Welcome to the Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC)
The NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC) will develop the fundamental knowledge and technology and the academic and industrial partnerships needed to provide a foundation for U.S. industrial chemical production to be transformed from a petroleum-based industry to a renewable resource-based industry. The overarching goal of CBiRC is to enable the transformation of the chemical industry through the optimized coupling of two catalyst types such that a biocatalyst will convert glucose to an intermediate chemical that can be readily converted by a chemical catalyst to the desired chemical product. It will educate a workforce capable of enabling this transformation.
CBiRC is funded by an $18.5 million, five-year award from the NSF Generation Three Engineering Research Center Program.
Partner institutions
University of New Mexico
Rice University
University of Wisconsin
University of Virginia
University of California–IrvineInstitutions contributing affiliated faculty
Salk Institute
University of MichiganInternational institutions
Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society
Technical University of Denmark
