Links to related Organizations & Websites

Agency of Renewable Resources (FNR)
In 1993 the Agency was initiated by the Federal Ministry of Nourishment, Agriculture and Forestry Germany in order to support research and development in the subject area of renewable resources. Beside professional consultation and financial support, the Agency takes part in scientific events, notifies current results of research to the public and informs about the whole range of applications of renewable resources.

Battelle Memorial Institute
Battelle is a global science and technology enterprise that develops and commercializes technology and manages laboratories for customers. Battelle provides solutions and helps develop innovative products for commercial customers by leveraging technology into competitive advantage.

BioEnterprise
BioEnterprise Corporation is a not-for-profit company founded in 2003 through the financial support of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. BioEnterprise is a commercialization agent, established to help promote the creation, growth and expansion of businesses in the Agri-Food and Agri-Life Sciences and Bio-Product Industries.

BioMatNet
BioMatNet is the activity of the EPOBIO project that makes available the results from RTD projects supported by the European Commission in the area of Biological Materials for Non-Food Products (Renewable Bioproducts). It includes final results from the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), FAIR Programme (FP4) and previous programmes, as well as ongoing research from the Fifth and Sixth Framework Programmes (FP5 and FP6).

Biotechnology Industry Organization
BIO advocates the biotechnology industry's positions to elected officials and regulators, informs national and international media about the industry's progress, contributions to quality of life, goals and positions, and provides business development services to member companies, such as investor and partnering meetings.

The Association for the Advancement for Industrial Crops (AAIC)
The Association is an international, nonprofit educational and scientific organization established to Encourage and promote the activities of those involved in the production, processing, development, and commercialization of industrial crops and products derived from industrial crops.

National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (NABC)
The Council is a not-for-profit consortium of 34 leading agricultural research and teaching governmental agencies/institutions/universities in the U.S. and Canada, that provides all stakeholders the opportunity to speak, to listen, and to learn about the issues surrounding agricultural biotechnology.

New Uses Council
The Council is a dynamic and expanding non-profit membership organization dedicated to the development and commercialization of biobased products.

Strategic Plan for Biobased Products through the Biobased Products and Bioenergy Coordination Council (BBCC), USDA
USDA formed the Council whose goal is to carry out programs to increase the domestic research, development and commercialization of biobased industrial and commercial products.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI)
The Fraunhofer-Society is the leading organization for applied research in Europe and undertakes applied research of direct utility to private and public enterprise and of wide benefit to society. The Fraunhofer ISI complements the techno-scientific spectrum of the Society by economic and social aspects and analyses technological developments, their market potentials and their impacts on economy, government, and society.

Wisconsin Consortium on Biobased Economy
The Consortium was appointed by Governor Doyle to develop a roadmap that will help state leaders create policies and programs that let Wisconsin businesses, educational institutions and its skilled labor force seize opportunity and benefits of the use of plant and animal based materials to produce fuels and products that successfully compete with fossil based petrochemicals in quality, cost and minimal adverse environmental impact.

Wisconsin Technology Network (WTN)
The Wisconsin Technology Network mission is to connect the people, technology, and ideas driving the advancement of life sciences, biotechnology, and information technology in Wisconsin along with clusters and corridors throughout the Midwest.


Center for Innovation-Based Enterprise, Agricultural, Environmental, & Development Economics
103 Agricultural Administration Building, 2120 Fyffe Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
Email: cibe@osu.edu / Phone: (614) 292-0551 / Fax (614) 292-4749