DOE/USDA-NIFA Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) Grant Modification

1. Modify Section II.C. Maximum and Minimum Award Size:

Accordingly, the following sentences are deleted:
?The proposed total project costs must fall between the ceiling and floor stated below. Applications and pre-applications that include proposed total project costs outside the stated ceiling and floor will not be reviewed or considered for award. ?Total project cost? means all the funds to complete the effort proposed by the Applicant, including DOE funds (including direct funding of any FFRDC) plus all other funds that will be committed by the Applicant as Cost Sharing.?

and replaced with:

?The proposed Federal funding must fall between the ceiling and floor stated below. Applications and pre-applications that include proposed Federal funding outside the stated ceiling and floor will not be reviewed or considered for award. The ceiling and floor amounts are Federal funding amounts only.?

2. Modify Section IV.C.3.a ? Project Summary/Abstract File:

Accordingly, the following paragraph is deleted:

?THIS DOCUMENT MUST NOT INCLUDE ANY PROPRIETARY OR SENSITIVE BUSINESS INFORMATION AS THE DOE AND/OR USDA-NIFA MAY MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. The Pre-application project summary should not exceed 1 page when printed using standard 8.5? by 11? paper with 1? margins (top, bottom, left and right) with font not smaller than 10 point. Save the information in a single file named ?Summary.pdf,? and click on ?Add Optional Other Attachment? to attach.?

and replaced with:

?THIS DOCUMENT MUST NOT INCLUDE ANY PROPRIETARY OR SENSITIVE BUSINESS INFORMATION AS THE DOE AND/OR USDA-NIFA MAY MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. The Pre-application project summary should not exceed 1 page when printed using standard 8.5? by 11? paper with font not smaller than 10 point. Save the information in a single file named ?Summary.pdf,? and click on ?Add Optional Other Attachment? to attach.?

All other terms and conditions of the Announcement remain the same.

A. Feedstocks Development ? Research, development, and demonstration activities regarding feedstocks and feedstock logistics (including harvest, handling, transport, preprocessing, and storage) relevant to production of raw materials for conversion to biofuels and biobased products.

B. Biofuels and Biobased Products Development – Research, development, and demonstration (R,D,&D) activities to support:
(i) Development of diverse cost-effective technologies for the use of cellulosic biomass in the production of biofuels, bioenergy, and biobased products; and
(ii) Product diversification through technologies relevant to the production of a range of biobased products (including chemicals, animal feeds, and cogeneration power) that potentially can increase the feasibility of fuel production in a biorefinery.

C. Biofuels and Biobased Products Development Analysis ? The intent of this section and integrating Technical Areas A, B, and C is to apply systems evaluation methods that can be used to optimize system performance and market potential and to quantify the project?s impact on sustainability; therefore, successful applications will consider the life-cycle (cradle-to-grave) impacts including environmental, social, and economic implications that are attributable to the project. Successful projects should include these sustainability data in engineering process models and be used over the life of the project to improve the system and quantify sustainability impacts.