OpportunityTitle: BioEnergy Engineering for Products Synthesis (BEEPS) Funding Opportunity Announcement
Description: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announces a notice of availability of funds for financial assistance to address gaps in current research and development (R&amp;D) which hinder better utilizing waste streams (e.g. lignin, CO2, and biosolids), improving organic and inorganic catalysts to increase conversion efficiency and decrease costs, and creating high-value performance-advantaged bioproducts to allow for more profitable biorefineries. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) contains six Topic Areas as follows: &#8226; Topic 1: ChemCatBio Industrial Partnerships (CCB) &#8226; Topic 2: Agile BioFoundry Industry Partnership Initiative (ABF) &#8226; Topic 3: Performance Advantaged Bioproducts (PABP) &#8226; Topic 4: Biofuels and Bioproducts from Wet Organic Waste Streams (WWTE) &#8226; Topic 5: Rewiring Carbon Utilization (Rewiring) &#8226; Topic 6: Lignin Valorization (Lignin) Each topic area contains different specific areas of interest, required descriptions, and metrics. Each also has different feedstock requirements which are outlined in Appendix D of the FOA document. Applicants must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov before submitting an application and must provide a valid Dun and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number in the application. Failure to comply may result in a determination that the applicant is not qualified to receive a Federal award, and that determination could be used as a basis for making a Federal award to another applicant. The full FOA is posted on the EERE Exchange website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. To apply to this FOA, Applicants must register with and submit application materials through EERE Exchange, EERE&#8217;s online application portal. Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the announcement and where to submit questions regarding submission of applications is found in the full FOA posted on the EERE Exchange website.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: BETOBEEPSFOA@ee.doe.gov
GrantorContactText: Stephanie D. Sites &lt;br/&gt;BETOBEEPSFOA@ee.doe.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Submission Deadline for Letter of Intent: 5/30/2018  5:00pm ET  Submission Deadline for Full Applications: 06/27/2018 5:00pm ET