The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, Inc.
- Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, Inc., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research (CPBR) is a model partnership of universities, industry, and federal laboratories. The CPBR was organized in the U.S. for the purpose of carrying out industrially relevant research and technology transfer. Formed in 1985, it has become a national organization which now includes more than 30 companies and trade associations, 25 universities, and several federal laboratories. Many of the U.S.-based member companies are subdiaries of parent companies that operate internationally. Using a unique competitive process which includes industrial review for relevance and peer review for scientific merit, the CPBR has sponsored nearly 150 research projects in energy from biomass and plant biotechnology which are resulting in significant industrial gains. research areas include commercial applications of biomass production and conversion with applications to biofuels, biomass power, and environmental improvement and remediation. The CPBR process promotes equal cost-sharing by government and the private sector for the costs of the research. Benefits of CPBR research are leading to significant corporate investments beyond the research costs to bring the results of the research discoveries to the marketplace. The CPBR is currently seeking international partners through interested governmental agencies and other organizations to foster and fund collaborations between international scientists and engineers in both industry and academe.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 115258
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-200-8098; CONF-9508104-; ON: DE95009230; TRN: 95:006736-0039
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. meeting on biomass of the Americas, Portland, OR (United States), 21-24 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]; Related Information: Is Part Of Second biomass conference of the Americas: Energy, environment, agriculture, and industry. Proceedings; PB: 1741 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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