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USDA and DOE Award Nine Grants for Biomass Genomics Research

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), National Research Initiative (NRI) have jointly awarded nine grants totaling $5.7 million for biobased fuels research. CSREES and OBER jointly initiated this fundamental research program to facilitate the use of woody plant tissue, specifically lignocellulosic materials, for bioenergy or biofuels.

The research projects will focus on poplar, alfalfa, sorghum, wheat and other grasses.

This is the first year CSREES and OBER have solicited competitive grants in this joint program. DOE is funding six projects for a total of nearly $3.9 million. USDA granted more than $1.8 million to fund three projects. Initial funding will support research projects for up to three years. Awards have been given to:

• Purdue University, Ind., $1.4 million - Manipulation of Lignin Biosynthesis to Maximize Ethanol Production from Populus Feedstocks
• The Noble Foundation, Okla., $800,000 - Systematic Modification of Monolignol Pathway Gene Expression for Improved Lignocellulose Utilization
• Texas A&M University, Texas, $800,000 - Sorghum Biomass/Feedstock Genomics Research for Bioenergy
• USDA-Agricultural Research Service, University of Wisconsin, $333,000 - Streamlined Method for Biomass Whole-Cell-Wall Structural Profiling
• Carnegie Institute of Washington, $359,100 - Development of a Proteoglycan Chip for Plant Glycomics
• Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY, $300,000 -Biochemical Genomics of Wood Formation: O-acyltransferases for Alteration of Lignocellulosic Property and Enhancement of Carbon Deposition in Poplar
• North Carolina State University , $700,000 - Genomic Knowledgebase for Facilitating the Use of Woody Biomass for Fuel Ethanol Production
• Kansas State University, $700,000 - Genetic Dissection of the Lignocellulosic Pathway of Wheat to Improve Biomass Quality of Grasses as a Feedstock for Biofuel
• University of Georgia, $445,000 - Using Association Mapping to Identify Markers for Cell Wall Constituents and Biomass Yield in Alfalfa"