Project Grant 20254000045040
- This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program provides $174,989 to Altex Technologies Corporation to develop and assess a biofertilizer produced from anaerobic digester digestate. The project will also evaluate the use of Altex's EBSR biochar as a CO2 adsorbent to produce pipeline-quality biogas from anaerobic digesters. The project has an award date of...
- Integrated Lipid Biofuels LLC was awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The two-year award will support the company's efforts to develop a process for converting organic waste into biopolymers by synergizing anaerobic digestion and synthetic biology techniques. The SBIR Program aims to stimulate technological innovation through the investment of federal...
- Greentechnologies, L.L.C., a minority-owned manufacturer of agricultural goods, has been awarded a $174,973 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.212). This grant will support the company's efforts to adapt patented technologies to produce organic enhanced efficiency fertilizers (EEFs) using anaerobic digestion waste byproducts (digestate) as a feedstock. The project aims to develop...
- This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program aims to de-risk Arbor Energy & Resources Corp's advanced biomass gasification approach. The $175,000 award, granted on August 15, 2025, will fund the development of an analytical model to support the successful deployment of a novel high-pressure energy conversion...
- This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) supports the development and testing of new enzyme-like materials, called artificial proteases, that can efficiently break down and extract proteins from brewer's spent grain (BSG), a nutrient-rich byproduct of the beer industry. The objective is to establish a cost-effective, sustainable process to recover these proteins, turning a waste problem into an...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $181,500 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I grant to Terragia Biofuel Inc., a start-up based in Hanover, New Hampshire. The grant, awarded on August 15, 2025, will fund the development of an innovative consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) approach using engineered thermophilic bacteria to convert cellulosic biomass into fuels at low cost without added enzymes or...
- This $175,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program supports the development of innovative biotechnology solutions from Transfoam LLC, doing business as Ourobio. The project aims to transform agricultural byproducts such as dairy whey, soybean meal, and corn waste into biodegradable plastics (PHAs) and natural...
- This SBIR Phase I project grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), aims to enable the conversion of non-meltable, agriculturally derived polymers into usable products for the food packaging and commodity products industries. The $175,000 grant to Green Materials LLC will fund the development of a novel manufacturing process and machine component to produce compostable alternatives to non-biodegradable plastics. The project...
- This $275,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development, modeling, and validation of a novel technology to enhance the efficiency of anaerobic digestion for biogas generation from organic waste. The project, led by Elif Environmental LLC, aims to leverage microwaves and electromagnetic fields to improve anaerobic fermentation efficiency by at least 20% across a range of...
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded $175,000 under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to KSE, Inc. of Sunderland, Massachusetts. The award will support KSE's efforts to develop and scale an integrated process for converting lignocellulosic waste streams into 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) at high selectivity without pre-treatment of biomass compounds. Key activities include improving reactive...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, aims to evaluate the capability of multiple enzymes to increase biogas production from anaerobic digestion. The $174,945 award to Guild Associates Inc., doing business as Guild Biosciences, will fund a 28-day bench-scale study to assess the effectiveness of the company's patented immobilized enzyme technology, Immobizyme, in improving the quantity and quality of biogas generated from a range of feedstocks. The project seeks to identify the best enzyme candidates and immobilization formulations that can increase overall biogas output and active enzyme lifetime within the digester, with the goal of advancing the technology towards a pilot-scale demonstration. This award supports the USDA NIFA SBIR program's objectives of transforming scientific discoveries into commercially viable products and services that benefit agriculture and the broader economy.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $174.9k | 9/12/25 |