The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced up to $25 million in funding for research and development of technologies and processes to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value bio-based products, subject to annual appropriations.
"These grants will help support the development of a sustainable domestic biofuels industry by broadening the nation's energy sources as well as improving the efficiency of renewable fuels," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
The departments will fund projects in the following three areas: feedstocks development, biofuels and bio-based products development, and biofuels development analysis. Award amounts are planned to range from $1 million to up to $5 million with project periods up to four years, subject to annual appropriations. Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education, national laboratories, federal research agencies, state research agencies, private sector entities, non-profit organizations or a consortium of two or more of those entities.
The funding opportunity announcement and the closing date for pre-applications is March 6, 2009, which must be submitted electronically. A minimum recipient cost-share of at least 20% of total project cost for research and development projects and 50% of total project cost for demonstration projects is required.
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