Membership Information
Who is membership open to?
Membership is open to for-profit and non-profit organizations and is open to all individuals including investors, researchers, producers, end-users, and technology suppliers.
Who supports the Algal Biomass Organization?
The Organization is supported financially by member organizations and individuals, as well as grants and donations from private, corporate, and government entities.
Memberships are available at the following levels:
Platinum Member - $10,000
Corporate / Organization - $2,000
Individual - $500
Academic / Education Sector - $100
Student - $50 (Non-Voting Status)
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Note: Memberships made in 2009 are valid for one year.
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Algae in the News
Research Collaboration Opportunity
The Department of Energy, Office of the Biomass Programs (OBP) intends to issue two Recovery Act Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) to address research and development efforts related to intermediate ethanol blends and advanced biofuels, specifically including $50 million for a consortium to accelerate the demonstration of algal biofuels through a competitive solicitation. DOE expects to publish both FOAs in the summer of 2009. More
Go Green: Algae Could Be Next Hot Biofuel
WASHINGTON, DC — A 75-gallon tank of goo that in the course of a week or so changed color from lime green to almost black was one of the stars of last summer's Farnborough International Air Show in England. As airlines ordered hundreds of planes worth billions of dollars at the world's largest air show, the tank, or bioreactor, was a near-perfect breeding ground for what could become the fuel of the future: the lowly algae. More