Sun Grant Program
Agency: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Assistance Listings: 10.320 -- Sun Grant Program
Description
The purpose of the Sun Grant Program (SGP) is to enhance national energy security through the development, distribution, and implementation of biobased energy technologies; to promote diversification in, and the environmental sustainability of, agricultural production in the United States through biobased energy and product technologies; to promote economic diversification in rural areas of the United States through biobased energy and product technologies; and to enhance the efficiency of bioenergy and biomass research and development programs through improved coordination and collaboration among the Department of Agriculture; other appropriate Federal agencies (as determined by the Secretary); and Land Grant Institutions.
...The program provides a consortium of universities made up of a university from each of the sun grant regions and subcenter region (see Part III, A for regions) with a grant to support a North-Central, Southeastern, South-Central, Western, and Northeastern Sun Grant Center and a Western Insular Pacific Subcenter. A Sun Grant Center or Subcenter will use 75 percent of grant funds to provide competitive grants within each region that are multi-institutional and integrated, multistate research, extension, and education programs on technology development and technology implementation and address bioenergy, biomass, or bioproducts research priorities.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
Grantor contact information
Description
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Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| FY_19_Sun_Grant.pdf | FY 2019 Sun Grant Program RFA | May 23, 2019 05:23 PM UTC |
| FY_19_Sun_Grant_-_Mod__1.pdf | FY 2019 Sun Grant RFA - Modification # 1 | May 29, 2019 11:20 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
Archived: July 27, 2019
Award
$2,700,000
Program Funding
1
Expected awards
$2,700,000
Award Minimum
$2,700,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
USDA-NIFA-SGP-006775
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Category of Funding Activity:
Agriculture
Category Explanation:
History
Version:
1
Posted date:
May 23, 2019
Archive date:
July 27, 2019
