The two agencies of government are joining forces to support projects that will help increase the availability of alternative fuels that are renewable and based on bio products.

Funds will be allocated on a yearly basis, to help kick off efforts on producing sustainable resources of renewable biomass. The fuels that will be products of these research and development projects will help significantly in lowering the green house gasses by at least 50%.

The funding opportunity announcement of the USDA and DOE are specifically looking into development of feedstock, biofuels, analysis of biofuels, and production of other bioproducts.

Chosen projects will be awarded between $1 million and $5 million. Periods of these projects may range from 1 to 4 years and will be subjected to yearly allocations.

Applications from the fund are welcome from the different higher education institutions, government research agencies, national laboratories, state research sectors, private entities, or a combination of these entities.

The move is in support of newly elected Barack Obama’s campaign to find other sources of sustainable and renewable fuels for the United States.

The funding is also among the projects of the Obama administration to address the current economic meltdown and the worsening state of the climate.