42 U.S.C. § 17035 — University based research and development grant program

(a) Establishment. The Secretary must set up a competitive grant program, spread out geographically, for colleges to research and develop renewable energy technology. No single grant can exceed $2,000,000. (b) Eligibility. Priority goes to colleges that: (1) already run established research programs in renewable energy; (2) are in low-income areas or outside a city; (3) have a joint venture with an Indian tribe; or (4) are near trees dying from disease or insect damage, which can be used as woody biomass. (c) Authorization of appropriations. Congress authorized $25,000,000 total for this section. (d) Definitions. (1) "Indian tribe" has the meaning given in section 15823(c) of this title. (2) "Renewable energy" has the meaning given in section 16181 of this title. (3) "Urbanized area" has the meaning the U.S. Bureau of the Census uses.