Wood Education and Resource Center Competitive Grants Program for Fiscal Year 2008

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	Federal Grant Title:	Wood Education and Resource Center Competitive Grants Program for Fiscal Year 2008
	CFDA Number:	Information not provided
	CFDA Description:	Information not provided
	Federal Agency Name:	Forest Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Agriculture
	Category Explanation:	Not applicable
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-FS-WERC-2008
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Dec 04, 2007
	Creation Date:	Dec 04, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 04, 2008 Not applicable
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 04, 2008 Not applicable
	Archive Date:	Mar 05, 2008
	Expected Number of Awards:	20
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$100,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$10,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible organizations include state and local governmental agencies, non-profits, institutions of higher education, tribes, and for-profits.
Grant Description: The USDA Forest Service, Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC), located in Princeton, WV, is accepting applications for cost-share demonstration projects that assist the WERC in meeting its mission of facilitating interaction and information exchange with the forest products industry that will enhance opportunities for sustained forest products production in the eastern hardwood forest region (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WV, WI). The anticipated funding available this fiscal year is expected to be approximately $1 million. Final amount will be determined once the Forest Service has received it's official budget for Fiscal Year 2008. Completed applications are due to the WERC on or before February 4, 2008. Priority will be given to projects that accomplish one or more of the following items: - Maintain the economic competitiveness of the primary and secondary hardwood industries. Examples include encouraging the adoption of new technology to improve competitiveness and profitability. - Bring information and technology about processing, marketing and business-related skills to existing and emerging businesses involved in the development and manufacturing of wood products. - Bring information and technology to existing and emerging businesses that focus on urban wood utilization, hazardous fuels reductions, utilization options geared to improving stewardship, forest health, or the use of low value woody biomass. - Develop technology and markets to address emergency (global or domestic) issues including: 1.) Phytosanitation of wood packaging materials, firewood and similar products to eliminate these pathways for the transport of insect and disease pests, and 2.) development of markets for and utilization of unpredicted increases in volume of urban and rural wood due to incidents like new pest introductions (e.g. EAB) and weather events (e.g. tornados, ice storms). - Increase the sustainable use of woody biomass to meet our nation's energy and raw materials needs. Examples include public/private partnerships for the use of woody biomass in heating and cooling, process energy, cogeneration, district energy systems, and solid and liquid fuel production. Projects may also develop or maintain local markets and forest industry infrastructure through the increased utilization of woody biomass for both energy and value-added products. - Provide key information to address the economic, social, and ecological aspects of woody biomass production and use: including sustainable supplies, harvesting techniques, forest management, plantation development, and environmental implications.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/werc/grants.shtm
Grant Announcement Contact: Edward Cesa Deputy Director - WERC Phone 304-285-1530

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