In Tennessee, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and its partners have secured up to $160 million over 10 years from the National Science Foundation to launch the BRIDGES Engine, a biobased manufacturing initiative focused on economic growth in Tennessee and Alabama. One of 12 winners in NSF’s Regional Innovation Engines competition, BRIDGES will transform underused […]
In California, Rubi has been awarded a $969,961 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop and scale its carbon-to-cellulose platform. This prestigious grant, awarded to less than 5% of SBIR applicants over the last decade, recognizes Rubi’s groundbreaking advancements in CO2-to-materials technology and will support the company’s […]
In California, Sway has been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) research and development grant of $272,000 to evolve and scale the next generation of their melt-processable, home-compostable seaweed resin. Sway’s technologies are replacing conventional, petroleum-based resin by shifting feedstock reliance toward renewable sources like seaweed – a crop which […]
