The Sun Grant Initiative is a national research and outreach program of land-grant universities and federally funded laboratories working together to enhance the nation’s renewable energy resources and non-food based industries. There are five regional Sun Grant Centers, the North Central Center serving the region and the national initiative.

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August 27, 2010 

Deadline Extended for DOE Competitive Pre-Proposal 

NOTE --  DUE TO CONTINUED UPDATES TO WEBNIBUS WE HAVE EXTENDED THE PRE-PROPOSAL DEADLINE FOR THE NC REGION COMPETITIVE DOE RFA.  PRE-PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE 15 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER WE POST NOTICE WEBNIBUS IS ACTIVE.  PRE-PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE DUE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30, 2010. 

 

August 20, 2010 

Sustainable Feedstocks for Advanced Biofuels 

The Soil Conservation Society is hosting a Sustainable Feedstocks for Advanced Biofuels  Conference September 28-30, 2010 in Atlanta Georgia.  The conference is being held at the Embassy Suites Hotel.  For more information on the conference or to register,  click Soil Conservation Society -- Sustainable Feedstocks for Advanced Biofuels.
 

 

 

August 13, 2010 

Frontiers in Biorefining Conference  

The University of Tennessee, USDA, and the Sun Grant Program are sponsoring the ' "Frontiers in Biorefining -- Biobased Products from renewable Carbon.  The conference is October 19-22, 2010 at the King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort, St Simons Island, Georgia.  For more information visit the conference website .


 

 

July 19, 2010 

NC Region Sun Grant Center Competitive Grant RFA 

NOTE DEADLINE CHANGE FOR PRE-PROPOSAL (see above)

FYI on funding opportunity through the North Central Region Sun Grant Center Competitive Grants Program :

 

North Central Region Sun Grant Center/United States Department of Energy 2010 RFA:

Optimizing Lignocellulosic Feedstock Production Across a Landscape:  Production, Economic, and Environmental Feasibility

 

Funding:  About $2million and looking for small projects of $80,000 to larger projects of $700,000. 

Pre-proposal deadline:  September  10, 2010

 

Important:  You must log-on to Webnibus to complete your pre-proposal, however Webnibus is currently down for maintenance.  We expect it to be on-line by the end of the week. 

 

This is the first of three RFAs we will be releasing as part of the competitive grants program.

 

 

June 23, 2010 

NC Region Blog Launched 

The theme for a recent eXtension workshop was social networking to take your information to clientele rather than clientele seeking  the information.  One of the communication tools we explored was blogging, with the opporunity to create a blog.  I created a blog for the NC Region Sun Grant Center, to promote our research and outreach activities as well as acitivites of the other centers.  I will also share news and events from our funding partners.  Comments on the blog concept are welcomed!  Be a follower of the blog -- http://northcentralregionsungrantcenter.blogspot.com/

 

E. Kim Cassel