Planning Grant for Establishing the Bioenergy Technology Education Center (B-TEC)

印度山社区学院（IHCC）要求提供规划补助金，以研究建立一个专注于生物能源的区域ATE中心的可行性，该中心名为生物能源技术教育中心（B-TEC）。 该计划补助金的目标是：1）确定当前和未来的生物能源劳动力需要在12个州中西部地区; 2）确定服务于此需要或希望服务于此需要的学院; 3）确定满足当前和未来需要所需的额外教育资源; 4）确定生物能源技术教育中心如何支持服务于生物能源行业的学院;以及5）确定为了维持ATE区域中心所需的合作伙伴资源和管理系统。这是一个精心设计的规划拨款，可能会导致中心专注于成长中的行业。开发替代燃料，特别是生物燃料，在不久的将来可能成为一种重要的经济资源。

Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) requests funding for a Planning Grant to research the feasibility of establishing a Regional ATE Center focused on bioenergy called the Bioenergy Technology Education Center (B-TEC). The goals of this planning grant are to: 1) Determine the current and future bioenergy workforce need in a 12 state Midwest region; 2) Identify the colleges serving this need or wanting to serve this need; 3) Determine additional educational resources required to meet current and future need; 4) Identify how the Bioenergy Technology Education Center could support colleges serving the bioenergy industry; and 5) Determine what partner resources and management systems are needed in order to sustain an ATE Regional Center.This is a well-conceived planning grant that could potentially lead to a Center that focuses on a growing industry. The development of alternative fuels, especially biofuels, could be an important economic resource in the near future.