| Solicitation for the Office of the Biomass Program |
| Description: | The Biomass Program is currently soliciting grant applications for university research in biomass technologies. Applicants should be consortia of at least four U.S. universities and one U.S. industry, with 20% cost share required and participation of DOE national laboratories within the National Bioenergy Center encouraged. Five million dollars is available and anticipated to go to two or three projects in the $1.5 million to $2 million range for up to four years. The Biomass Refining Consortium for Applied Fundamentals and Innovation currently evaluating pretreatment technologies for sugar platform biorefineries provides an existing example of such a consortium. |
| Government Agency: | U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the Biomass Programs |
| Schedule: | The submission deadline has been extended to November 17, 2004 with Letters of Intent due October 6, 2004.
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| URL: | http://e-center.doe.gov/ |
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| Solicitation for the Office of the Biomass Program |
| Description: | The Biomass Program is seeking applications for Chemical Building Blocks from Biomass Derived Sugars, Syngas, or Oils grants. This 3-year, $30 million program seeks to foster projects that could lead to development of technologies applicable to biorefineries making multiple chemicals or materials from biomass—particularly from sugars. The kinds of chemicals envisioned are described in a recent report, Top Value Added Chemicals from Biomass. Applicants should be industries or others capable of commercializing the processes developed and must provide at least 30% cost share. National Laboratories may be included as partners. |
| Government Agency: | Department of Energy's Office of the Biomass Program |
| Schedule: | The submission deadline has been extended to November 15, 2004 with Letters of Intent due October 13, 2004. |
| URL: | http://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/a62beb2f6e6159ac852566c60075270a/214ea11bd4a5e79785256f0e00630532?OpenDocument |
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| Energy Performance Contracting in State-Owned Facilities (ongoing) and Manufacturing Assistance for Peak Shaving (9/23/04). |
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| Government Agency: | New York State Energy Research and Development Authority |
| Schedule: | N/A |
| URL: | http://www.nyserda.org/rddopps.html |
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| Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) Program |
| Description: | The EISG provides funding to small businesses, small non-profits, individuals and academic institutions for establishing the feasibility of new energy concepts. Qualifying entities outside of California are eligible. Projects must develop innovative and original energy concepts that address a clear market need, provide benefit for California electricity ratepayers and target one or more areas of interest: Industrial/agriculture/water end-use efficiency; building end-use efficiency; advanced generation; renewable generation; energy-related environmental research; strategic energy research. |
| Government Agency: | California Energy Commission |
| Schedule: | EISG has up to 4 cycles of grants a year |
| URL: | http://www.energy.ca.gov/research/innovations/index.html |
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| TIFIA |
| Description: | Provides credit assistance in the form of secured (direct) loans, lines of credit, and loan guarantees to public and private sponsors of eligible surface transportation projects. Highway, passenger rail, transit, and intermodal projects (including intelligent transportation systems) may receive credit assistance |
| Government Agency: | U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Joint Program Office |
| Schedule: | Letters of interest are required and are accepted at any time. |
| URL: | http://tifia.fhwa.dot.gov |
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| SARE |
| Description: | The program sponsors grants in research/education, professional development for agricultural educators and producer projects in sustainable agriculture. |
| Government Agency: | USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) |
| Schedule: | Grant programs, funding amounts and funding cycles vary by region. |
| URL: | http://www.sare.org/htdocs/sare/cfp.html |
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| Continuing Solicitation for the Office of Science |
| Description: | Seeking grant applications for support of basic energy science fundamental research in the natural sciences and engineering leading to new and improved energy technologies and to understanding and mitigating the environmental impacts of energy technologies. |
| Government Agency: | U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science |
| Schedule: | Applications may be submitted at any time |
| URL: | http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/Fr04-01.html |
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