§7655d Wood innovation grant program

Summary

The Secretary can award one or more wood innovation grants each year under the program described in the Federal Register notice titled "Request for Proposals: 2016 Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity" (80 Fed. Reg. 63498, Oct. 20, 2015). An "eligible entity" can be an individual, a public or private group (including a center of excellence made of partnerships between forestry, engineering, architecture, or business schools), or a State, local, or Tribal government. "Secretary" means the Secretary acting through the Chief of the Forest Service. To get a grant, an eligible entity must send a proposal when and how the Secretary requires. The Secretary must give priority to proposals that use or retrofit existing sawmills in counties whose average annual unemployment rate was more than 1 percent above the national average in the previous calendar year. Grant recipients must provide matching funds equal to the grant amount from non‑Federal sources.