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NLR collaborates with industry, government agencies, academia, national laboratories, and other organizations to research, develop, integrate, de-risk, and scale up chemical, fertilizer, and fuel technologies for commercial adoption.

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NLR's passionate workforce fuels the world-class research and development our partners demand. Interested in partnership or business development opportunities with the bioenergy and bioeconomy team? Please contact us.

Partner With Us

Join us in a research partnership to enhance existing technologies, develop new innovations, or access patents and intellectual property to license and grow on the open market. Some of the ways we can partner together include:

  • Strategic public-private partnerships

  • University partnership programs

  • Programs for entrepreneurs

  • Technology licensing agreements.

Learn more about partnership opportunities with NLR.

Leverage NLR Facilities and Tools

Partners can use NLR's bioenergy and bioeconomy facilities to test feedstocks, processes, technologies, and equipment at laboratory to pilot scales. Or apply our data, tools, and models to analyze bioenergy research pathways and technologies.

Partnerships for Success

Collaboration with public and private partners allows essential resources and industry perspectives to power our research and improve the bioeconomy. Learn how NLR and its partners have worked together for technological, scientific, societal, and market impacts.

Partnerships for Success

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New Material Sprouts From Fast-Growing Crop

A startup, farmers, and NLR are growing a more durable, recyclable epoxy for snowboards, energy infrastructure, and more.

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Why Use Living Cells? NLR Is Making Chemicals With Enzymes Alone

Researchers address technical challenges for 'cell-free' biomanufacturing, which could reduce the cost of bio-based chemicals.

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NLR and Crysalis Biosciences Collaborate To Scale Up Domestic Biomanufacturing Technologies

A public-private partnership is advancing research that turns U.S. biomass into national sources of fuel, rubber, and mattery materials.

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With a Technology License From MIT and NLR in Hand, Comstock Fuels Aims To Produce Jet Fuel From Lignin

An industry partner is scaling up a SAF technology developed by MIT and NLR.

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GCxN Company's Feedstock Poised To Be More Economical and Versatile

Biotech entrepreneur and Hexas Biomass Founder and CEO Wendy Owens has brought her groundbreaking (pun intended) crop to the Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NLR (GCxN).

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Last Updated Sept. 21, 2026