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Garden Grants: Biotech in Greenhouse Gas Removal

Garden Grants: Biotech in Greenhouse Gas Removal

Garden Grants: Greenhouse Gas Removal

During our 2025 Garden Grants cycle, Homeworld Collective funded ambitious, early-stage projects at the intersection of biotechnology and greenhouse gas removal.

We awarded $1.52M in grants ranging from $50k – $150k, with the support of co-funders Spark Climate Solutions and the Grantham Foundation.

See the funded 2025 cohort below:

Garden Grants Greenhouse Gas Removal Program 2025 Cohort

Carlos Acevedo-Rocha
Technical University of Denmark
Carol Baumbauer
Boise State University
Christopher Gisriel
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dimitar Epihov
University of Sheffield
Douglas Call
North Carolina State University
Hendrik Schaefer
University of Warwick
Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz
Arizona State University
Hiroki Yoshida
The University of Tübingen
Jane Willenbring
Stanford University
Michael Konopka
United States Naval Academy
Neil Dalvie
Harvard Medical School
Pok Man (Bob) Leung
Monash University
MMO Engineering
Carlos Acevedo-Rocha
Technical University of Denmark
Compound I-based design of methane monooxygenases **This project is financially supported by co-funder Grantham Foundation.
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Environmental Methane Uptake Enhancement
Carol Baumbauer
Boise State University
Low Cost Sensors for Soil Methane Uptake
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Photosynthesis Enhancement
Christopher Gisriel
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Enhancing Carbon Sequestration By Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency
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Enhanced Weathering
Dimitar Epihov
University of Sheffield
Lithogardens: lithoautotrophy-powered microbial communities for improved carbon capture with enhanced rock weathering
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Foundational MMO Research/tools
Douglas Call
North Carolina State University
Highly-sensitive, real-time enzyme methane oxidation rate measurements using an electrochemical assay
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Environmental Methane Uptake Enhancement
Hendrik Schaefer
University of Warwick
Which methanotrophs drive methane degradation in the phyllosphere of trees?
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Environmental Methane Uptake Enhancement
Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz
Arizona State University
Biomapping of Tree-based Atmospheric Methane Removal (TAMR) for Technological Development **This project is financially supported by co-funder Spark Climate Solutions.
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DAC / Carbon Capture
Hiroki Yoshida
The University of Tübingen
Coupling of microbial carbon capture and utilization (microCCU) and direct air capture (DAC)
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Soil Carbon
Jane Willenbring
Stanford University
Worms at Work: Scoping Natural Carbon Sequestration at Scale
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Foundational MMO Research/tools
Michael Konopka
United States Naval Academy
Profiling in vivo pMMO activity and lipid order in methanotrophs using designed fluorescent biosensors
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Enhanced Weathering
Neil Dalvie
Harvard Medical School
Continuous siderophore-mediated olivine weathering
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Environmental Methane Uptake Enhancement
Pok Man (Bob) Leung
Monash University
Underground solutions for aboveground climate challenges: leveraging subterranean microbial processes for GHG removal
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Why the name?

 

A garden is a safe place for plants to grow and cross-pollinate. We intend for the Garden Grants to become a safe place for ideas to grow and cross-pollinate.