New Biofuels Grants Available from Biofuels Center of North Carolina

Letter of Intent due: November 14, 5:00pm

Complete grant opportunity information available here.

To accelerate development of a statewide biofuels industry, the Biofuels Center of North Carolina funds projects and activities supporting its legislatively mandated mission of implementing North Carolina’s Strategic Plan for Biofuels Leadership. To achieve the goal of the Plan and of the state – that 10 percent of North Carolina’s liquid transportation fuels come from biofuels grown, produced, and sold in-state by 2017 – the Center annually identifies areas of greatest need to move science, research, and feedstocks to commercialization, production, and consumer acceptance.

Developing and strengthening biofuels across North Carolina is undertaken by varied Center activities with varied partners. Key among those activities is a grants program. In its first three funding cycles – in 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2010-2011 – the Center awarded $6,906,090 for 48 projects. Listings of previously funded projects can be found in the Grants menu to the left.

Biofuels Center program activities are designed comprehensively to identify and bridge gaps in knowledge and information, speed the development of technology to industry, and strengthen a growing biofuels community statewide.

Funding Opportunities

The Biofuels Center of North Carolina has determined targeted areas for 2012 funding that will advance commercialization of biofuels across the state. Funding opportunities for the 2011-2012 Advancing Biofuels Commercialization program are in two categories listed below.

Category 1: Request for Bid – These projects have detailed specifications.
Bid Descriptions

Bid 1: Woody Biomass/MSW Process
Bid 2: Assessment of Foreign Mandates for Biomass
Bid 3: Growing Energy Grasses on Capped Landfills
Bid 4: Analysis of Effect on N.C. Wood-based Biofuels by Other Sectors
Bid 5: Hybrid Poplar Selection for Bioenergy Feedstock Production
Bid 6: The Arundo donax Response to Nitrogen

Category 2: Request for Proposal – The Center will only fund these priorities in 2011-2012.
Priority Descriptions

Priority 1: Producing Biomass in a Sustainable Way
Priority 2: Civic and Small-scale Biofuels
Priority 3: Project Proposals from North Carolina’s Seven Regional Economic Development Partnerships

Complete grant opportunity information available here.