SBIR/STTR Research Award
Transgenic black soldier flies for sustainable, improved nutrition
Award amount
$149,592Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- ECHELON BIOSCIENCES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2017-04-17
- Contract end date
- 2018-02-28
- UEI
- EDK8FFD24SC4
- Solicitation number
- 2016.3
- Topic code
- SB163-002
Research abstract
We propose generating transgenic insects with improved nutrition for humans and livestock. The primary deliverable for Phase I will be expression of a genetic marker in the host insect and demonstration of enhanced essential nutrients in insect cell line...
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Innovative Point-of-Care Solutions for Long-term Alcohol Biomarkers
- Optimized Platforms for Proper Glycosylation and Sialylation of Recombinant Human Butyrylcholinesterase (rBChE)
- Accessible And Robust Tools for Glycosaminoglycan Profiling
- Transgenic Black Soldier Flies for Sustainable, Improved Nutrition
- IGF OT IGF BIOMARKERS FOR ALCOHOL AND ALD
Awards with the same topic code
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- New Technology and Genetically Engineered Insects for Sustainable Food, Nutrition, Health and Other Applications
- Screening Random Mutagenesis for Genetic Trait Mapping in Gryllodes sigillatus
- Genetic /Genomic Technology to Improve Farmed Insects for Sustainable Nutrition, Health and Other Applications
- Genetics and breeding of mealworms and their microbiomes for improved production
Research funding history
40 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2024). Reported award amounts total $11,763,634. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation