AlgaePrize
Pays U.S. student teams up to $50,000 to research ways of turning algae into biofuels, food, feed and industrial products.
Teams register with a project abstract, then submit a full Research Synopsis that a judging panel reviews and scores against published review criteria to pick up to 15 finalist teams. Finalist teams are paid $8,000 on notice of selection and a further $2,000 for travel once they file their final research report; each team also needs a faculty advisor from its home institution, and an individual st…
Teams pick one of three algae research areas: production (cultivar enhancement, aquaculture engineering, husbandry), downstream processing (harvesting, dewatering, biorefinery development), or novel products, analytical tools and ecosystem services. Both microalgae and macroalgae projects qualify, aimed at lowering the cost of algal biofuels and bioproducts.
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