The Department of Energy plans to award $79 million in grants to support research and development efforts for bioenergy sources. DOE said Friday that the department aims to use the funding opportunity to provide consumers low-cost and efficient domestic energy options including bioproducts and biofuels. Some of the topics under the funding program include the optimization of biomass-derived jet fuel mixtures, rapid bioprocessing and the reduction of water and energy emissions.
Read More »Energy Department Announces Wind Energy Research Opportunity
The Department of Energy seeks to provide $28.1M in funds to support the research and development of offshore, land-based, distributed and tall wind energy technologies in the U.S. The initiative seeks to reduce costs associated with usage of utility-scale wind energy, the department said Thursday.
Read More »DOE Announces Funding Opportunity for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Designs
The Energy Department has launched a funding opportunity with a potential $20 million endowment for projects that will work to advance nuclear reactor technology. DOE said Friday the projects will support the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy‘s Modeling Enhanced Innovations Trailblazing Nuclear Energy Reinvigoration program that aims to identify and develop technologies that facilitate …
Read More »SBA Unveils Funding Opportunity for Firms, Nonprofits That Offer Veteran Training Programs
The Small Business Administration has launched a funding competition for nonprofit and private organizations that provide federal procurement training to veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. SBA said Thursday the Veteran Federal Procurement Entrepreneurship Training Program will issue up to $500,000 in funds to help organizations administer existing federal procurement entrepreneurship training programs for VOSBs …
Read More »NIST Unveils 2017 Funding Opportunity for Small Business-Led Tech R&D Projects
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced plans to award individual grants worth up to $100,000 to help small businesses research and develop technology platforms. NIST said Thursday the 2017 Small Business Innovation Research initiative seeks applications in 24 technology areas that are classified under collaboration and partnership; data and modeling; …
Read More »HHS to Hold National Conference for Health IT Small Businesses; Matthew Portnoy Comments
The Department of Health and Human Services will hold a conference in November for small companies that seek to access the health information technology market through more than $870 million in federal funds. The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer conference will take place in Orlando, Florida, …
Read More »DOE Plans $90M Investment to Support Biorefinery Construction Projects; Lynn Orr Comments
The Energy Department plans to award up to $90 million in funds to support the construction of biorefineries as part of the White House’s carbon emission reduction efforts. DOE said Friday it will make the award under the Project Development for Pilot and Demonstration Scale Manufacturing of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and …
Read More »DARPA Issues BAA on $60M Funding Opportunity for Transparent Computing R&D
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Information Innovation Office has issued a broad agency announcement on a funding opportunity worth an estimated $60 million for research and development work on transparent computing. DARPA said Friday that it is seeking research proposals on computing technology that would help bolster the detection and elimination …
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