At the heart of Epolleo’s mission is a powerful belief: that microbial life holds the key to some of our planet’s most pressing challenges. Through targeted, data-driven campaigns, Epolleo mobilizes educators, researchers, students, and industry leaders to investigate specific questions about microbial ecosystems—and in doing so, helps shape the future of biotechnology, conservation, and human health.
Epolleo Campaigns are structured, funded initiatives designed to explore focused areas of microbial diversity. Each campaign supports sample collection, screening, and analysis aligned with a defined purpose—whether that’s cataloging rare fungal networks in prairie soils, identifying microbes capable of metabolizing industrial waste, or uncovering probiotic candidates for treating orphan diseases. These campaigns are not just scientific explorations—they are collaborative, real-world investigations that feed directly into the Epolleo database, creating public-good research assets with commercial, environmental, and educational value.
What sets Epolleo Campaigns apart is their deep integration across Microbe Valley’s ecosystem. Students and citizen scientists contribute critical samples through Collections in the Classroom, giving young people a direct role in the global biodiversity conversation. Meanwhile, academic institutions and industry researchers create and refine screening protocols tailored to real-world needs—using AI-assisted analytics, high-throughput platforms, and environmental controls to identify functional traits in the microbial world.
Each campaign is also an economic engine for sustainability. Findings can inform climate resilience strategies, improve agricultural efficiency, and support novel biomaterials or therapeutics. Campaign data that demonstrate measurable ecological or biotechnological value may generate Diversity Credits—a next-generation environmental financing tool that supports conservation while incentivizing innovation. This structure aligns Epolleo’s campaigns with international biodiversity frameworks such as the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and TNFD disclosure systems, ensuring transparency, traceability, and ethical use of microbial resources.
Each campaign also serves as an economic engine for sustainability. Findings can inform climate resilience strategies, enhance agricultural efficiency, and support the development of novel biomaterials or therapeutics. Campaign data that demonstrate measurable ecological or biotechnological value may generate Diversity Credits—a next-generation environmental financing tool that supports conservation while incentivizing innovation. This structure aligns Epolleo’s campaigns with international biodiversity frameworks, such as the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and the TNFD disclosure systems, ensuring transparency, traceability, and the ethical use of microbial resources.
As you explore below, you’ll find Active Campaigns that are currently underway—these are live initiatives with fieldwork, screening, or analysis in progress.
You’ll also be able to submit proposals for innovative Campaigns, which are high-potential proposals open for institutional collaboration and funding.
From tracking microbial shifts in migratory species to developing microbe-based building materials, each campaign represents a piece of a much larger vision: one where biodiversity is not just protected, but activated for public and planetary good.
Explore live campaigns tracking microbes in real time—from disease solutions to eco-restoration. See results, join the effort, or fund the future. Each project feeds directly into the Epolleo database to drive global impact and discovery.
Have a bold idea? Propose a new microbial campaign, collaborate with top researchers, or help fund cutting-edge discovery. Join the mission to unlock nature’s secrets and shape the future of science—one campaign at a time. Get involved today!
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