; (2) advancing areas of biomanufacturing research to optimize, standardize, scale, and deliver new products and solutions; (3) supporting social and behavioral sciences and economics research that advances the field of engineering biology and contributes to the development and public understanding of new products, processes, and technologies; (4) supporting risk research, including under subsection (d); (5) supporting the development of novel tools and technologies to accelerate scientific understanding and technological innovation in engineering biology; (6) expanding the number of researchers, educators, and students with engineering biology training, including from traditionally underserved populations; (7) accelerating the translation and commercialization of engineering biology research and development by the private sector; and (8) improving the interagency planning and coordination of Federal Government activities related to engineering biology. (b) Initiative activities The activities of the Initiative shall include— (1) sustained support for engineering biology research and development through— (A) grants to individual investigators and teams of investigators, including interdisciplinary teams; (B) projects funded under joint solicitations by a collaboration of no fewer than two agencies participating in the Initiative; and (C) interdisciplinary research centers that are organized to investigate basic research questions, carry out technology development and demonstration activities, and increase understanding of how to scale up engineering biology processes, including biomanufacturing; (2) sustained support for databases and related tools, including— (A) support for curated genomics, epigenomics, and all other relevant omics databases, including plant and microbial databases, that are available to researchers to carry out engineering biology research; (B) development of standards for such databases, including for curation, interoperability, and protection of privacy and security