Bioenergy Funding Opportunity

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Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications (ELSI) of Research on Alternative Bioenergy Technologies, Synthetic Genomics, or Nanotechnologies

The U.S. Department of Energy requests proposals for Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications of Research on Alternative Bioenergy Technologies, Synthetic Genomics, or Nanotechnologies. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Impacts from changing land use patterns; the use of "dual-use" crops (food vs. energy), and implications resulting from the exploration and exploitation of microbes and microbial capabilities which would result from a large biomass to biofuels effort. $1 million expected to be available, 5-9 awards are anticipated. 

Pre-applications are required and are due February 8, 2007, final proposals due April, 19, 2007. For more info, contact Deborah Greenawalt at Deb.Greenawalt@science.doe.gov or go to:

https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/EF92FB6885706B4B8525724A0050672C

If you have questions, please email or call EESI at bioenergy [at] eesi.org or (202) 662-1885.