The NCERC at SIUE is a nationally recognized research center dedicated to the development and commercialization of biotechnologies. Their unique research laboratories house bench- to demonstration-scale bioreactors and pretreatment and downstream processing equipment, making it the perfect partner to companies in the ethanol industry. Through their contractual research services, NCERC has played an instrumental role in commercializing more than eighty products that are now used in the commercial marketplace. In addition to its R&D services, NCERC leverages its experienced staff and unique facility to provide a variety of workforce training and education initiatives to train the next generation of bioeconomy professionals.

The Center for Renewable Carbon, in the University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture, is an internationally recognized leader in the development of new and/or improved bioenergy sources, biorefinery processes and biomaterials which offers unique resources with the focus on production and characterization of biofuels, biochemicals, and bioproducts. The Center for Renewable Carbon coordinates science, knowledge transfer, and trains the workforce required to develop a sustainable and economically viable bioeconomy.