Tobacco Squalene Farming & Extraction for Commercialization
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Organization
SynShark LLC
Award Date
Award Amount
249,975
Program Name
Small Business Research Loan
Program Category
Business Financing
Principal Investigator
Jason Ornstein
Fiscal Year
2016
Region
Greater Charlotte
Project Description:
SynShark is commercializing technology to produce valuable chemicals in tobacco. NCBC funding will fund the upscaling of R&D from a half-acre to 10 acres over the next two years and enable - if successful - product sales and >100 acres of planting in 2018.