Biobased Products & Processing

The 2008 Farm Bill defines a biobased product as a commercial or industrial product, other than food or feed that consists primarily of raw agricultural materials, wastes or forestry materials. NIFA is addressing the challenges of the emerging biobased industry with programs that support research, development, demonstration, and pre-commercialization activities.

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In Focus

• Obama Administration Announces $35 Million for Biomass Research and Development Initiative
• NIFA provides Biomass Research and Development Initiative Competitive Grants Program information
• NIFA, USDA National Agricultural Library collaborate to establish U.S. Open Life-Cycle Inventory Database  
• USDA and DOE award biomass research and development grants
• Program supports new crop development and new uses for conventional crops
• Global Bioenergy Partnership releases bioenergy life cycle assessment indicators

Funding

• Biomass Research and Development Initiative
• Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy, AFRI
• Sustainable Bioenergy, AFRI
• Critical Agricultural Critical Materials
• Biofuels and Biobased Products, SBIR
• 1890 Capacity
• Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

Selected Results and Impacts

• Abstracts of current Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) projects
• FY2010 NIFA sustainable bioenergy research grant awards detailed
• Report says North Central US states are driving economic growth, job creation in agriculture and agbioscience

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Partners/Partnerships

• Land Grant researchers/Multistate biobased products & processing research projects
• Other Federal agencies/Biomass Research and Development Act of 2008

Resources

• Biofuels Degree Program, Central Carolina Community College
• Program in Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable Bioenergy, Colorado State
• Renewable energy education program, University of Nevada, Reno
• BioEnergy Program, North Carolina State University

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Events

• NIFA Grant Writing Workshop at the Agronomy Society of America Meetings,
  October 18, 2011  
• National Institute of Food & Agriculture Sustainable Bioenergy & Bioproducts Meeting, October 24-26, 2011

Contacts

• Carmela Bailey–Primary