(FOA)-BOTTLE:
Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the
Environment
Joint
FY20 Bioenergy and Advanced Manufacturing FOA
(DE-FOA-0002245); April 22, 2020
Agency
Department
of Energy –Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Description
This
FOA will support high-impact R&D for plastics by developing new plastics
that are capable of efficient recyclability and improving recycling strategies
that can break existing plastics into chemical building blocks that can be used
to make higher-value products.
DOE’s
Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) develops technologies that convert domestic
biomass and waste resources into fuels, products, and power to enable affordable
energy, economic growth, and innovation in renewable energy and chemicals
production. DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) develops technologies that
drive energy productivity improvements in the U.S. manufacturing sector,
efficiently utilize abundant and available domestic energy resources, and
support the manufacture of clean energy products with benefits extending across
the economy. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support
high-impact technology research and development (R&D) to enable the
development of technologies that overcome the challenges associated with plastic
waste.
Topic
Areas include:
1)
Highly Recyclable or Biodegradable Plastics: develop new plastics that have
improved performance attributes over a comparable existing plastic that can be
cost-effectively recycled or biodegrade completely in the environment or in
compost facilities.
2)
Novel Methods for Deconstructing and Upcycling Existing Plastics: generate
energy efficient recycling technologies (mechanical, chemical, or biological)
that are capable of breaking plastic streams into intermediates which can be
upgraded into higher value products.
3)
BOTTLE Consortium Collaborations to Tackle Challenges in Plastic Waste: create
collaborations with the Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of
Landfills and the Environment (BOTTLE) Laboratory Consortium to further the
long-term goals of the Consortium and the Plastics Innovation Challenge.
A
20% cost-share for R&D projects is required.
Announcement
Number:
DE-FOA-0002245
Closing
Date:
Concept
Paper: April 22, 2020
Full
Applications: June 18, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325461
Contact
Information
Jay
Fitzgerald