Biorefinery assistance grants
Active Project Grant Awarded
- Award ID
- CLSS00000090691
- Recipient
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Bluestem Biosciences Inc. UEI GWTCKKY5TUN6
- Awarding agency
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Rural Business Cooperative Services
Washington Office, Department of Agriculture
- Obligated
- $10,000,000
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 10.376 Biobased Market Development and Access Grant Program (BDAP)
- Completion date 89% complete
- Place of performance
- Nebraska, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
About this award
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $10,000,000 Project Grant under the Biobased Market Development and Access Grant Program (CFDA 10.376) to Bluestem Biosciences Inc., a biotechnology company based in Omaha, Nebraska. The grant supports the development of advanced biomanufacturing technologies, including anaerobic fermentation, yeast microbe modification, and cellulosic biorefinery facilities, using agricultural commodities as feedstock. Bluestem Biosciences is working to create cost-effective, domestically produced chemical intermediates, such as 3-hydroxypropionic acid, from renewable sources like corn, with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, supporting rural economic development, and establishing more resilient supply chains. The grant was awarded on January 16, 2025, with a project completion date of January 16, 2027.
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Who received award CLSS00000090691?
CLSS00000090691 was awarded to Bluestem Biosciences Inc. by Rural Business Cooperative Services (Washington Office) on January 16, 2025.
How much is award CLSS00000090691 worth?
$10,000,000 has been obligated on CLSS00000090691.
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