grants

 

 NC Region Sun Grant Center 2012 USDA/NIFA  RFA

 

The 2012 North Central Region Sun Grant Center USDA/NIFA RFA has been released.  We have about $300,000 to award for research, Extension, and education programs that address the development of non-food feedstocks including lignocellulosic and oilseed crops for biofuel production.  The non-food feedstocks must be suitable for production in the North Central Region of the United States.  This RFA has broad eligibility such that the lead institution may be a state agricultural experiment station; colleges and universities; university research foundations; other research institutions and organizations; Federal agencies; national laboratories; private organizations or corporations; individuals; or a group of two or more from entities described in the North Central Region.The deadline for pre-proposals is January 15, 2013.  These awards do not allow for indirect dollars. 


  PIs must enter pre-proposals through Webnibus, and the link is under grants and funding opportunities in the left column of the NC web page or below.

 

Webnibus
Webnibus is a web-based Sun Grant proposal system which makes it easy to prepare, submit, review, update, and track research and outreach grant proposals. Use this system for the letter of intent and formal application process.


 

 For instructions on how to use  Webnibus for pre-proposal or full proposal submission click here -- SC Sun Grant Center Webnibus

 

 

DOT Research Grant Awardees

 

Sustainable Cropping Systems for Harvesting Corn Stover for Biomass
Ken Moore , Iowa State University

Develop Sustainable Renewable Energy Systems for Practical Utilization of Bulky Biomass
Roger Ruan , University of Minnesota

Developing Sustainable Feedstock and Next Generation Processing Technologies for Biofuels Production
William Gibbons , South Dakota State University

Novel Recoverable Enzyme Nonparticles for Cellulose Hydrolysis
Patrick Johnson , University of Wyoming


Diversify Mid-Western Biofuel Feedstocks: An evaluation of Nitrogen Fixing Alnus and Salix Germplasm,  Stan C. Hokanson , University of Minnesota

DOE Research Grant Awardees

Matthew J. Darr,  Iowa State University, In-field corn stover  densification and interaction with storage quality, logistics, and production costs.

Kevin Shinners, University of Wisconsin, In-field cubing of cellulosic biomass.

David Lambert, North Dakota State University, The logistics of herbaceous crop residue-based ethanol production under uncertainty.

Yebo Li, The Ohio State University, Strategies for concurrent wet storage and pretreatment of corn stover.

Vance Morey, University of Minnesota, Improve handling characteristics of herbaceous biomass.

Sergio Capareda, Texas A&M University, Optimize the logistics of a mobile fast pyrolysis system for sustainable bio-crude oil production.

Cole Gustafson, North Dakota State University, Prioritizing corn harvest and biomass collection activities.

Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, South Dakota State University, Transforming and Densifying Biomass inRegional Biomass Processing Centers.