State Symposium 

The GES Center hosted the First Annual GE @ NC State symposium on Tuesday, April 

28, 2015.  Sponsored in part by the GES Center, CALS and the Center for Comparative 

Medicine and Translational Research (CCMTR), over 126 faculty, students and 

administrators met to talk about GE research performed on campus and how they could 

collaborate in the future to increase their multi‐ and interdisciplinary efforts.  The 

symposium included a full day of speaker presentations and a graduate student and 

post doc poster session at the end of the day.   

 

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which has two prominent centers related to emerging technologies.  Dr. Kuzma serves 

on the board of visitors for the ASU Center for Nanotechnology and Society and is 

serving on the Executive Committee to host an ASU‐NSF workshop to develop a 

research agenda for synthetic biology.   Duke’s Science and Society program is 

considered as a potential partner for activities related to human health and genomics.   

The Center collaborates with the Museum of Life Sciences (MLS) in Durham on the 

videography of the History Project and plans to develop additional collaborations with 

the Natural Sciences Museum and the History Museum, both in Raleigh, NC.  

 

The Center has developed relationships with several international and foreign entities, 

such as The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, The International 

Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), CIBIOGEM (the Mexican GMO 

regulatory agency), and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. 

 

National and International Workshops 

 

GES‐CIMMYT Workshop on GEOs in Mexico 

The Center partnered with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center 

(CIMMYT) and Inter‐ministerial Commission on Biosafety of Genetically Modified 

Organisms in Mexico (CIBIOGEM) —to host a symposium on GE crops on July 24, 2014 

entitled, Transgenics and Society: Towards a constructive dialogue that contributes to policies 

and regulatory frameworks. The event was organized to highlight the importance of 

scientific and moral considerations surrounding individuals’, and hence, society’s 

perspectives about transgenic crops and other emerging technologies.  NC State GPM‐

IGERT students and faculty went to Mexico to study issues surrounding transgenic 

crops and insects during this time for their IGERT international course.  Prof. Gould, 

Delborne, and Kuzma spoke at the event which included policy makers, scientists and 

stakeholders from many regions in Mexico.   

 

GES‐Keck Workshop on Genetics and Society 

In partnership with NC State W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, the Genetics 

Program, the Science, Technology and Society Program and the NC State Library, the 

Center hosted a graduate and post‐doc workshop and a symposium on September 19, 

2014. Both were entitled Intersections of Genetics and Society.  Four prominent speakers 

included: Dr. George Church, a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and 

Director of PersonalGenomes.org, which provides the worldʹs only open‐access 

information on human Genomic, Environmental and Trait data; Dr. Paul Lombardo,  

Senior Advisor to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues and 

Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law; Dr. Sarah Richardson, 

John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University; and Amy 

Harmon, two‐time Pulitzer Prize winning science correspondent for the New York Times. 

They presented their diverse perspectives on this topic and talked about their career 

paths. At the workshop, NC State graduate students, including those from GPM‐

IGERT, discussed their research with attendees. NC State Provost, Warwick Arden, 

introduced the symposium which was held in the Hunt Auditorium. The symposium 

was open to the public at large and was very well attended.  

 

2nd Annual Conference on GETs

The Center co‐sponsored the 2nd Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging 

Technologies (GET) in May, 2014 in Scottsdale, AZ.   Center funds provided financial 

support to GPM‐IGERT students Elizabeth Pitts, Amanda Clayton, Sheron King, and 

Molly Storment and to Sloan Foundation research assistant Tina Ndoh who were 

chosen by the GET committee to make presentations at this event.  The conference was 

very successful for Center networking, and all of the NC State students made a very 

positive impression.  Dr. Jennifer Kuzma is on the planning committee for this annual 

workshop and noted that by the end of the conference, the GES Center and IGERT 

program were discussed publicly by several others in this international scholarly 

community, putting the Center on the map.   

 

Gordon Conference on Science and Technology Policy 

Dr. Jennifer Kuzma and Executive Committee member Dr. Jason Delborne served as 

Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the 2014 Gordon Science and Technology Policy 

Research Conference.  Both were elected in 2010 and 2012 to serve in this capacity by 

the science and technology policy community.  Gordon Research Conferences have 

been premier conferences for natural science and engineering disciplines for several 

decades.  Dr. Fred Gould also gave a presentation on interdisciplinary graduate 

education, and GES research assistant and public affairs Ph.D. student Tina Ndoh 

presented a poster.  Held in August in New Hampshire, this conference proved to be a 

great opportunity for the Center’s exposure, recognition and networking.  Dr. Kuzma 

applied for and received a $50,000 NSF grant in 2014 for this workshop. 

 

Delphi Policy Workshop on Synthetic Biology Governance 

With support of a Sloan Foundation grant (Dr. Kuzma as PI) the Center hosted an 

international workshop on June 3‐4, 2014 at NC State, drawing fifty subject matter 

experts in synthetic biology (SB) to discuss four case studies of SB application, potential 

data and information needs, and ideal governance systems for them in the framing of 

responsible innovation and anticipatory governance.  The workshop was part of a 

Delphi expert panel study, the first of its kind to assess future societal implications 

associated with SB.   

 

Environmental Justice and Synthetic Biology Workshop 

On October 14, 2014, the GES Center hosted a 1‐day workshop entitled Early Inclusion of 

Environmental Justice Communities in Governance of Emerging Technologies‐ Synthetic 

Biology Case Studies. GES Ph.D. students and research assistants, Sheron King and Tina 

Ndoh, took the lead on workshop design, planning and organization.  The workshop is 

thought to be one of the first of its kind, eliciting governance, risk assessment, and 

research needs around synthetic biology from environmental justice (EJ) community 

members. The workshop included a diverse group of participants with expertise in 

environmental law, federal government policies on EJ and community program, 

academia and EJ advocacy and nonprofit organizations.  Workshop participants 

completed pre‐ and post‐surveys on governance needs and value and ethical 

considerations for synthetic biology. They also engaged in round table discussions, 

ordinal ranking of risk assessment needs and concept mapping exercises.  

 

USDA Meeting 

On March 12th and 13th, the GES Center hosted a two‐day USDA Stakeholder 

Workshop on Coexistence with regard to GMOs, organic and conventional agriculture. 

Sponsored mainly by a grant from USDA to the GES Center, this was an invitation‐only 

meeting where participants talked about the future of GMOs, labeling bills throughout 

the country and other issues faced by farmers and distributors.  Various distinguished 

names in the industry made presentations. US Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack 

visited NC State and gave the keynote presentation to kick‐off the event.  The Center 

secured a USDA grant of approximately $31,000 to co‐host this meeting.   

 

NSF Synthetic Biology Museum Partnership 

Profs. Jennifer Kuzma (CFEP GES) and Jason Delborne (CFEP GES) are working 

together with the Museum of Life and Science (MLS) in Durham, NC on a national NSF 

grant to engage the public in synthetic biology, the “Multi‐Site Public Engagement with 

Science – Synthetic Biology”.  The Museum of Science in Boston is the lead organization, 

along with partners at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the 

Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center at Harvard‐MIT‐Berkeley, the Science 

Museum of Minnesota, the Ithaca Science Center, MLS and several other universities 

and museums. The aim of the project is to create conversations in science museums 

among scientists, engineers and public audiences about this emerging research field. 

Synthetic biology applies science and engineering to create new biological systems and 

re‐design existing biological systems, for useful purposes. Conversations between 

researchers and public audiences will focus not only on what synthetic biology is and 

how research in the field is carried out, but also on the potential products, outcomes 

and implications for the society of this work. Researchers and the public will explore 

personal and societal values and priorities, as well as desired research outcomes so that 

both groups can learn from each other.  Delborne and Kuzma assisted in the design, 

review, and editing of the MLS Syn Bio 101 video in 2014 and will coordinate NC State 

participation in the public focus groups taking place in summer 2015.  NC State GES 

faculty and IGERT students will assist with the public focus groups and synthetic 

biology exhibits at the MLS in the summer of 2015.  The center received a $2000 award 

from the Multi‐Site Public Engagement with Science – Synthetic Biology Program to 

support this effort. 

 

World’s Fair Expo Partnership 

The GES Center is a consulting partner with the USA Pavilion for the World’s Fair Expo 

2015 in Milan, Italy.  The focus of the USA Pavilion is American Food 2.0 and the issue 

of GE foods is prominent in the pavilion.  Prof. Kuzma has been working with the 

organizers of the exhibit (lead by the VP of the James Beard Foundation) and was 

interviewed for the video that will be placed at the beginning of the exhibit.  She has 

also provided expertise to the pavilion designers and staff about GMOs. 

 

Issue Brief Series  

The Center began to develop public education materials in 2014.  Students and staff 

wrote an issue brief on de‐extinction using synthetic biology, and it was reviewed by 

several GES faculty.  The first issue brief was released in August, 2015.  The Center 

intends to foster broad interactions with industry, non‐profits, NGOs, and 

governmental organizations at the local, state, national and international level.   

Appendix 1 provides a list of current Center partners. 

 

 

Appendix1:ListofCurrentGESCenterPartners

At NC State

Office of Research, Innovation & Economic Development

Office of the Provost

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

College of Natural Resources

College of Science

NC State Library

NC State Library Archives

NC State History Department

William R. Kenan Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science

The W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology

Park Scholars

University Scholars Program

Jefferson Scholars

Science, Technology and Society Program

Genetics Program

Local

NC Museum of Life and Science

NC Museum of Natural Science

University of North Carolina Public Policy

NC Farms Bureau

Ag in the Classroom

Duke Science and Society

NC Biotech Center

National

University of California at Davis

University of California at Irvine

Colorado State University

Virginia Tech University

University of Michigan

Arizona State University

Texas A&M University

The Gordon Science and Technology Policy Research Conference

National Science Foundation IGERT program

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Glowing Plants

USDA

SynBio Project at Woodrow Wilson Center Washington DC

International

Nanyang Technological University – Singapore

Naval Medical Research Unit #6 –Lima and Iquitos, Peru

CIMMYT—Mexico

World’s Fair Expo

CSIRO - Australia

Max Plank Institute - Jena, Germany

Appendix2:FacultyInvolvedwiththeCenter

Name Department College

Charles Apperson Entomology CALS

Zach Brown Agricultural and Resource Economics CALS

Hannah Burrack Entomology CALS

Eric Davis Plant Pathology CALS

Rob Dunn Agricultural and Life Science CALS

George Kennedy Entomology CALS

Fred Gould Entomology CALS

Max Scott Entomology CALS

Michael Shulman Rural Sociology CALS

Wally Thurman Agriculture and Resource Economics CALS

Erin Banks Psychology CHASS

Jade Berry-James SPIA CHASS

David Berube Communications CHASS

Andrew Binder Communications CHASS

Matthew Booker History CHASS

Nick Haddad Anthropology CHASS

Nora Haenn Anthropology & International Studies CHASS

William Kimler History CHASS

William Kinsella Communications CHASS

Jennifer Kuzma SPIA CHASS

Kathleen Vogel Science and Technology Studies/SPIA CHASS

Kenneth Zagacki Communications CHASS

Jason Delborne Science, Policy and Society CNR

Marian McCord Associate Dean for Research CNR

Nils Peterson Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology CNR

Louie Rivers Forestry CNR

Ronald R. Sederoff Forestry and Environmental Resources CNR

Robert Anholt Genetics COS

Dennis Brown Biochemistry COS

James Gilliam Biological Sciences COS

John Godwin Biological Sciences COS

Kevin Gross Statistics COS

Jane Hoppin Biological Sciences COS

Alun Lloyd Biomath COS

Marce Lorenzen Genetics COS

James Mahaffey Genetics COS

Administrators (Internal Advisory Committee)

Dean Richard Linton CALS

Dean Jeffrey Braden CHASS

Dean Mary Watzin CNR

Dean Dan Soloman COS

Vice Chancellor Terri Lomax ORIED (until Dec 2014)

Vice Chancellor Mladen Vouk ORIED (since Jan 2015)

Vice Chancellor Alan Rebar ORIED (as of September 14)

Prof. Laura Severin Provost’s Office

 

   

Appendix 3:  External Advisory Committee   

Advisor Affiliation

Maryann Feldman, Heninger Distinguished Professor in the Department of Public Policy

University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill

Erik Fisher, Assistant Director of International Activities

Arizona State University

Christy Flint, Coordinator of the Micro World Investigate Lab

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Michele Garfinkle, Science Policy Manager European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Jaydee Hanson, Policy Director International Center for Technology Advancement

John Hardin, Executive Director for the North Carolina Board of Science, Technology & Innovation

Office of Science, Technology & Innovation in the North Carolina Department of Commerce

Stephanie James, Director of Science for the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Todd Kuiken, Senior Program Associate with the Science and Technology Innovation Program

Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars

Joe Magno, Executive Director North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Susan McCord, Executive Director Institute of Forest Biotechnology

Margaret Mellon, Science Policy Consultant Union of Concerned Scientists

Tichafa R. I. Munyikwa, Global Regulatory Affairs Lead

Syngenta

Mitch Peele, Senior Director Public Policy Farm Bureau — North Carolina

James Philp, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Carl Pray, Distinguished Professor of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics

Rutgers University

Jody Roberts, Director for the Institute for Research

Chemical Heritage Foundation

John Ryals, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

Metabolon

Paul Thompson, Professor; W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics

Michigan State University

Jacob Traverse, Director, Agbiotech Enterprise and Technology Development

North Carolina Biotechnology Center

   

Appendix 4:   Presentations  

Speaker Title Location Date

Fred Gould Genetic Engineering for Suppressing Pests and Human Diseases

1st Annual Symposium of GE @ NC State

April 28, 2015

Fred Gould The Paradox of Evolutionary Diversification in the Lepidoptera

Annual meeting of Association for the Study of Chemical Senses-- Fort Meyers, Florida

April 24, 2015

Fred Gould Genetics and Society: From Vavilov to the Green Bunny

Univ. of Wisconsin – C. C. Doane Lecture

April 17, 2015

Fred Gould New Genome Editing Techniques: What They Mean for Applied Entomology

Univ. of Wisconsin Entomology April 16, 2015

Fred Gould Introduction to New RNAi Technologies

Revive and Restore workshop on “New Genomic Solutions for Conservation Problems Workshop”

April 7, 2015

Fred Gould Living in a Genetically Engineered World: With great Power Comes Great Responsibility

North Carolina School of Science and Math –Keynote address for the North Carolina Student Academy of Science

March 27, 2015

Fred Gould Presentation to NCSU Association of Retired Faculty on Genetic Engineering and Society: Where are we headed?

Presentation to NCSU Association of Retired Faculty

January 21, 2015

Fred Gould Making Pests Nicer Entomological Society of America

November 19, 2014

Fred Gould Keynote –Founders’ Memorial Award Presentation

Entomological Society of America

November 16, 2014

Fred Gould Second generation crop genetic engineering

CIMMYT, Mexico July 24, 2014

Fred Gould Genomic approach for monitoring Bt resistance evolution

USDA BRAG Meeting June 5, 2014

Fred Gould History of the NCSU-GES Program Program Ag Biotech Forum (NC Biotech Center)

April 16, 2014

Fred Gould Genetic Engineering of Our Food and Pests

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke

April 8, 2014

Fred Gould NSF sponsored lecture on Genomics and Society

Texas A&M April 2, 2014

Fred Gould Ecological, Health and Social Issues related to GMOs

Texas A&M April 1, 2014

Fred Gould Park Scholars NC State March 19, 2014

Fred Gould Transicion de cultivos geneticamente modificados a insectos geneticamente modificados

Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Montecillo, Mexico

March 13, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

A Mix of Ingredients: Factors Affecting Consumer Attitudes Toward Nano Food and Labeling.

Gordon Research Conference, Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems.

June 7-12, 2015

Jennifer Kuzma

Risk and Media. Biotechnology Literacy Project Boot Camp

Academics Review, U of FL, and Genetic Literacy Project workshop. University of CA-Davis.

May 31-June 3, 2015.

Jennifer Kuzma

Intergenerational Equity, Gene Drives, and Conceptions of Nature

Governance of Emerging Technologies 3rd Annual Conference. Arizona State University

May 26-28, 2015

Jennifer Kuzma

Panelist for Ethics Education and Training in Science and Engineering Roundtable

The Rolf Buchdahl Symposium on Science, Technology, & Human Values at NC State

April 10, 2015

Jennifer Kuzma

Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Considerations. New Genomic Solutions for Conservation Problems Workshop (plenary panel)

Long Now Foundation. Sausalito, CA

April 6 – 9, 2015

Jennifer Kuzma

Presentation on GM Food Safety Women’s Conference of National Farm Bureau

March 28, 2015

Jennifer Kuzma

Anticipatory Governance for Synthetic Biology: A Delphi Study

GES Colloquium, NC State March 24, 2015

Jennifer Kuzma

Gene Drives: Who’s Behind the Wheel?

Yale Bioethics Seminar March 3, 2015

Jennifer Kuzma

Ethics and Genetically Engineered Organisms

Duke Science and Society seminar

Feb. 25, 2015

Jennifer Kuzma

GE Food Safety and Public Perception. For “Finding Common Ground: The GM Food Labeling Paradox”

University of MN January 16, 2015

Jennifer Kuzma (with C. Cummings)

Multidimensional risk profiling: A scenario-based evaluation of synthetic biology applications from a multidisciplinary expert Delphi study.

Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting,

December 8, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Responsible Development, Responsible Innovation: Global Governance of New Technologies. NSF sponsored Conference for Democratizing Technologies: Assessing the Roles of NGOs in Shaping Technological Futures

University of California, Santa Barbara

November 13-15, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Genetic Engineering and Society University Scholars Program (2 lectures for 300 students each),

November 10, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Anticipating Implications of Synthetic Biology

NSF Workshop on the Research Agendas in the Societal Implications of Synthetic Biology. ASU.

November 4-6, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Genetic Engineering and Society CHASS Advisory Board Meeting

November 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Anticipation and its Relation to Responsibility

Wilson Center Roundtable on Responsible Innovation in Synthetic Biology. Washington, DC.

October 29, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

GM Food and Safety Chef’s Collaborative (national conference for over 300 chefs).

September 29, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

GMOs: Safety, Public, and Labeling

MN State Legislature briefing September 25, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Policy Sciences and GE crops: Data and Information Needs

National Academy of Sciences National Research Council Study on GM Crops. Washington DC

September 16, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Regulation in a Rapidly Evolving Environment: Balancing Risk and Innovation.

2nd International Workshop for the Regulation of Animal Biotechnology. Invited for plenary by U.S. Dept. Agriculture. Brasilia, Brazil

August 21, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Governance of New Biotechnologies. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

CIMMYT, Mexico City, Mexico July 24, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Consumer Perceptions of Emerging Technologies in Food. International Conference on One Medicine One Science

University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN

April 29, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Genetic Engineering and Society at NCSU

NC Biotechnology Center kick-off event for Biotechnology Professionals

April 16, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Emerging Technologies and Food: What Matters to Most?

Center for Environmental and Natural Resource Economics & Policy, NCSU

April 11, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

GM Food Panel Park Scholars Program April 2, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Genome Editing: On a Collision Course.

UNC-Chapel Hill Public Policy seminar

March 21, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Beyond Old Debates: New Systems Risk Analysis (NESRA) in An Action-oriented Approach

National Academy of Sciences, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA

March 13, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma

Genetic Engineering and Society Chancellor’s Reception UNC vs. NCSU game.

February 26, 2014

Zachary Brown

As we sow, so shall we sort? Using discrete choice sorting models to study GM crop adoption in the Philippines

USDA NIFA Multi-State Project on Risk and Insurance in Agriculture (SCC-76), Pensacola, FL,

March, 2015

Zachary Brown

Preference heterogeneity in the structural estimation of Pigovian incentives for insecticide spraying to reduce malaria

Virginia Tech, Dept of Forestry & Environmental Resources, Blacksburg, VA,

February, 2015

Zachary Brown

Training workshop on use of the Malaria Decision Analysis Tool

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Dec 1-5, 2014

Zachary Brown

Presentation to OECD Working Party on Environmental Policy Regarding Household Responses to Environmental Policy

Sept. 29 – Oct. 16, 2014

Zachary Brown

World Congress of Environmental & Resource Economists

Istanbul June 28-July 2, 2014

Jason Delborne

Anticipating Responsible Innovation: Genetically-Modified Trees and Conceptualizations of Technological and Regulatory Futures

Third Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy and Ethics. Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center, Scottsdale, AZ.

May 27, 2015

Jason Delborne

Public Attitudes, Perceptions, and Engagement in the Field of Genetic Modification

First Annual GE @ NC State Symposium

April 28, 2015

Jason Delborne

Engaging Publics in Science and Technology: When Science and Citizens Connect: Public Engagement on Genetically Modified Organisms.

Workshop of the Roundtable on Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences (PILS), National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C

January 16, 2015

Jason Delborne

Biofuels, Biodiversity, and Responsible Innovation: The Case of Genetically Engineered Trees

Energy & Society Lecture Series, Arizona State University

November 4, 2014

Jason Delborne

Does Anticipating Futures Shape Governance? How One NGO Hopes to Predict and Shape Global Regulatory and Commercial Futures in the Creation of Genetically Modified Trees

NS-UCSB Democratizing Technologies Conference

November 1, 2014

Jason Delborne

Doubling Back on Risk Perception: Scientists, Genetically Modified Trees, and the Risks of Technological Rejection.

Society for Social Studies of Science. Buenos Aires, Argentina

August 23, 2014

Jason Delborne

Transgenics and Society: Towards a More Productive Dialogue

International Center for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico

July 23, 2014

Jason Delborne

Perspectives on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology

6th Annual Biotechnology Symposium, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY.

May 15, 2014

Jason Delborne

Science, Democracy, and Public Engagement

International Center for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico

March 14, 2014

David Berube

Tox 820B Lecture on Ethics of Synthetic Biology

NC State November 12, 2014

Matthew Booker

Introducing the GES History Project Rachel Carson Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

July 2014

Alun Lloyd Modeling Novel Strategies for Controlling Mosquito-Borne Diseases

UNC Greensboro October 10, 2014

Alun Lloyd Modeling Novel Strategies for Controlling Mosquito-Borne Diseases

University of Pretoria, South Africa

July 16, 2014

Marce Lorenzen

Genetics and Genomics of Tribolium Medea Elements

11th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection, Chiang Mai, Thailand

November 25, 2014

Marce Lorenzen

Use of Genomic and Transcriptomic Data to Facilitate Germline Transformation of the Western Corn Rootworm

IWGO/Diabrotica Genetics Conference, Chicago, IL

April 14, 2014

Marce Lorenzen

Use of Next-Gen Sequencing for the Identification of Y-chromosome Derived Sequence Scaffolds in Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum, Genome

15th Annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting, Marco Island, Florida

February 14, 2014

Marce Lorenzen

Development of a Germline Transformation System for the Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

NC205/NCCC46 Joint Meeting, Atlanta, GA

January 28, 2014

Max Scott Status of Developing the Genetically Modified Screwworm Strain(s)”.

XIV COPEG commissioners meeting, Washington DC

October 9, 2014

Max Scott Transgenic sexing systems for genetic control of the New World screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax

“10th European Congress of Entomology” in York, England

August 3-8, 2014

Max Scott Development and evaluation of male-only transgenic strains of the New World screwworm

Project Director’s meeting for the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants (BRAG) Program, Riverdale, MD

June 5, 2014

Max Scott Developing male-only strains of the screwworm and the Australian sheep blowfly

Center for Functional Genomics, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

April 15, 2014

Max Scott Transgenic sexing systems for genetic control of the New World Screwworm and the Australian sheep blow fly

Fourth Research Co‐ordination Meeting (RCM) on the FAO/IAEA Co-ordinated Research Project “Development and Evaluation of Improved Strains of Insect Pests for SIT” in Capri, Italy

April 7-11, 2014

Ronald Sederoff

Biotechnology Training Program Annual Symposium

NCSU May, 2014

Ronald Sederoff

Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences

NCSU March, 2014

Ronald Sederoff

Session Chair on Sustainable Planted Forests

World Science Forum, Rio de Janeiro

November 2013

 

   

Appendix 5:  In the Media 

Name Title and/or Source Date

Jennifer Kuzma Interviewed for and quoted in National Journal article on GM apple

February 19, 2015

Jennifer Kuzma Scientists Give Genetically Modified Organisms a Safety Switch

NPR - All Things Considered

January 21, 2015

Jennifer Kuzma NY Times—Gene Editing January 2, 2015

Jennifer Kuzma NPR - All Things Considered (Research featured and Kuzma Quoted )

December 6, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma Kuzma peer reviewed research study on GM food public perception quoted in several magazines and news venues, including Food Safety Magazine, Physics.org, Medical News, Food World News, Genetic Literacy Project, University Herald, Farm Futures, Science Daily, FeedStuffs Foodlink, etc

December 3, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma Quoted in Chem Eng News on GM potato November 17, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma Quoted in Chem Eng News on Synthetic Biology

November 10, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma Fred Gould, and Alison Wynn

North Carolina Now Covers the GES Center

UNC-TV

August 12, 2014

Fred Gould North Carolina Now Covers GMO Mosquitos

UNC-TV

August 11, 2014

Jennifer Kuzma NSF 360 Breaking News (quoted about peer-reviewed research that came out)

October 29, 2013

Jennifer Kuzma Triangle Business Journal (quoted about peer-reviewed research that came out)

October 28, 2013

Jennifer Kuzma Quoted in Nature Magazine August 22, 2013

Jennifer Kuzma Interviewed for Chicago Public Radio on GM foods

July, 2013

 

 

Appendix6:AcronymsUsedinGESCenterProposaltoEstablish(inorderofappearance)

CI Center/Institute

NC NorthCarolina

CGES CenteronGeneticEngineeringandSociety

GES GeneticEngineeringandSociety

NSF NationalScienceFoundation

IGERT InterdisciplinaryGraduateEducation,Research,andTraining(anNSF

graduatetrainingprogram)

GPM‐IGERT GeneticPestManagementIGERT

CFEPGESChancellor’sFacultyExcellenceProgramClusterinGeneticEngineeringand

Society

CALS CollegeofAgriculturalLifeSciences

CHASS CollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciences

CNR CollegeofNaturalResources

COS CollegeofScience

GE GeneticEngineering

ATE AuthorizationtoEstablish

NGO Non‐GovernmentalOrganization

SETS Socio‐ecological–technologicalsystems

GEO GeneticallyEngineeredOrganism

DNA DeoxyribonucleicAcidGSK GlaxoSmithKlein

UNC UniversityofNorthCarolina

IGSP InstituteforGenomeSciencesandPolicy

STS ScienceTechnologyandSociety

ORIED OfficeofResearchInnovationandEconomicDevelopment

IAC InternalAdvisoryCommittee

EAC ExternalAdvisoryCommittee

EC ExecutiveCommittee

F&A FacilitiesandAdministration

USDA UnitedStatesDepartmentofAgriculture

iGEM InternationalGeneticallyEngineeredMachines

SPIA SchoolofPublicandInternationalAffairs

FER ForestryandEnvironmentalResources

NR NaturalResources

EPA ExemptfromtheNorthCarolinaStatePersonnelAct

SPA StatePersonnelAct(NorthCarolina)

NCCOIN NCCenterofInnovationNetworkPI PrincipalInvestigator

RADAR NCStateResearchAdministrationDataandReportinginternalsystem

AAGES ArchivingAgriculturalGeneticEngineeringandSociety

APHIS AnimalandPlantHealthInspectionService

NOAA NationalOceanicAtmosphericAdministration

NIH NationalInstitutesofHealth

GM GeneticallyModified

DIYBio Do‐it‐yourselfBiology

GMO GeneticallyModifiedOrganism

BU BostonUniversity

CCMTR CenterforComparativeMedicineandTranslationalResearch

ASU ArizonaStateUniversity

MLS MuseumofLifeandScience

CIMMYT InternationalMaizeandWheatImprovementCenter

CIBIOGEM MexicanGMOregulatoryagency

GET GovernanceofEmergingTechnologies

SB SyntheticBiology

EJ EnvironmentalJusticeUS UnitedStates

MIT MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology

USA UnitedStatesofAmerica

VP VicePresident

RFP RequestforProposal

Appendix7:EmailpresentedinsupportoffundingfortheGESCenterfromunitsoncampus

 

Email confirming support of CGES from CNR, CHASS, CALS, ORIED, 

and the Provost 

From: rhlinton@ncsu.edu 

Date: February 6, 2013 5:37:25 PM EST 

To: "Fred Gould" <fred_gould@ncsu.edu>, "Mary Watzin" <mwatzin@ncsu.edu>, "Jeffery Braden" 

<jpbraden@ncsu.edu> 

Cc: "Duane Larick" <dklarick@ncsu.edu> 

Subject: Re: Jennifer Kuzma offer 

Reply‐To: rhlinton@ncsu.eduGreat!  Rich 

‐‐‐‐‐‐Original Message‐‐‐‐‐‐ 

From: Fred Gould 

To: Mary Watzin, Richard Linton, Jeffrey Braden 

 

Cc: Duane Larick 

Subject: Jennifer Kuzma offer 

Sent: Feb 6, 2013 5:33 PM 

 

Dear Deans Watzin, Linton, and Braden, 

 

With verbal commitments from each of you to provide $50K/year for five years to 

support building a Genetic Engineering and Society center, I was able to approach the upper 

administration for the final $100K/year for five years. 

 

           I am pleased to say that Provost Arden and Vice Chancellor Lomax are together  

willing to commit that amount. Before they make that commitment they would like to have an email 

commitment from each of you for your share. This only needs to be one or two lines in response 

to this email. 

 

Thanks again for your support.  

Fred Gould 

=========================================================================== 

 

 

   

From: Daniel Solomon <solomon@ncsu.edu>

Subject: Re: Genetic Engineering and Society Internal Advisory Committee

Date: May 2, 2014 11:13:18 AM EDT

To: Fred Gould <fred_gould@ncsu.edu>

Cc: Jennifer Kuzma <jkuzma@ncsu.edu>, "Cohen, Jo-Ann" <cohen@ncsu.edu>, Katie Perry

<kbperry@ncsu.edu>, "Krim, Jacqueline" <jkrim@ncsu.edu>, "Stallings, Anita" <astallin@ncsu.edu>

Fred,

Further to my inquiry at the beginning of the week, I've got commitments from Biological Sciences,

Mathematics and the College to support a total of $30K/year for five years in cash. Are there

opportunities for in-kind support for the other $20K? We do want to be at the table, but our financial

situation following the college transition is still shaking out.

Thanks,

Dan

Appendix 8: Estimated 5 Year Budget and Expenditures

Estimated 5 Year Budget (US $)

Fiscal Years

Contracts and Grants

Support from NC State Donations Total

FY 2015 Actual 777,228 280,000 22,000 1,079,228

FY2016 Estimated 987,584 280,000 20,000 1,287,584

FY2017 Estimated 427,020 280,000 25,000 732,020

FY2018 Estimated 193,472 280,000 25,000 498,472

FY2019 Estimated 6,823 0 25,000 31,823

Total estimated funding

2,392,127 1,120,000 117,000 3,629,127

Estimated 5 Year Expenditures (US $)

Fiscal Years

Salaries and Fringes

Educational Supplies

Travel

Current Services

Other Operating Expenses

Total

FY 2015Actual 142,200 31,500 29,850 537,000 59,500 800,050 FY 2016 Estimated

168,110 31,000 40,850 644,500 50,500 934,960

FY 2017 Estimated

172,289 5,000 30,000 275,000 30,000 512,289

FY 2018 Estimated

176,769 1,000 10,000 125,000 20,000 332,769

FY 2019 Estimated

181,748 1,000 4,000 100,000 20,000 306,748

Total estimated expenditures

841,116 69,500 114,700 1,681,500 180,000 2,886,816