The GLBRC’s mission is grand, but simply stated; to perform the basic research that generates technology to convert cellulosic biomass to ethanol and other advanced biofuels. To accomplish its mission in a university research environment, the GLBRC will:

Apply cutting-edge research to help create a new generation of sustainable bioenergy feedstocks, processing technologies and fuels

Evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of these new technologies, and use the

results to guide research activities

Bring technological advances to other academic scientists, the private sector and the marketplace

Balance mission-driven project management and evaluation with the creative milieu of its academic, private sector and national laboratory research partners

Recruit broad segments of the academic, industrial and national laboratory communities to develop and participate in relevant research programs

Provide a training program for future leaders of the biofuels industry

Inform a diversity of audiences on the scientific and societal issues associated with biofuels

Download the GLBRC Roadmap to Technological Success for more information on the center’s guiding principles and the technical environment in which it operates.

Learn more about the GLBRC:

The Energy Challenge

DOE Bioenergy Research Centers

GLBRC Partners

GLBRC Researchers