Biomilitus LLC received a $254,689 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on February 1, 2021 to optimize black soldier fly genetics and husbandry for industrialization of organic waste biocnversion. The award was made under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education.
Specifically, the nine-month project focused on developing and refining techniques for breeding black soldier flies and managing their growth conditions at an industrial scale to efficiently convert organic wastes into proteins. The goal was to advance the company's work using these flies to process food scraps and agricultural byproducts into higher-value products, supporting the NSF's mission of enabling innovative engineering solutions.
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