Project Grant DESC0022834

This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) is funding Global Algae Innovations, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop and demonstrate an integrated process for producing algal-based polyurethane consumer products from flue gas carbon dioxide. The key objectives include: 1) scaling up algal oil extraction and fatty acid separation, 2) optimizing the...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Global Algae Innovations, Inc. $200,000 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop algae-based non-isocyanate polyurethanes from June 27, 2022 to June 26, 2023. The award will support generating polymer formulations using samples of crude algal oils from Global Algae Innovations and simulated algal oils to determine the impact of impurities. Polaris Renewables LLC will receive a sub-award to calculate the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $300,000 to the University of Washington to conduct research on developing sustainable polymer foams from renewable biomass-derived polymer mixtures. The key focus is on synthesizing hierarchical polymeric foams with controllable structure and mechanical properties directly from unprocessed polymer mixtures found in...

Advanced Energy Materials LLC received a $256,500 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop bioplastic polyethylene (2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PEF) using CO2. The one-year project will be performed in Louisville, KY under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, the company will work to...

This $650,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will support the development and testing of a new biomanufacturing process for creating nutraceuticals (plant-based compounds that support human health) and a climate-friendly precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) product at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). The key objectives are to build and test a...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator Track M award of $649,990 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) supports the development and commercialization of a family of sustainable bio-based plastics derived from hydroxy fatty acids. Key activities include scaling up monomer synthesis, conducting polymer characterization and recycling assessments, and performing techno-economic and life cycle analyses. RPI is collaborating with Danimer Scientific, a bioplastics...

This $199,860 Project Grant, awarded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports research by Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) to develop sustainable biopolymer alternatives for fossil-fuel derived foams. The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in materials research. This one-year effort, with a performance period from July 2024 to July 2025, will leverage...

Field Phyto-Nutrients LLC (FPN LLC) received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to develop algae-based feed for finfish cultivation. Through the award period of September 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023, FPN LLC will process the marine microalgae Crypthecodinium cohnii (C. cohnii) into feed using a low-temperature drying method. C. cohnii contains high levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Rikarbon Inc.'s Renewable Products Division received a $181,500 Phase I award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212), effective August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for April 14, 2027. The project aims to develop enabling technology and manufacturing processes for producing 100% bio-based polyols and bio-polyether polyols...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $499,997 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Cincinnati, in collaboration with Purdue University, to develop an innovative electrochemical process for producing an important biopolymer precursor, 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), from biomass-derived furfural and carbon dioxide. The 2-year project aims to establish an electrocatalytic bromine-mediated carboxylation approach to...