Project Grant DESC0025192

Dynaflow, Inc. received a $199,754 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research titled "CAVITATION ENHANCED SUBCRITICAL WATER EXTRACTION OF WET ALGAE FOR PHYTOL AND LIPIDS RECOVERY." The award is being carried out in Jessup, Maryland through March 26, 2023. The funding supports Dynaflow's research under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and...

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...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $175,000 SBIR/STTR Program grant to Via Biofuels Inc. (UEI: DHPAKR2LXGE9) to develop a genetically engineered yeast strain capable of efficiently converting lactose-rich dairy waste (whey permeate) into 3-methylanisole (3-MA). The 3-MA can serve as a sustainable replacement for gasoline and as a precursor for plastics and aviation fuel, addressing both environmental waste and renewable energy...

Southeastern Biochemicals, Inc. was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to develop yeast strains for the production of oleochemicals. The grant is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Under the award, Southeastern Biochemicals will develop new yeast...

This Project Grant 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) provides $649,925 to Integrated Lipid Biofuels, LLC to develop a technology for extracting valuable polyphenols and dietary fibers from potato processing waste, specifically potato peels. The project aims to turn this waste stream into a resource by refining and optimizing a pilot-scale extraction process to...

This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) aims to demonstrate the feasibility of producing chirally pure (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate (R-3HB) from plant waste materials, such as wood and crop leftovers, by modifying Clostridium pathways. The research will create and test two different R-3HB production pathways in Clostridium, then combine and further optimize the approaches to boost R-3HB yields in the bacterium. If successful, this work...

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...

Lanzatech, Inc. was awarded a $3.71 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a carbon-negative chemical production platform. Under the three-year award beginning October 2021, Lanzatech will engineer a non-traditional host strain to maximize stable ethanol production from high hydrogen-to-carbon monoxide gas uptake ratios, enabling a single-step, direct carbon dioxide gas fermentation process integrated with...

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...

This Project Grant award of $250,431.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) with a start date of December 1, 2024 and an end date of November 30, 2027. The award aims to elucidate the role of acoustic cavitation in enhancing the efficiency of ultrasound-based water-oil demulsification, which is an essential step in the oil production process. The research will focus on characterizing the mechanical...