The Supergen Bioenergy Hub delivers a diverse range of biomass and bioenergy research, from fundamental science to engineering challenges, social responses to technologies, economic context and policy development.

The Hub holds a series of flexible funding calls which are open to Hub partner organisations. The priorities for these calls are set by our Project Management Group, in liaison with the Advisory Board and a wider network of stakeholders through a new industry forum.

Successfully funded projects will be impact-focused and consider how they engage with and enrich Hub activities and communities.

Flexible Funded Projects Call 1 2024: Biomass to bio-based products

Six projects are successfully funded under the first Flexible Funding Call of 2024:

• Developing sustainable insulation oil for power transformers via pyrolysis of biomass feedstock – led by Amir Badiee, University of Lincoln
• De-risking negative carbon biomass-based ammonia – led by Amirpiran Amiri, Aston University
• Developing biomass-derived functional textile polymers to replace ‘forever chemicals’ – led by Anna Croft, Loughborough University
• A machine learning surrogate model for the economic and environmental sustainability evaluation of bioplastics precursors – led by Ioanna Dimitriou, University of Nottingham
• Exploring R&D, sustainability and scale-up opportunities of glycerol-to-X (G2X) – led by Jesús Esteban, University of Manchester
• Development of biochar-based functional materials: Advancing a sustainable platform for carbon applications – led by Shivaprasad Kumar Vijayalakshmi, Durham University

Please see our Hub Funding page for further information on Flexible Funding.