CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER XXXIV—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (parts 3400 to 3431) > PART 3430—COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS—GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS > SUBPART K—Biomass Research and Development Initiative (§3430.700 to §3430.709) > 3430.707—Administrative duties.

3430.707—Administrative duties.

(a) After consultation with the Board, NIFA, in cooperation with DOE, shall:
(1) Publish annually one or more joint requests for proposals for Federal assistance under BRDI; and
(2) Require that Federal assistance under BRDI be awarded based on a scientific peer review by an independent panel of scientific and technical peers.
(b) NIFA, in cooperation with DOE, shall ensure that applicable research results and technologies from the BRDI are:
(1) Adapted, made available, and disseminated, as appropriate; and
(2) Included in the best practices database established under section 1672C(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.