January 21, 2026 - The Bioeconomy, Bioenergy, Bioproduct (B3) Program Portfolio supports research, extension, and education related to the enhancement of rural economic development, environmental services, and food and energy security.

The Biden-Harris Administration launched the National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative, informed by a September 2022 Executive Order, to advance American biotechnology and biomanufacturing in health, climate change, energy, food security, agriculture, supply chain resilience, and ...

USDA education programs use the Nation’s public institutions, private sector partners, and the Land-Grant University System to promote and expand the workforce needed to grow the bioeconomy. USDA also has a role in educating the general public and international partners through capacity building programs, on the benefits and costs of bioenergy production and use from economic, environmental, social and sustainability perspectives. Read Less... In 2015, USDA invested $100 million in the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership (BIP), a partnership between the Government and States and private partners, to install nearly 5,000 pumps offering higher blends of ethanol nationwide. With the matching commitments by State and private entities, the BIP is investing a total of $210 million to nearly double the number of fueling pumps nationwide that supply renewable fuels to American motorists.

Using processes like pyrolysis and gasification, wood biomass can be converted to biochar and biofuel. Two NIFA-funded regional public-private partnerships developed entire systems to produce biochar and build markets for its use.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Bioeconomy, Bioenergy, Bioproduct (B3) Program provides grants for the research and development of biofuels, sustainable aviation fuel, and related products. Eligible applicants include universities, governments, and commercial entities.

Many experts call for increased federal investment in R&D to maintain U.S. leadership in the bioeconomy. In general, experts highlight the life sciences, computing and information sciences, engineering, and biotechnology for increased support. Many also emphasize the convergence of such disciplines. In one example, the Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC), a nonprofit, public-private partnership, has released a series of roadmaps that identify high-priority research areas in engineering or synthetic biology (see box titled "What is Synthetic Biology?"). According to EBRC, the aim of the effort is "to guide better-coordinated efforts throughout the U.S. government to fund and expand engineering biology research, to engage new stakeholders, and to inform the research and scientific support community about the challenges and potential of the engineering biology field."58 ·

“With the right policies and ... report recommends the Executive Office of the President develop a government-wide strategic coordinating body to safeguard and realize the potential of the bioeconomy. This coordinating body — which should develop and update strategies for sustaining and growing the sector — should be presided over by senior White House leadership and include representation from science, economic, regulatory, and security agencies. International Competition and Talent The report says talent development at all levels should be a high priority for investment, and recommends attracting and retaining scientists from around the world. Inadequate funding for universities and training programs could diminish the country’s ability to develop and retain a skilled technical workforce....

Over the last five years, the Institute has received funds for $80 million from industry and federal agencies to carry out its research. In 2000, to coordinate all biomass research activities, the American Government created the Biomass Research ...

August 18, 2026 - The Initiative on Bioconvergence, Biosecurity, and Bioresilience (IB3) is housed within the Program on Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement, and Global Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

June 27, 2025 - This program provides loan guarantees of up to $250 million for the construction, development, and retrofitting of facilities utilizing emerging biobased technologies. Projects must involve advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, or other biobased ...

December 8, 2022 - Normally these direct loans are at reduced interest rates and longer terms to accommodate projects that cannot afford to pay the commercial lender rates and terms. Some, like the USDA’s Community Facilities direct loan program, can be used to support community-based/ owned bioeconomy projects. The maze of federal funding is often hard to navigate.

December 14, 2015 - Support R&D investments that will ... greatest opportunities in the bioeconomy require coordination among numerous fields of science, the Administration will prioritize multidisciplinary efforts to enable biological research at the boundaries of fields such as physics, chemistry, engineering, computer sciences, and mathematics. To complement these efforts, the Blueprint calls for novel funding mechanisms—prizes and challenges—to support creative, high-risk/high-reward research. Facilitate the transition of bioinventions from research lab to market, including an increased focus on translational and regulatory sciences: The Administration is committed to accelerating the commercialization of bioinventions. The Blueprint calls upon funding agencies to support the integration of entrepreneurship into university research programs and use the purchasing authority of ...

April 30, 2025 - To achieve this, the U.S. government should create the Bioeconomy Finance Program (BFP) within the OSC, specifically tasked with enabling and de-risking the biotechnology and biomanufacturing sectors through financial incentives and programs.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) supports junior research groups in natural sciences, information technology, and engineering sciences that contribute to the transition towards a bioeconomy. This program creates a supportive environment for forward-looking research and development in bio-based economic sectors.

The intramural research program at the National Institutes of Health generates benefits far beyond the property lines of its facilities and laboratories. Read More ... An integrated, interdisciplinary national research strategy is urgently needed to strengthen the country’s efforts to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. Read More · Rod Schoonover, Daniel P. Aldrich, Daniel Hoyer · Disasters are no longer isolated events. This demands a fundamental change in how we think about and respond to complex risk.

by funding innovative bioconvergence research · proposals, multidisciplinary bioconvergence · infrastructure, training programmes for 1,000 · biologists and engineers, and a call for proposals · for bioconvergence technologies with complex · regulatory paths. The achieved milestones · contribute to Israel’s dynamic innovation landscape. Pathways to Bioeconomy and Bioconvergence ·

December 23, 2024 - Effective bioconvergence requires seamless collaboration across academia, industry, and government bodies. Mudichintala stressed the value of aligning stakeholders early in the development cycle: “Having these kinds of issues in mind as you develop a product is critical.” · Government programs like the U.S.

July 3, 2025 - NIFA provides competitive and capacity funding and program leadership for extramural research, higher education, and extension activities in food and agricultural biotechnology. Various competitive funding programs cover biotechnology research ...

February 3, 2021 - Keywords: bioeconomy; biotechnology; life science; innovation; R&D; biological resources; science policy · Advances in information and computing sciences, along with the integration of engineering principles, has fundamentally transformed the life sciences and biotechnology in the last 50 years. Breakthroughs, such as the ability to read genetic code, to edit an organism’s genome, and to create organisms with entirely synthetic genomes, have changed how research is done and the products that innovators can be create. The term “bioeconomy” encompasses economic activity related to life sciences research. Some products of the bioeconomy include microorganisms acting as environmental biosensors, fabrics made from biosynthetic spider silk, chemicals made though biosynthetic pathways instead of solely petrochemical synthesis (such as 1,3-propanediol), and novel foods and food additives ...

Investment priorities: Demand vs. funding ... World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project, insight area or interaction. The · findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed herein are a result of a collaborative · process facilitated and endorsed by the World Economic Forum but whose results do · not necessarily represent the views of the World Economic Forum, nor the entirety of its · Members, Partners or other stakeholders. ... The bioeconomy is here.