It is undeniable that efforts to provide biofuels are a compulsion for Indonesia, now and the future. Increasing oil imports not only burden the country's finances, but the massive use of fossil fuels also threatens the environment. Therefore, this article presents an analysis of the provision of research funding by the government on biodiesel. Data was obtained from SINTA (Indonesian Science and Technology Index), a government-owned science portal. We find a fair trend in terms of research funding on biodiesel which allows supporting government targets in the implementation of large-scale renewable fuels by 2050. Although, more than 50% of research activities are still concentrated in Java