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This Notice of Intent describes an upcoming federal funding opportunity under the Fiscal Year 2017 Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI), a joint effort between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), specifically the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO). The notice is not the actual application solicitation; instead, it is an early heads-up that an official Request for Applications (RFA) is planned for release in the near term. The overall purpose of BRDI is to support research, development, and demonstration activities that move biomass-based technologies closer to real-world deployment, with a clear preference for work that can show near-term commercial relevance rather than purely long-range exploratory research.
For FY 2017, the program requires that every funded project align with at least one of three legislatively mandated topic areas. The first topic area, Feedstocks Development, focuses on improving biomass feedstocks and the logistics needed to reliably supply them. This includes practical, on-the-ground elements such as harvesting methods, handling, transportation, preprocessing, and storage. The emphasis is on optimizing existing feedstocks that will actually be available for testing and demonstration during the project period, which signals that the agencies want proposals grounded in near-term feasibility. Projects that include breeding or genetic improvement are not ruled out, but they must be justified in a way that still supports the program emphasis on near-term impacts and commercialization timelines.
The second topic area, Biofuels and Biobased Products Development, targets technology development for converting cellulosic biomass into biofuels, bioenergy, and a broader slate of biobased products. This area encourages cost-effective and innovative conversion approaches, but also places value on product diversification within biorefinery concepts. In practice, that means proposals can be stronger if they show how a facility could produce fuels alongside higher-value or complementary coproducts such as biobased chemicals, animal feeds, or combined heat and power (cogeneration). The underlying idea is that diversified product streams can improve biorefinery economics and make fuel production more financially viable, which again ties back to near-term deployment potential rather than purely academic outcomes.
The third topic area, Biofuels Development Analysis, is centered on systems-level evaluation and sustainability analysis. Applicants in this area are expected to use methods that optimize performance and market potential while also quantifying sustainability impacts. The notice specifically highlights lifecycle, cradle-to-grave thinking, meaning projects should account for environmental, social, and economic effects attributable to the proposed work. A key expectation is that sustainability data not sit in a separate report, but be integrated into engineering and process models and used throughout the project to improve the system design and continuously quantify sustainability outcomes over time.
In terms of funding mechanics, NIFA and EERE anticipate making multiple awards, with USDA support structured as grants and DOE support structured as cooperative agreements. Each award is expected to run for approximately three years. The NOI also makes clear that details can change once the full RFA is issued, and it sets expectations about communications: the agencies will not answer questions about the NOI itself. Instead, once the RFA is released, NIFA will provide a formal avenue for submitting questions, which is typical for federal competitive solicitations.
Administratively, the opportunity is associated with DOE and posted through the EERE Exchange platform, where the RFA was expected to appear in mid-February 2017. The funding opportunity number is DE-FOA-0001711, and it is categorized under discretionary funding in the energy activity area (CFDA 81.087). Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning the competition is broadly open to many entity types (with any final clarifications to be provided in the actual RFA). The NOI itself has no application deadline because it is not accepting applications; it is simply announcing the intent to release a forthcoming solicitation.Apply for DE FOA 0001711
- The Department of Energy, Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent (NOI) to Issue a Request for Applications (RFA) entitled “Fiscal Year 17 Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.087.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 13, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by NOI - No applications. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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