U.S. Department Of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 850 Energy Drive -- MS1221, Idaho Falls, ID 83401-1563

A -- BIOBASED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY SOL DE-PS07-00ID13962 DUE 062000 POC Marshall Garr, (208) 526-1536 WEB: Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, Procurements, http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/psd/proc-div.html. E-MAIL: Marshall Garr, Contract Specialist, garrmc@id.doe.gov. The U. S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office is seeking applications from private and public institutions of higher learning to promote multidisciplinary education and training programs for graduate students at the Masters or Ph.D. levels in the area of renewable bioproducts. Approximately 3-5 grant awards will be made, ranging from approximately $70,000 to $100,000 each a year for a maximum of three years in duration. These grants will cover both the costs for establishing a new cross-cutting academic and research program in this field as well as full stipends for 2 or so deserving graduate students at the Masters or Ph.D. level. The emerging biobased products industry uses crops, trees, wastes and by-products to make chemical feedstocks and a huge range of everyday consumer goods, like plastics, paints and adhesives. Contributions to this new industry would come from traditional academic programs in crop production, such as agronomy, crop and soil sciences and forestry; programs in environmental sciences, such as ecology, and water and timber management; basic science programs, such as genomics, biology and microbiology; and, programs in industrial production technologies, such as fermentation design, fluid mechanics and systems management. The objective of this new education initiative is to produce graduates who can enter the complex biobased products industry and effectively integrate the knowledge from a wide range of technologies that are necessary for this industry to grow. U.S. universities and colleges are encouraged to design a comprehensive, multidisciplinary curriculum to achieve such a goal from an educational perspective and simultaneously allow the student to gain a hands-on experience through the implementation of an individual relevant research program. The solicitation is expected to be available within the next two weeks in full text via the Internet. Applications will be due approximately six weeks after issuance of the solicitation. Posted 05/04/00 (W-SN451449). (0125)

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