Biomass
Research and Development Initiative
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) jointly announce the availability of fiscal year
2004 (FY04) funds and solicit applications for financial assistance
addressing research, development, and demonstration of biomass based
products, bioenergy, biofuels, biopower, and related processes.
The Technical Topic Areas are:
- DOE-1: Thermochemical Conversion –
SynGas Cleanup & Conditioning and Pyrolytic Bio-Oils – Handling
and Blending Characteristics
- DOE-2: Thermochemical Conversion –
Fundamental Breakthrough Research
- DOE-3: Biomass – Petroleum Refinery
Evaluations
- DOE-4: Thermochemical Gasification
– Kraft Black Liquor Gasification
- USDA-5: Feedstock Development and
Production
- USDA-6: Biobased Products –
Environmental and Economic Performance
- USDA-7: Biomass Focused Forest
Management Training
- USDA-8: Incentives
Click here to obtain an Adobe Acrobat pdf copy of the solicitation, or
access the solicitation through the DOE Industry Interactive
Procurement System
Questions, pre-applications, and applications are not to be submitted
to the National Biomass Coordination Office. Instructions for submitting
questions, pre-applications and applications can be found in the
solicitation.
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