{"565071":{"#nid":"565071","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Agenda 2020 issues RfPs for Next Gen Pulping","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance is interested in receiving proposals and funding projects in areas identified in the Next Generation Pulping Roadmap \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.agenda2020.org\/technology-roadmaps.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.agenda2020.org\/technology-roadmaps.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn order to further define the challenges needing solutions, the organization has released four RFPs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003EYield-protective pretreatment \u2013 Develop pretreatments or in situ pulping additives that reduce the impact of the peeling reaction on the kraft pulping yield (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rbi.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/RfP01.pdf\u0022\u003ERead RfP\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAccelerate delignification \u2013 Develop strategies or in situ pulping additives that increase the rate of delignification without increasing the rate of carbohydrate degradation (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rbi.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/RfP02.pdf\u0022\u003ERead RfP\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECatalytic delignification \u2013 Evaluate transition or main group metals that can perform two-electron oxidation and\/or serve as a delignifying chemical system (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rbi.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/RfP03.pdf\u0022\u003ERead RfP\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EImprove O2 delignification selectively to enable higher-kappa \u2013 Develop methods to delignify higher-yield (higher Kappa) pulps to conventional residual lignin levels through enhanced oxygen delignification (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rbi.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/RfP04.pdf\u0022\u003ERead RfP\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe proposals should describe projects that could be one to two years in duration and should not exceed $150,000 total ($75,000 per year).\u0026nbsp; Agenda 2020 expects to have funds available to sponsor three projects in total for the four RFPs that are being issued. The funding that has been indicated by member companies is dependent on receiving high quality, responsive proposals that meet the criteria as outlined in the RFP.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll proposals are due by \u003Cstrong\u003EFriday, Sept. 2 at 5 pm EST\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp; The selection decision for the winning proposal is expected to be made no later than Oct. 10.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact Chris Luettgen at 404.894.6908 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:chris.luettgen@rbi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Echris.luettgen@rbi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Proposals due Sept. 2"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2016-08-18 12:49:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:23","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"412781":{"id":"412781","type":"image","title":"Agenda 2020","body":null,"created":"1449254211","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:51","changed":"1475895145","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:25","alt":"Agenda 2020","file":{"fid":"202360","name":"130826_agenda_2020.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/130826_agenda_2020_0.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/130826_agenda_2020_0.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":18150,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/130826_agenda_2020_0.gif?itok=n0NT3bE2"}}},"media_ids":["412781"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"172270","name":"pulping"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChris Luettgen, RBI Associate Director, Pulp \u0026amp; Paper\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.894.6908\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["chris.luettgen@rbi.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}