Atlantic Fish secures $305k NSF grant for cultivated seafood development

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Atlantic Fish secures $305k NSF grant for cultivated seafood development

Rafaela Sousa

7 August 2025

Atlantic Fish secures $305k NSF grant for cultivated seafood development

Atlantic Fish Co has received a $305,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance its work in cultivated seafood.

The funding will support the company’s efforts to develop scalable production methods for cultivated black sea bass, aiming to replicate the taste, texture and nutrition of wild-caught fillets using cellular agriculture.

This latest award brings Atlantic Fish's total non-dilutive funding to more than $700,000. The company previously secured SBIR funding from the US Department of Agriculture.

“This NSF award is more than just capital – it's validation from rigorous scientific reviewers,” said Doug Grant, co-founder and CEO of Atlantic Fish. “It represents the culmination of over a year of foundational R&D and proposal development.”

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