Source: US DEPT. OF ENERGY. 1/13/17

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), is announcing its intent to issue a Request for Applications (RFA) through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative.

Projects funded through this RFA, titled “Fiscal Year 17 Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI),” will help develop economically and environmentally sustainable sources of renewable biomass, increase the availability of renewable fuels and biobased products, and diversify our energy portfolio.

The funded projects must address at least one of the following legislatively mandated technical areas:
1. Feedstocks development
2. Biofuels and biobased products development
3. Biofuels development analysis.

This notice of intent is meant to help ensure interested parties are aware of NIFA’s and EERE’s intention to issue the RFA in the near term. USDA intends to issue the RFA in February 2017. If applicants wish to receive official notifications and information from USDA and EERE regarding this RFA, they should register in EERE Exchange.