Ann Arbor, Michigan: Ecovia Renewables Inc., a renewable chemicals company developing high-performing biobased materials, received a DOE STTR Phase I grant of $224,535 for their proposal “Microbial co-cultures for production of methyl ketones from lignocellulose.” Under the grant, Ecovia Renewables will investigate the production of medium chain length (C11 to C15) methyl ketones via singe-step fermentation of renewable biomass with mixed microbial cultures. The work will be done in collaboration with Dr. Harry Beller’s research group at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory of Berkeley, California.
Ecovia Renewables Participates in Michigan State University I-Corps Program
Ecovia Renewables LLC, a renewable chemicals company developing high performance bio-based materials, participated in the Michigan State University Ag I-corps program, with $5,000 funding support from the University of Michigan Engineering Research Translation (ETR) Fund provided to Professor Xiaoxia Nina Lin.
Ecovia Renewables LLC receives a USDA SBIR Phase I grant for efficient production of high value polymers
Ecovia Renewables LLC, a renewable chemicals company developing high performance bio-based materials, received a USDA SBIR Phase I grant of $100,000 for their proposal “Engineering microbial co-cultures for efficient production of a high-value biopolymer from bioprocessing by-products of industrial crops.
Ecovia Renewables LLC receives $25,000 in matching STTR funds
Ecovia Renewables LLC Awarded NSF STTR Phase I Grant
Ecovia Renewables LLC, a 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.