FY 2019 BETO-Wide RFI

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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is requesting information on the following research opportunities to help inform its priorities and funding strategies: advanced processes and retrofits to co-produce cellulosic biofuels and other products at existing corn-starch ethanol production facilities; the utilization of waste food streams to produce fuels and chemicals; potential efforts to collect and publish existing under-used or economically stranded bioenergy datasets; and algal biomass feedstock quality and conversion research and development (R&D) for biofuels and bioproducts. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders to help ensure research areas are relevant, timely, appropriate for federal government funding, and aligned with Administration priorities. This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). No funding applications are being accepted in response to this RFI. BETO is seeking information related to the following 4 topic areas: Topic 1: Leveraging First Generation Bioethanol Production Facilities Topic 2: Systems to Handle Commingled Food Waste Streams Topic 3: Bridging Industry & Government to Publish Existing High-Impact Data Topic 4: Algal Biomass Feedstock Quality and Conversion Interface for Biofuels and Bioproducts Please see the full Request for Information (RFI) DE-FOA-0002150 at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. Responses are due no later than September 6, 2019.

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