July 2, 2009
New SGI Publications
Three new publications are available for down loading and printing: 1. One-page (two sides) informational sheet about the Biomass Feedstock Partnership (map of field plots), Competitive DOE and DOT grants and the Bioweb. 2. Tri-fold detailing Biomass Feedstock Partnership including map of field plot locations. 3. Tri-fold detailing DOT and DOE Competitive Grants including map of awardee locations.
June 29, 2009
RFA 2009 Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Productions Systems
The RFA for the 2009 Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Production Systems has been released with pre-proposals due August 1, 2009. Pre-proposals must be submitted through the NC Region Webnibus (see link to left -- grants and funding opportunities). The priority area for this request, as identified by the North Central Sun Grant Center and the U.S. Department of Energy, is sustainable biomass feedstock production systems directly relevant to future biomass utilization in the North Central Sun Grant Region. A sustainable feedstock production system is being defined to include biomass crop development, production, and systems/life-cycle analysis. Biomass feedstocks of interest for this RFA include woody and herbaceous crops suitable for commercial production in the North Central Sun Grant Region and annual crop residues (for example corn and small grain crop residues) produced in the NC Region
May 5, 2009
Sun Science Seminars
The North Central Region Sun Grant Center and the SDSU Office of Research & Sponsored Programs are celebrating April Energy Month, as part of the Year of Science 2009. Week one, Dr. Susan Rupp presented: Maintaining Ecological Integrity in an Age of Biofuels. Week two, Dr. Bill Gibbons followed with: The Future of Cellulose-Based Ethanol – Challenges and Impacts. Week three , Dr. Arvid Boe and Dr. Vance Owens presented: Grasses for Bioenergy I and Grasses for Bioenergy II.
