This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will provide funding to address the highest priority R&D areas within biofuel technologies, bioproducts, and biopower. It includes Areas of Interest (AOIs) from all five BETO programs: Feedstock Supply and Logistics; Advanced Algal Systems; Conversion; Advanced Development and Optimization; and Sustainability and Strategic Analysis. Each AOI supports BETO’s objectives to reduce the minimum selling price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources, and improve the quality of feedstock characterization and reliability of biorefinery operations.
Topics under this FOA include:
- AOI 1: Cultivation Intensification Processes for Algae
- AOI 2a: Relating Biomass Physical and Chemical Characteristics to Feedstock Performance in Handling and Conversion Operations
- AOI 2b: Impact of Storage and Handling on Biomass Characteristics
- AOI 2c: Improving Economics and Development of Coproducts
- AOI 3: Efficient Wood Heaters
- AOI 4: Systems Research of Hydrocarbon Biofuel Technologies
- AOI 5: Optimization of Bio-Derived Jet Fuel Blends
- AOI 6: Renewable Energy from Urban and Suburban Wastes
- AOI 7a: Advanced Bioprocessing
- AOI 7b: Agile BioFoundry
- AOI 8a: Designing Highly Recyclable Plastics
- AOI 8b: Designing Novel Methods for Deconstructing and Upcycling Existing Plastics
- AOI 9: Rethinking Anaerobic Digestion
- AOI 10: Reducing Water, Energy, and Emissions in Bioenergy
Please carefully review the complete Funding Opportunity Announcement, which can be accessed under the "Documents" heading below.
FOA Q&A can also be accessed under the "Documents" heading. Please review the Q&A before submitting a question, as a similar question may already have been answered.
To apply to this FOA, Applicants must register with and submit application materials through EERE Exchange (this website), EERE’s online application portal.
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Applicants that experience issues with submissions PRIOR to the FOA Deadline should contact the Exchange Helpdesk for assistance at EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov. Applicants are responsible for meeting each submission deadline. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit their Concept Papers and Full Applications at least 48 hours in advance of the submission deadline.