Cooperative Agreement 2054208

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop a novel platform for accelerating the strain development process for precision fermentation. The $275,000 grant, awarded on January 15, 2025, will fund the recipient, Terraferma Foods, Inc., to leverage machine learning and experimental biology to enhance the industrial-scale production of animal proteins in yeast. The project...

This $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) supports the "Food Innovation and Diversification to Advance the Bioeconomy" (FOODID) research project. The project promotes an international collaboration between U.S. and Finnish investigators from academia and industry to transform the future of food production through innovative, sustainable, and nutritious solutions. Key products and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program provides $509,573 to Trustees of Tufts College, doing business as Tufts University, for a 3-year research project titled "Collaborative Research: Mechanisms of Community Coalescence in Synthetic Microbiomes." The project aims to investigate how microbiomes, such as those found in fermented foods like sourdough and kombucha, reassemble and function when they mix, a phenomenon known as community...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,956 to Gulf Spore LLC (doing business as Chitovate) provides funding to develop an edible mushroom-derived chitosan coating to extend the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables. The project aims to create a sustainable, antimicrobial, and gas barrier coating alternative to reduce the $1 trillion in annual global food waste. Key objectives include demonstrating the...

Cross Cultured Foods received a $256,000 National Science Foundation Engineering Division Project Grant to mine microbial diversity for culturing new categories of cheese and sustainable foods. The grant period runs from December 2021 through August 2022. Under the NSF Engineering Division's program seeking to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering innovation and education, Cross Cultured Foods will leverage microbiology to develop novel cheese and food products in a...

Sasya Inc. was awarded a $175,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The award will support the development of a probiotic cell factory to produce and deliver performance supplements directly in the intestinal tract of livestock. Growing restrictions on antibiotics and growth promoters in the livestock industry have created a need for alternative supplements to enhance...

New Horizon Biotech Inc. received a $256,000 National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Project Grant to determine performance characteristics during cultivation of living organisms in a novel single-use horizontal modular and pressurizable microbial fermentor. The funding period is from February 15, 2021 through May 31, 2023 under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). This program seeks to advance science, engineering, and technology innovations to address...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides $274,999 to Robigo, Inc. for research under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The award will support development of a microbial biopesticide platform to precisely target and eliminate crop pathogens without harming beneficial microbes, pollinators, or humans. Leveraging synthetic biology, CRISPR, and data science, the company aims to engineer improvements increasing efficacy and viability...

RYP Labs, Inc. received a $255,044 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop delivery systems for the controlled release of bioactive compounds to extend the shelf life of perishable agricultural products. The one-year grant period, awarded on September 1, 2021 and concluding on August 31, 2022, will support RYP Labs' efforts to design and test encapsulation...

This collaborative research project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), aims to advance understanding of soil microbiome composition and function to support sustainable agriculture. Awarded to the University of Delaware on September 1, 2025, with total funding of $562,591 through August 31, 2028, the project will deliver fundamental research outputs including identification of carbon substrate...