Mega-Bio: Energy Department Announces $11.3M for Bioproducts to Enable Biofuels

The Energy Department today announced up to $11.3 million in funding to develop flexible biomass-to-hydrocarbon biofuels conversion pathways that can be modified to produce advanced fuels and/or products based on external factors, such as market demand. These pathways could consist of a route to a platform chemical that could be converted to products or renewable hydrocarbon fuels or a route that co-produces chemicals and renewable hydrocarbon fuels.

There will be two topic areas:

1. Early Technology Readiness Level (TRL) (TRL 2–­3) R&D to optimize one unit operation of the proposed conversion pathway.
2. Middle Technology Readiness Level (TRL 4­–5) R&D to optimize and integrate multiple unit operations of the proposed conversion pathway.

Learn more information about this funding opportunity and application requirements at the EERE Exchange website. Applicants must submit a concept paper by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Feb. 26, 2016, to be eligible to submit a full application. The full application is due 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, April 15, 2016. An informational webinar for potential applicants will take place at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Feb. 16, 2016. A recording of the webinar will be posted on the EERE Exchange Website.