Since there are numerous documents related to the Biomass Initiative, we have organized them into the following categories to facilitate your search: Annual Reports and Recommendations to the Secretaries USDA -DOE Joint Solicitations  Committee Meetings Committee Reports Related Reports & Links
Annual Reports and Recommendations to the Secretaries
	Recommendations to the Secretaries 2002-2006 (PDF 387KB) Recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Energy for FY 2001 (PDF 302 KB) 2001 Minority Report (PDF 302 KB) Annual Report to Congress on the Biomass Research and Development Initiative for FY 2002 (PDF 93.9 KB) Annual Report to Congress on the Biomass Research and Development Initiative for FY 2003 (PDF 401KB) Annual Report to Congress on the Biomass Research and Development Initiative for FY 2004 (PDF 114 KB) Annual Report to Congress on the Biomass Research and Development Initiative for FY 2005 (PDF 145 KB) Annual Report to Congress on the Biomass Research and Development Initiative for FY 2006 (PDF 132 KB)
USDA - DOE Joint Solicitation
	Matrix of Projects Awarded under the Joint Solicitation, 2002 - 2005(PDF 93.9 KB) April 2002 DOE Awardees of the Integrated Biomass Solicitation and DOE-USDA Awardees of FY 2002 Farm Bill Appropriations. (Click here) FY 2003 Energy and Agriculture Departments Announcement of $23 Million Awarded under the Joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative. (PDF 75 KB) FY 2004 Energy and Agriculture Department Announcement of $25 Million Awarded under the Joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative. (Click here) FY 2005 Energy and Agriculture Department Announcement of $12.6 Million Awarded under the Joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative. (Click here) FY 2006 Energy and Agriculture Department Announcement of $17 Million Awarded under the Joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative. (Click here) FY 2007 Energy and Agriculture Department Announcement of up to $18.4 Million for Biomass RD&D under the Joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative. (Click Here)
Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meetings
	Technical Advisory Committee's 2002 Work Plan (PDF 28.2 KB) Technical Advisory Committee's 2003 Work Plan (PDF 50.3 KB) Technical Advisory Committee's 2004 Work Plan (PDF 43.7 KB) Technical Advisory Committee's 2005 Work Plan (PDF 20.8 KB) Technical Advisory Committee's 2006 Work Plan (PDF 65.1 KB) Technical Advisory Committee's 2007 Work Plan (Click here) 2004 Technical Advisory Committee's 2004 Work Plan (PDF 43.7 KB) March 11, 2004 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Summary (PDF 49 KB) with presentations (Click here) July 13-14, 2004 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Summary (PDF 63 KB) with presentations (Click here) September 29, 2004 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Summary (with presentations) (PDF 889 KB) 2005 Suggested 2005 Committee Work Plan Topics (Click here) March 17, 2005  Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Summary with Attachments. (PDF 1.87 MB) July 19, 2005 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (Click here) October 3-4, 2005  Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Summary (with presentations) (PDF 5.19 MB) November 29-30, 2005  Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Summary (with presentations) (PDF 400 KB) 2006 Technical Advisory Committee's 2006 Work Plan (Click here) March 2-3, 2006 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee meeting (with presentations) (PDF 4.94 MB) April 13, 2006 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee meeting (with presentations) (PDF 6.6 MB) August 10, 2006 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee meeting (with presentations) (PDF 9.01 MB ) November 28-29, 2006 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee meeting (with presentations) (PDF 2.35 MB) 2007 Technical Advisory Committee's 2007 Work Plan (Click here) February 13-14, 2007 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (Click here) May 15-16, 2007 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (Click here) September 10-11, 2007 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (Click here) November 27-28, 2007 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (Click here) 2008 Technical Advisory Committee's 2008 Work Plan (Click here) February 6-7, 2008 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (Click here) May 20-21, 2008 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (Click Here) September 9-10, 2008 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (Click Here) December 2-3, 2008 Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (Click Here)
Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee Reports
	Vision & Roadmap 2002 Vision for Bioenergy and Biobased Products in the United States (PDF 401 KB) 2006 Vision for Bioenergy and Biobased Products in the United States (PDF 121 KB) 2002 Roadmap for Biomass Technologies in the United States (PDF 410 KB) 2007 Roadmap for Bioenergy and Biobased Products in the United States (PDF 2.5 KB) 2006 Regional Roadmap Workshops to update the 2002 Roadmap for Biomass Technologies in the United States (click here)
USDA - DOE Biomass Research Portfolios
	2003 USDA-DOE R&D Portfolio by Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee's Roadmap Categories (PDF 138 KB) 2004 USDA and DOE Biomass R&D Portfolio Analysis (DOC 402 KB) 2005 DOE Biomass R&D Portfolio Analysis (PDF 481 KB) DOE Biomass R&D Portfolio Analysis 2005 (summary tables) (XLS 137 KB) USDA Biomass R&D Portfolio Analysis 2005 (summary tables) (XLS 140 KB)
Related Reports & Links
	Increasing Feedstock Production for Biofuels (Click here) Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee's Policy Gap Analysis (Click here) Biomass Feedstock Technical and Economic Research Literature Review (Click Here) Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 (Click here) Initiative Timeline (Click here) Energy Policy Act (Click here) DOE Strategic Direction Presentation (Click here) USDA Strategic Direction Presentation (Click here) USDA Analyzes Net Energy Balance of Corn Ethanol (Click here) "Fostering the Bioeconomic Revolution in Biobased Products and Bioenergy - An Environmental Approach" (PDF 1.02 MB) An Interagency Strategic Plan prepared by the Biomass Research and Development Board, in response to P.L.106-224: the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000. "Developing and Promoting Biobased Products and Bioenergy" (PDF 475 KB) A Billion-Ton Feedstock Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: Technical Feasibility of Annually Supplying 1 Billion Dry Tons of Biomass (Click here) OECD report on Biomass and Agriculture: Sustainability, Markets and Policies, published September 2004 (Click here) 2002 Farm Bill - Title IX (Energy Title) (Click here) USDA's Biobased Products and Bioenergy Coordination Council (Click here) USDA's Federal BioPreferred Program website (Click here) Assessment of Power Production at Rural Communities (PDF 1.37 MB) Collection of Abstracts from the 5th International Biomass Conference of the Americas (Click here) Biobased Industrial Products: Research and Commercialization Priorities (2000) by the National Academy of Sciences Commission on Life Sciences (Click here)