2015 Wood Innovations Funding Open for Proposals

The Wood Innovation Funding Opportunity is the newest incarnation of the Woody Biomass Utilization Grant and Wood-to-Energy Programs. The Forest Service plans to award approximately $5 million under this announcement. The maximum for each award is $250,000 with potential for more if the proposal demonstrates far reaching or significant impacts. A minimum 35% match from non-Federal sources is required to qualify for this proposal.

Important Dates:

Pre-application Webinar:	November 5, 2014, 1:00 pm EST (Link Here)
Region 5 Webinar:	Early December, TBA (register for email notification)
Application Deadline:	Friday January 23, 2015, 11:59 pm

The Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity is focused on, but not restricted to two main project categories:

Expansion of wood energy markets that depend on forest residues or byproducts. These project types include State Wood Energy Teams, Wood Energy Projects, and Wood Energy Markets.
Expansion of wood products markets for commercial building and innovative wood product.

Full details of examples of each category and sub-category are given in the Federal Register. They do not represent an exhaustive list and serve to provide a sense of the types of projects being considered.

Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants are for-profit entities; State, local, and Tribal governments; school districts; communities; not-for-profit organizations; or special purpose districts (e.g., public utilities districts, fire districts, conservation districts, or ports).

Additional application information can be found at the WERC and at Grants.gov. Technical questions regarding Federal Register language and intent should be directed to your Regional Biomass Coordinator.

Larry Swan, Forest Service, lswan01@fs.fed.us, (707) 562-8917 is the Forest Service Region 5 (CA, HI, Guam, and Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands) coordinator.