The BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action is a science and technology center in the United States, focused on experimental and applied research on evolutionary dynamics, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
BEACON's mission is illuminating and harnessing the power of evolution in action to advance science and technology and benefit society.
Members of the center conduct research on evolution in both biological and digital realms, and also use evolutionary computing for engineering applications.
[1] At latest count in 2016, BEACON had 583 members, including faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students.
The other principal investigators are Erik D. Goodman, Richard Lenski, Robert T. Pennock, and Kay Holekamp.