What types of projects are eligible?
Energy Efficiency: Any projects that save energy (electricity, propane or natural gas, or diesel fuel) are eligible. Examples include dairy pumps and cooling systems, weatherization of poultry houses, efficient lighting and ventilation, irrigation equipment, industrial motors and supermarket refrigeration systems. Projects that save fuel used in mobile sources (tractors, trucks) are not eligible. Renewable Energy: Renewable energy systems can include small and large wind turbines, active or passive solar energy systems, geothermal heating and cooling, anaerobic digesters using food or livestock waste, systems using or producing biomass fuels, or facilities producing ethanol or biodiesel. Under the 2008 Farm Bill, tidal, wave, ocean thermal and hydroelectric technologies are also included.
In the Annual Grant Competition, a wide variety of types of projects are eligible, including policy-oriented research, dialogue, education and training projects, conferences, workshops, Track II mediations, library development and media projects (such as documentary films, TV and radio programs, as well as print media projects). All such projects are eligible as long as they fit USIP’s mandate as described in the application form.
