Key Dates: Application Due: September 15, 2009; 11:59 p.m. EST
Anticipated Award Announcement: End of November 2009
Award Received: End of January 2010

Program Information: The Department of Energy's Office of Biomass Program recognizes the need to develop biofuels that can readily be stored, transported/distributed, blended with petroleum derived hydrocarbons, and utilized in existing end use devices such as engines, turbines, and burners.

Grant Information: The intended purpose of this grant is to serve three primary goals of Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy in the two development of area of Algal Based Biofuels and Advanced Cellulosic Biofuels: 1) increase the viability and deployment of renewable energy technologies, thereby 2) spurring the creation of a domestic bio-industry, resulting in 3) a dramatic reduction in dependence on imported oil.

Topic Area 1 - Algal Biofuels Consortium/Consortia

The Algal Biofuel Consortia will take a research and development approach to investigate the potential for algae to commercially produce a variety of biofuels, such as renewable gasoline, diesel or jet fuel. It is anticipated that the partnerships selected from this Topic Area will develop the framework for sustainable algae production that is ultimately required for this technology to reach commercialization.

Topic Area 2 - Advanced Infrastructure Compatible Biofuels Consortium

This Topic Area seeks applications to develop biomass based alternative fuels that are capable of simply being "drop in" replacements for the hydrocarbon based fuels currently being used in these systems instead of trying to adapt the systems to different fuels. This Topic Area also seeks applications to develop new and innovative approaches for the conversion of biomass to advanced biofuels that are infrastructure compatible, essentially going beyond current technical pathways for producing hydrocarbons from biomass feedstocks.

For More Information: For more complete information go to: www.fedconnect.net and search Funding Announcement Number: DE-FOA-0000123.