(FOA)-Bioenergy Technologies Multi-topic Funding Opportunity (DE‐FOA‐0002203); March 5, 2020

 

Agency

Department of Energy – Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

 

Description

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will provide funding to address the highest priority R&D areas within biofuel technologies, bioproducts, and biopower.  This FOA will provide funding to address BETO’s highest priority R&D areas. It includes Topic Areas from five BETO programs: Feedstock Supply and Logistics; Advanced Algal Systems; Conversion Technologies; Advanced Development and Optimization; and Strategic Analysis and Crosscutting Sustainability. Each Topic Area supports BETO’s objectives to reduce the minimum selling price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. A non-federal 20% cost share is required.

 

Under this funding opportunity, BETO is interested in the following topic areas:

 

Topic 1: Scale Up of Bench Applications (SCUBA)

 

Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy

 

Topic 3: Algae Bioproducts and CO2 Direct-Air-Capture Efficiency (ABCDE)

 

Topic 4: Bio-Restore: Biomass to Restore Natural Resources

 

Topic 5: Efficient Wood Heaters

 

Topic 6: Biopower and Products from Urban and Suburban Wastes: North American Multi-University Partnership for Research and Education

 

Topic 7: Scalable CO2 Electrocatalysis

 

Announcement Number:

DE-FOA-0002203

 

Closing Date:

Concept Paper: March 5, 2020

Application: April 30, 2020

 

Link to Full Announcement

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=323820

 

Contact Information

Daniel B. Fishman

FY20BETOMultiTopicFOA@ee.doe.gov