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The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Makel Engineering, Inc., a small business located in Chico, California, to develop a "BIO-GAUGE, Low Cost Biodiesel Fuel Fraction Sensor." This grant, awarded on July 22, 2024 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports the company's research and development of an innovative sensor system capable of accurately measuring the composition of biodiesel fuel. Makel...

Via Biofuels Inc. received a $175,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212) effective September 1, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2026. The award supports development of a genetically engineered yeast strain capable of converting lactose from whey permeate—a dairy industry waste product—into 3-methylanisole (3-MA), a versatile molecule suitable as a gasoline replacement and...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) supports the development of a novel bioprocess to produce n-butanol, an industrial solvent and advanced biofuel, from low-cost agricultural residues such as corn stalk. The $175,000 award to Bio-Missions LLC, a for-profit, veteran-owned limited liability company, aims to...

Lanzatech, Inc. was awarded a $3.71 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a carbon-negative chemical production platform. Under the three-year award beginning October 2021, Lanzatech will engineer a non-traditional host strain to maximize stable ethanol production from high hydrogen-to-carbon monoxide gas uptake ratios, enabling a single-step, direct carbon dioxide gas fermentation process integrated with...

This two-year, $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund research at the Long Beach Research Foundation to develop multi-activity proteins for improved carbohydrate deconstruction. Specifically, the Foundation will produce and test 85 engineered multi-activity proteins containing two catalytic domains each. These proteins aim to increase biomass conversion for alternative fuels and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $150,000 to researchers at the City University of New York (CUNY) City College to investigate using hydrogen peroxide, a toxic waste product generated by certain bacteria, as an energy source for efficient biofuel and biochemical production. The key objectives are to: 1) develop an E. coli strain platform to control and monitor hydrogen...

This $700,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to New York University (NYU) under the CFDA Program 81.135. The project aims to demonstrate the stable production of ethanol directly powered by variable renewable energy through innovations in electrocatalysts, dynamic electrolyzer operation, and integration with proprietary thermocatalytic reactors. The research will leverage technoeconomic and life cycle analysis...

This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212), provides $175,000 to PCC Hydrogen Inc. to investigate using ethanol as a feedstock for distributed hydrogen production. Ethanol is a less hazardous carrier of hydrogen than other hydrocarbons and can be produced from various biomass sources. This project will...

This $256,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The award to Terragia Biofuel Inc., a for-profit organization, aims to develop innovative bioprocessing technologies for converting lignocellulosic biomass into hydrocarbon fuels and products. Specifically, the project is focused on demonstrating the feasibility of a technique called Continuous Evolution with Multiplex Natural Transformation...

This $736,200 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program, with a performance period from September 2024 to March 2026, supports Northeastern University's research and development project titled "Modular Electrochemical Ethanol Production Using Intermittent Power (Electricity)". The key objectives of this project are: 1) To demonstrate over 60% conversion efficiency (Faradaic efficiency) in producing ethanol...