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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. $5 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. Applications are due October 13, 2004. Information on this and other solicitations can be accessed through the DOE's Industry Interactive Procurement System.
The Biomass Program is also seeking applications for Chemical Building Blocks from Biomass Derived Sugars, Syngas, or Oils grants (synopsis or full announcement). 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 (PDF 1.4 MB). Download Acrobat Reader. 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. Applications are due October 18, 2004, but letters of intent are requested by September 30, 2004. Information on this and other solicitations can be accessed through the DOE's Industry Interactive Procurement System.
Also, please check the National Biomass Initiative web site, which conducts an annual joint solicitation by the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Energy and other solicitation opportunities related to biomass.
Twenty-two projects were selected in July 2004 for joint USDA/DOE funding under the initiative. For information on those projects and an idea of what future selections are likely to be like, see the news release or the following document (PDF 194 KB) for a more detailed description.
Resources for Biomass Program Subcontractors
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