ALGAE INSIGHT
The newsletter of the Algae Biomass Organization
Edition: December 20, 2019
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Record R&D Funding for Algae in New Budget Legislation
Breaking news this week: Algae is closing out the year stronger than ever. New budget legislation widely expected to be signed by President Trump this week includes a record amount of federal funding for algae research, development and commercialization projects in 2020. This strong Congressional support signals that algae technologies will continue to make remarkable headway.
The Year in Review
What milestones did the algae industry achieve in 2019? What foundations were set for more success in 2020? Find out in ABO's Year in Review.
Make the Holiday Meal Complete with Algae
The holidays are a time to gather with friends and family. As the conversation drifts from topic to topic, don’t forget to put in a few words for algae!
Algae in Biofuels Digest's "NEXT 50 Companies to Disrupt the World"
Another sign that algae will play a big role building the future: Several innovative companies that are using algae were featured throughout Biofuels Digest's "NEXT 50 Companies to Disrupt the World."

Among the ABO members that made the list were Corbion's AlgaPrime DHA, Algix, Checkerspot, LanzaTech, and Qualitas Health.
New Funding Opportunities
Two new funding opportunities that may be of interest to ABO members:
  • The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $20 million in funding to develop technologies to quantify feedstock-related emissions at the field level. Read more here.
  • The DOE's Fossil Energy office recently opened a funding opportunity that seeks to develop novel marketable products using CO2 as a feedstock. More details available here.
Algae in the News:
Quartz-Dec 17, 2019

Vice-Dec 16, 2019

NC State University-Dec 16, 2019

PlantBasedNews-Dec 15, 2019

SciTechDaily-Dec 15, 2019

Science Daily-Dec 13, 2019

Power Technology-Dec 10, 2019

Fast Company-Dec 9, 2019

Genetic Literacy Project-Dec 9, 2019

KCUR-Dec 9, 2019

Advanced Science News-Dec 6, 2019

Quartz-Dec 3, 2019

Food Spark-Nov 29, 2019

Food Navigator-Nov 27, 2019

The Blade-Nov 25, 2019
Events:
 International Society of Applied Phycology Congress 2020
The 7th ISAP Congress will be held April 19-24, 2020 in Chiba, Japan. The event's agenda will include oral and poster presentations, exhibitions, mid- Congress tours, networking sessions, as well as young algae scientist /entrepreneur sessions. Abstracts are due November 29!
Join us! Membership in the Algae Biomass Organization gets you discounts on Summit registration and puts you at the forefront of efforts to develop new technologies and commercial markets for renewable and sustainable products derived from algae.