(FOA)-Sun
Grant Program; June 27, 2019
Agency
Department
of Agriculture
Description
The
purpose of the Sun Grant Program (SGP) is to enhance national energy security
through the development, distribution, and implementation of biobased
energy technologies; to promote diversification in, and the environmental
sustainability of, agricultural production in the United States through biobased energy and product technologies; to promote
economic diversification in rural areas of the United States through biobased energy and product technologies; and to enhance
the efficiency of bioenergy and biomass research and development programs
through improved coordination and collaboration among the Department of
Agriculture; other appropriate Federal agencies (as determined by the
Secretary); and Land Grant Institutions. The program provides a consortium of
universities made up of a university from each of the sun grant regions and
subcenter region (see Part III, A for regions) with
a grant to support a North-Central, Southeastern, South-Central, Western, and
Northeastern Sun Grant Center and a Western Insular Pacific Subcenter. A Sun Grant Center or Subcenter will use 75 percent of grant funds to provide
competitive grants within each region that are multi-institutional and
integrated, multistate research, extension, and education programs on technology
development and technology implementation and address bioenergy, biomass, or
bioproducts research
priorities.
Announcement
Number
USDA-NIFA-SGP-006775
Closing
Date
June
27, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=316323
Contact
Information
NIFA
Help Desk
(202)
401-5048