The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded KSE Inc. a $250,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to evaluate technologies for the pre-treatment and enzymatic breakdown of lignocellulosic feedstocks for the manufacture of 2,5 furandicarboxylic acid. The Office of Science aims to advance scientific understanding and energy technologies through its broad and balanced portfolio, and this award will support KSE Inc.'s work developing...
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has awarded a $199,459.00 Project Grant to Enexor Energy, LLC (doing business as Enexor Bioenergy LLC) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, awarded on July 22, 2024, supports the development of a modular biomass preprocessing system. This project aligns with the DOE Office of Science's mission to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $248,978 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Optimabiome LLC, a minority-owned small business located in Rockville, Maryland. The grant, with a performance period from July 2024 to April 2025, supports the development of a "Composite Solid Sorbent Solvent Matrix for Capture of CO2 from Mobile Systems." This research project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national...
The $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), funded waste biomass valorization through strategic partnerships by 525 Solutions, Inc. in Tuscaloosa, AL from June 2021 through March 2022. The Office of Science aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and tools. This award supported 525 Solutions' work valorizing waste...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Chemfinity Technologies, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business in Brooklyn, NY, to develop "Selective and Stability-Enhancing 1-D Crystalline Channels for Efficient Olefin Production." The project aims to advance research on specialized porous polymer materials and membrane technologies for applications in gas separation, critical mineral extraction, and environmental...
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Innosense Corporation a $1.92 million project grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the development of efficient and cost-effective enzymatic conversion of lignocellulose feedstock to useful bioproducts. The three-year award, issued on February 22, 2021 with a completion date of April 3, 2024, will fund Innosense's work breaking down lignocellulose into bioproducts using novel enzyme...
Visolis, Inc. received a $256,500 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to support production of renewable aromatic compounds from lignocellulosic feedstocks. The project was conducted in Hayward, California under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, the award funded...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $206,500 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Capro-X, Inc., a minority-owned and Hispanic American-owned sustainable ag-tech startup in Somerville, MA. The grant funding supports the development of cellulose ester bioplastics derived from organic waste-based fatty acids. Capro-X, Inc. specializes in biotechnology innovations focused on upcycling organic waste streams, particularly from the dairy...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded Dynaflow, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, a $199,742 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, awarded on July 22, 2024, supports Dynaflow's research on the production and extraction of high-value wax esters and lipids from the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica using cavitation-enhanced hot water extraction. This innovative research project aims to develop advanced...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $184,180 to Atlantic Biomass, LLC to support the low-cost production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) from perennial feedstocks using simultaneous ball milling and enzyme hydrolysis. The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in areas such as environmental science and...