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IFAB Awarded $51M in Implementation Funding
iFAB was one of 12 Implementation Funding Awardees granted by the U.S. EDA.
Primed to increase capacity and drive new market growth
Biomanufacturing converts crops like corn and soybeans into a range of high-value chemicals ad ingredients. This will provide an enormous opportunity for bio-based businesses in Illinois. While the U.S. demand and potential are great, the infrastructure is lacking.
iFAB is responding by growing Illinois bioprocessing into a best-in-the-world hub for fermentation manufacturing.
A scalable, best-in-class facility
One of the most comprehensive bioprocessing scale-up facilities in the nation is located in the heart of the Midwest at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The Integrated Bioprocessing Research Lab (IBRL) has the capacity to work with food ingredients, high-value industrial molecules, cosmetics, and more, providing access to infrastructure and equipment that otherwise wouldn't be available.
