Sun Grant Initiative: The First Fifteen Years

Abstract

Executive SummeryThe Vision: Building a Biobased Economy [Page] 4 The Sun Grant Initiative [Page] 5 Renewing the Mission of Land-Grant Universities [Page] 5 A Regional Approach [Page] 5 Reaching National Goals Through Regional Leadership [Page] 6 Integrating National and Regional Priorities [Page] 6 Comprehensive and Integrated Systems Approach [Page] 7 Cultivating Communication Federal Partnerships [Page] 8 U.S. Department of Agriculture [Page] 8 U.S. Department of Energy [Page] 9 U.S. Department of Transportation National Impacts [Page] 11 Overview [Page] 12 Sustainable Feedstock Development [Page] 13 Herbaceous Biomass Crops [Page] 14 Woody Biomass [Page] 15 Logistics [Page] 16 Conversion Technologies [Page] 19 Education and Outreach Regional Impacts [Page] 21 Southeast Region [Page] 22 South Central Region [Page] 23 North Central Region [Page] 25 Northeast Region [Page] 27 Western Region [Page] 30 The Path Forward Appendices [Page] 31 References [Page] 31 Regional Feedstock Partnership National Yield Potential Mapshttps://openprairie.sdstate.edu/ncrsgc_pubs/1000/thumbnail.jp