Biomass Research and Development Initiative

The summary for the Biomass Research and Development Initiative grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Headquarters, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Biomass Research and Development Initiative: DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)and the U.S. Department ofAgriculture (USDA) jointly solicit applications for financial assistanceaddressing research, development, and demonstration of biomass basedproducts,bioenergy, biofuels and related processes. This funding opportunity,hereinreferred to as the ?solicitation,? is intended to promote greaterinnovationand development related to biomass, and to support the Biomass ResearchDevelopment Act of 2000, the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 andFederalpolicy calling for greater use of biomass-based products, feedstockproduction,and processing and conversion.Applications for this Funding Opportunity Announcement must be accessed,completed, and submitted through Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov to beconsidered for award. Questions regarding the content of the announcementshould be submitted through the ?Submit Question? feature of the DOEIndustryInteracitve Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov.VERY IMPORTANT ? In order to access, complete, and submit applications inGrants.gov, you will first need to install PureEdge Viewer on yourcomputer.For a free version of the software, visit the following Web site:http://www.grants.gov/DownloadViewer.To access the application forms, go to http://www.grants.gov, select ?ApplyforGrants,? and then select ?Download Application Package?. Enter the fundingopportunity number located on the cover of this announcement and select?Download Package.? Click on ?Download? under ?Application?. (You mayalsoclick on ?Download? under ?Instructions? to download the FundingOpportunityAnnouncement. DOE will not issue paper copies of the announcement.)To complete and submit applications through Grants.gov, there are severalone-time actions you must complete (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet DataUniversal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the CentralContractRegistry (CCR), install the PureEdge Viewer, register with the credentialprovider, and register with Grants.gov).It is highly recommended that you read through Appendix B of the FundingOpportunity Announcement prior to starting the registration process, asthisinformation will assist you in making the process as seamless as possible.Itis important to follow the steps in the order outlined in Appendix B,allowingthe time specified between each of the steps.Applicants who are not yet registered should allow at least 14 days tocompletethe registration process. Applicants are highly encouraged to register withGrants.gov as soon as possible. Should you have questions regarding theoperation of Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Contact Center [email protected] or 1-800-518-4726. Contact Center hours of operation areMonday - Friday from 7:00am to 9:00pm Eastern Standard Time.At the end of the description, add:Applications for this Funding Opportunity Announcement must be accessed,completed, and submitted through Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov to beconsidered for award. Questions regarding the content of the announcementshould be submitted through the ?Submit Question? feature of the DOEIndustryInteracitve Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov.VERY IMPORTANT ? In order to access, complete, and submit applications inGrants.gov, you will first need to install PureEdge Viewer on yourcomputer.For a free version of the software, visit the following Web site:http://www.grants.gov/DownloadViewer.To access the application forms, go to http://www.grants.gov, select ?ApplyforGrants,? and then select ?Download Application Package?. Enter the fundingopportunity number located on the cover of this announcement and select?Download Package.? Click on ?Download? under ?Application?. (You mayalsoclick on ?Download? under ?Instructions? to download the FundingOpportunityAnnouncement. DOE will not issue paper copies of the announcement.)To complete and submit applications through Grants.gov, there are severalone-time actions you must complete (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet DataUniversal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the CentralContractRegistry (CCR), install the PureEdge Viewer, register with the credentialprovider, and register with Grants.gov).It is highly recommended that you read through Appendix B of the FundingOpportunity Announcement prior to starting the registration process, asthisinformation will assist you in making the process as seamless as possible.Itis important to follow the steps in the order outlined in Appendix B,allowingthe time specified between each of the steps.Applicants who are not yet registered should allow at least 14 days tocompletethe registration process. Applicants are highly encouraged to register withGrants.gov as soon as possible. Should you have questions regarding theoperation of Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Contact Center [email protected] or 1-800-518-4726. Contact Center hours of operation areMonday - Friday from 7:00am to 9:00pm Eastern StandardTime.