Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Data hub for sustainable protein production
Agreement Number:
1015091
Agreement Value:
$204,600.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 16, 2024 - Mar 30, 2026
Description:
The Sustainable Protein Production program undertook a collaborative project (SPP-121) with Dr. Nathan Pelletier (UBC) to develop a data management strategy capable of capturing and using Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) and Technology Development Matrix (TDM) approaches to efficiently enable Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) of standard plant protein fractionation technologies. The SPP-121 project was successful in developing a framework with a platform to assess environmental and economic sustainability aspects of pulse processing, including industry partner engagement and field data collection. Several gaps were identified including upstream data related to feedstocks and logistics, lack of social indicators assessment, multiplicity of data sources and formats, and technology data gaps across the whole value chain. Furthermore, the current lack and/or public availability of relevant data sets hinders deployment of both current sustainability assessment methods and advanced machine leaning techniques to both develop data gap filling techniques and to identify best-fit technology solutions to known sustainability challenges. These issues will be addressed as part of the new project proposed herein.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6T 1Z3
Reference Number:
172-2023-2024-Q4-1015091
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
108161779
Recipient Type:
Academia
Recipient's Legal Name:
The University of British Columbia
Federal Riding Name:
Vancouver Quadra
Federal Riding Number:
59039
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Program Purpose:
Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas.
NAICS Code:
541710 - R&D in the physical, engineering and life sciences