[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 92 (Thursday, May 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 30395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11867]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Availability of Solicitation

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability of solicitation--biobased products 
industry.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office 
(ID), on behalf of the Office of Industrial Technologies, 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. 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.

DATES: The deadline for receipt of applications is 3 p.m. MDT June 20, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: Applications should be submitted to: Procurement Services 
Division, U. S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 
Attention: Marshall Garr [DE-PS07-00ID13962], 850 Energy Drive, MS 
1221, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401-1563.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marshall Garr, Contract Specialist, at 
[email protected], telephone (208) 526-1536.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The statutory authority for this program is 
the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy Research & Development Act of 1974 (Pub. 
L. 93-577). DOE anticipates approximately 3-5 grant awards will be 
made, ranging from approximately $70,000 to $100,000 each 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 issuance date of 
Solicitation No. DE-PS07-00ID13962 will be May 5, 2000. The 
solicitation will be available in full text via the Internet at the 
following address: http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/psd/proc-div.html. 
Technical and non-technical questions should be submitted in writing to 
Marshall Garr by e-mail [email protected], or facsimile at 208-526-5548 
no later than May 19, 2000.

    Issued in Idaho Falls on May 4, 2000.
R. Jeffrey Hoyles,
Director, Procurement Services Division
[FR Doc. 00-11867 Filed 5-10-00; 8:45 am]
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