North Carolina Biotechnology Center Receives Grant for Sorghum Research
November 3, 2016http://www.ncbiotech.org/article/ncbiotech-leads-se-regional-sorghum-initiative-thanks-187m-fed-grant/191461
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The North Carolina Biotechnology Center recently received a US $1.87 million grant to start a three-year project to study the production of sorghum as biomass for biofuel in the Mid-Atlantic region of the USA.
The project is aided by the grant to NCBiotech's Biotechnology Crop Commercialization Center (BCCC). The grant was the largest of seven announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Department of Energy (DOE).
With this new grant, BCCC can maximize the fibrous sorghum stalk material for use as high-value feedstock. It also supports NCBiotech's commitment to find ways to maximize value from farmland in North Carolina and the entire Southeastern region.
The BCCC grant is part of a USDA/DOE grant in the federal Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI), a joint program through NIFA and the DOE. BRDI aims to develop sustainable sources of biomass and increase the availability of renewable fuels and bio-based products.
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