Minnesota opens RFP for $150,000 bioenergy pilot project grant program

In Minnesota, a Request for Proposals (RFP) has been launched by the state’s agriculture department under the AGRI Bioenergy/Biochemical Pilot Project Grant program providing funding that would advance a bioenergy or biochemical production technology beyond the bench scale/proof-of-concept scale toward commercial scale, through construction and operation of a pilot plant.

A total of $150,000 will be awarded in Fiscal Year 2019. Up to 50% of project costs can be covered by the grant program with a maximum possible award of $150,000. Applications are due no later than 4:00 p.m. CDT on Friday, April 26, 2019.