Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FS R11 2024 11 06 WFCR
The "Nanocellulose Research and Development for Sustainable Materials" opportunity (USDA-FS-R11-2024-11-06-WFCR; CFDA 10.699) is not a traditional grant competition. It is an Outreach of Interest (OOI) issued by the USDA Forest Service, specifically tied to the USDA Forest Products Laboratory, to identify and connect with organizations that may want to collaborate on future, potentially funded work. The main goal is to grow a network of partners who can help move sustainable cellulose nanomaterials (often referred to as nanocellulose or cellulose nanomaterials) from research into real-world markets and products, ultimately helping build new forest-sector industries and expand the value of residual forest biomass.
A key theme of this OOI is partnership-building and market acceleration. The Forest Service is using this request to hear what kinds of ideas, projects, and programs potential collaborators have in mind, and to explore how those concepts might fit within partnership agreements that the agency is authorized to use. The emphasis is on commercialization and new applications, meaning they are looking beyond basic lab research toward work that can open up new uses, strengthen supply chains, prove performance in end products, and reduce barriers to adoption for these materials in industry.
The OOI also explicitly aims to broaden participation by reaching researchers and organizations from diverse and underserved backgrounds. The agency is signaling that innovation can come from many sectors and communities, and that bringing in a wider range of perspectives can improve the ability to identify promising markets, understand user needs, and shorten the path from material development to adoption. Submitting a response is essentially a way to raise your hand and start a conversation with the Forest Service about potential collaboration.
Importantly, this is described as non-funded and non-competitive, with an award ceiling of $0. In practice, that means the submission itself does not result in an immediate grant award. Instead, it functions like a relationship and pipeline builder: the Forest Service is seeking partners to work on projects that are funded (now or in the future), and this OOI is a mechanism to gather interest and identify good matches for later opportunities or partnership structures.
There is also an informational component built in. The Forest Service scheduled a live informational webinar for September 25, 2024 at 2:00 pm CT, where staff planned to explain the OOI and answer questions. A recording is expected to be posted after September 30, 2024 on Grants.gov under the same opportunity number and mirrored on the Forest Service grants webpage (www.fs.usda.gov/working-with-us/grants). This is meant to make the opportunity easier to understand and more accessible to first-time or nontraditional partners.
To respond, interested organizations are asked to submit an SF-424 along with a narrative statement and an attachment form, either through Grants.gov (preferred) or by email to opega@usda.gov. Submissions should be in PDF or DOC format, and additional feedback can be provided using the Grants.gov attachments feature. Because the preferred route is through Grants.gov, an applicant account and organizational registration are needed, and subscribing to the opportunity on Grants.gov is encouraged so responders receive updates. SAM registration is recommended but not required for this OOI, which lowers the barrier for organizations that want to express interest early, before investing effort in full federal registration steps.
Eligibility is broad and includes for-profit entities, nonprofits, institutions of higher education, and government entities at the federal, state, local, and Native American tribal levels, as well as special purpose districts such as utilities, fire districts, conservation districts, school districts, and ports. The closing date listed for responses is October 25, 2024. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a formal invitation to propose collaboration ideas related to nanocellulose and sustainable materials, with the Forest Service using submissions to shape, staff, and potentially launch funded partnership projects that can expand markets and uses for forest-based nanomaterials.Apply for USDA FS R11 2024 11 06 WFCR
- The Forest Service in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Nanocellulose Research and Development for Sustainable Materials" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.699.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-08-28.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-10-25. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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