Research Employment Opportunities
The Technology Commercialization Manager will manage research and development projects conducted by the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and Iowa Corn Growers Association.  The Technology Commercialization Manager will also work with Iowa Corn Opportunities, LLC to evaluate investments in entrepreneurial start-up companies.  For a complete description, click here.

ICPB Research
The Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) invests in research and business development to seek a direct return on checkoff investment. Generating royalty income from licensing technology will provide funding for additional research and development. This is in contrast to research prior to 2000 which funded university research to simply expand the body of knowledge about corn.

Researching New Uses
The new uses program is a multi-year effort to develop higher-value industrial uses for corn that will ultimately increase the demand for and the value of corn. Multiple projects are under way to utlilize corn starch and corn fiber in the development of substitutes for petroleum-based inputs used in plastics, coatings, and adhesives. The ICPB currently has three new uses projects under way. Steps in Developing New Products

In 2005, the isosorbide conversion technology reached a milestone when ICPB executed a license for technology developed under that project. The license allows Iowa Corn to sublicense the technology to others and receive royalty income from their use of the technology.

In 2006, ICPB began filing for multiple patents for technology developed under the isosorbide applications project.

Traits & Biotechnology
Iowa Corn is funding specific projects to develop corn traits that will increase corn production efficiency and improve the value of the corn grain output. Iowa Corn is also involved in projects applying non-transgenic (non-GMO) approaches that can benefit corn production.

Biotechnology is the key to producing improved corn plants that can increase farmer productivity in the field and produce new value-added products. Progress

Educational Materials

New Research Educational Brochure

New Educational Booklet

Presentations made in 2007
The Corn Board Patent Poster was presented as a poster by Paul Friedhoff, Iowa Corn New Uses Manager, at The World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioprocessing in Orlando, Florida.  This was March 21-24th.

The power point presentation was presented by Dr. Mike Jaffe at “IUMACRO’07, IUPAC and ACS Conference on Macromolecules for a Safe, Sustainable and Healthy World", 2nd Strategic Polymer Symposium on June 10 - 13, 2007, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York.

Find out how the ICPB is working to capture value through research.