Federal Funding Application Experts

What are Federal Funding Application Experts?  The US Departments of Energy and Agriculture continues to be a major source of funding for research and development of biofuels.  This was recently illustrated by an announcement of plans to post $78 million in federal opportunities announcements (FOAs) in the near future. Federal Funding Application consultants are those who aid clients in preparing responses to these federal funding opportunities announcements (FOAs).  These experts should have experience, both as authors and as reviewers, of winning proposals.  They should know the “ins and outs” of the process and be able to help ensure that ideas are presented in their most favorable light.

As of this writing, some of the current opportunities are:

funding to support early-stage research projects to enable $3/gallon drop-in renewable hydrocarbon fuels from non-food biomass or waste feedstocks by 2022;

• developing affordable and sustainable energy crops that can be used for biofuel production without competing with agricultural land for food production;
• improving the performance of algae systems through the enhanced use of carbon dioxide for the production of biofuels and bioproducts;
• development of highly-efficient conversion processes that can improve the affordability of biofuels and produce high-performance, high-value products like plastics and polymers from biomass feedstocks and waste resources; and
• development of integrated processes for the production of renewable jet fuel and renewable diesel fuel, as well as producing baseload bio power, from sorted-municipal solid waste and bio-solids.

Applying for these grants requires several steps including an initial screening, a detailed application, external peer review and final internal review by DOE staff.  The projects are judged on technical merit, commercial impact, a detailed plan and the budget and capabilities of the team, and the time from the issuing of the FOA to the final application is normally short.

Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) offers a wide range of services in biofuels, biochemicals, biotechnologies, biomaterials, synthetic biology commercialization, feedstocks, and hemp/cannabis.  The company has business and financial services like due diligence, feedstock availability, grants and loans and bio market research.  The company also offers technical and engineering related services like techno economic analysis, environmental evaluations, feasibility studies, risk analysis and expert witness engagements.   The company also has strategic partnerships in place to assist clients with insurance, legal, accounting, plant fabrication, feedstock procurement.   With over 150 experts worldwide, Lee Enterprises Consulting also has experts in anaerobic digestion, fermentation, biomass, conversion technologies for things like tires and railroad ties, organic synthesis, fuel additives, ethanol gas, biodiesel fuel including algae biofuels, solid state and industrial fermentation, green energy grants, ag biotech, agricultural waste, alcohol fuels, alternative proteins and animal-free products, sustainable foods, beverage fermentation, biocatalysis, biodiesel conversion, biogas production, biomass power, carbon intensity, co2 utilization, combined heat & power, Fischer-Tropsch technology, food waste, hydrothermal carbonization, industrial enzymes, landfill management, microbial fermentation, organic synthesis, plastic pyrolysis, plastic recycling, plastic waste, pyrolysis oil, reactor design, renewable identification number, the Renewable Fuel Standard (rfs2), solid recovered fuels, torrefaction and torrefied biomass, waste to energy, and waste-to-hydrogen.   This is a multidisciplinary group of green energy consultants that is a virtual “one stop shop” for any client need and handles projects of all types and sizes.

Look at our 150+ experts and the services we provide.  Most of our experts are also available to advise and serve as expert witnesses in bioeconomy litigation matters.  For the larger projects, we specialize in putting together full service, interdisciplinary teams with one point of contact.  See video about LEC here.  Call us at 1+ (501) 833-8511 or email us for more information.