FY 2019 BETO-Wide RFI

The summary for the FY 2019 BETO-Wide RFI 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 Golden Field Office, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

FY 2019 BETO-Wide RFI: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE's) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is requesting information on the following research opportunities to help inform its priorities and funding strategies: advanced processes and retrofits to co-produce cellulosic biofuels and other products at existing corn-starch ethanol production facilities; the utilization of waste food streams to produce fuels and chemicals; potential efforts to collect and publish existing under-used or economically stranded bioenergy datasets; and algal biomass feedstock quality and conversion research and development (R&D) for biofuels and bioproducts. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders to help ensure research areas are relevant, timely, appropriate for federal government funding, and aligned with Administration priorities. This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). No funding applications are being accepted in response to this RFI. BETO is seeking information related to the following 4 topic areas: Topic 1: Leveraging First Generation Bioethanol Production Facilities Topic 2: Systems to Handle Commingled Food Waste Streams Topic 3: Bridging Industry & Government to Publish Existing High-Impact Data Topic 4: Algal Biomass Feedstock Quality and Conversion Interface for Biofuels and Bioproducts Please see the full Request for Information (RFI) DE-FOA-0002150 at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. Responses are due no later than September 6, 2019.