Ecovia Renewables LLC Awarded NSF STTR Phase I Grant

Ecovia Renewables LLCa renewable chemicals company developing high performance bio-based materials, received an NSF STTR Phase I grant of $225,000 for their proposal "STTR Phase I:  Cost-effective production of biopolymers for eco-friendly erosion control and soil revegetation with synthetic microbial consortia." The proposed project will be carried out in collaboration with Professor Xiaoxia Nina Lin’s lab at the University of Michigan.

Ecovia Renewables LLC awarded MSU Bioeconomy Institute Green Technology Award in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest business competition

Ecovia Renewables LLC, a renewable chemicals company developing high performance bio-based materials, was awarded the MSU Bioeconomy Institute Green Technology Award in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest business competition. The $5,000 cash price will be applied to R&D efforts related to its bio-based super absorbent polymers program.