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Critical Minerals and Materials Funding Opportunities

NETL uses Fedconnect, Grants.gov, and FedBizOpps to post solicitations and funding opportunity announcements and amendments, receive proposals and applications, and disseminate award information. Entities wishing to participate in these solicitations will need to register at these websites. Proposals will be accepted only through FedConnect or Grants.Gov as indicated in the solicitation document.

Year Funding Opportunity Announcement
2024 DE-FOA-0003076: Notice of Intent related to Regional Scale Collaboration to Facilitate a Domestic Critical Minerals Future: Carbon ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative
2023 DE-FOA-0002859: FY2023 Phase 2 Release 1, SBIR, STTR
2023 DE-FOA-0003002: University Training and Research for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
2023 DE-FOA-0002854: BIL - Front End Engineering and Design Studies for Production fo Critical Minerals and Material from Coal-Based Resources"
2023 DE-FOA-0002619: BIL - Advanced Processing of Critical Minerals and Materials for Industrial and Manufacturing Applications
2023 FY2023 Non-Competitive CDP: Acid Water Pollution Cleanup and Community Economic Development through Domestic Production of Critical Minerals for National Security
2023 DE-FOA-0003075: Facilitating a Domestic Critical Minerals Future: Carbon Ore, Rare Earths and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative
2023 FWP-LANL-AE-1263-1711: A Machine Learning Screening Tool for Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals at the Mine Scale
2023 FWP-23-025668: Resource Assessment of Unconventional Oil & Gas Shale for Critical Minerals Recovery
2023 FWP-81034: Drone-Based Geophysical Surveying and Real-Time AI/ML Analysis for Sustainable Production of Critical Minerals
2023 FWP-100950: Characterization & Extraction of Critical Minerals from Energy Production Waste Streams
2023 FWP-1025017: BIL - Process Optimization and Modeling for Minerals Sustainability (ProMMiS)
2023 FWP-FP00016201: Machine Learning-aided Multi-physics Identification and Characterization of REE-CM Hot Zones in Mine Tailings for Economic Recovery
2022 DE-FOA-0002618: BIL - Rare Earth Demonstration Facility
2022 DE-FOA-0002572: FY2022 Phase 2 Release 2, SBIR, STTR
2022 DE-FOA-0002555: FY2022 Phase 1 Release 2, SBIR, STTR
2022 DE-FOA-0002554: FY2022 Phase 1 Release 1, SBIR, STTR

2021

DE-FOA-0002404: Advanced Processing of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals for Industrial and Manufacturing Applications

2020

DE-FOA-0002360: FY2021 Phase 1 Release 2, SBIR, STTR

2020

DE-FOA-0002359: FY 2021 Phase 1 Release 1, SBIR, STTR

2020

DE-FOA-0002364: Carbon Ore, Rare Earth and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative for U.S. Basins

2020

RFP 2019-05: University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research (UCFER): Domestic Use of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Materials Topic V

2020

RFP 89243320RFE00032: Production of Mixed Rare Earth Oxides or Rare earth Salts form Coal-Based Resources

2019

DE-FOA-0001941: FY 2019 Phase I Release 2: Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals, SBIR, STTR

2018

DE-FOA-0001770: FY 2018 Phase I Release 1: Coal Beneficiation: Area 2: Coal Beneficiation for Liberation of Rare Earth Elements, SBIR, STTR

2018

FWP-LLNL-18-FEW0239: Application of Biosorption for REE Separation from Coal Byproducts

2017

DE-FOA-0001627: Production of Salable Rare Earth Elements from Domestic U.S. Coal and Coal By-Products

2017

DE-FOA-0001718: Development of Separation and Extraction Processes for Production of Rare Earth Element (REE) Materials from Domestic U.S. Coal and Coal By-Products

2017

RFP DE-SOL-10982: Sampling, Characterization and Round Robin Analyses of Domestic U.S. Coal Based Resources Containing High Rare Earth Element (REE) Concentrations

2017

DE-FOA-0001619: FY 2017 Phase I Release 2: Rare Earth Elements Field and Process Separation Equipment, SBIR, STTR

2017

FWP-PNNL-71115: Economic Extraction and Recovery of REEs and Production of Clean Value-Added Products from Low-Rank Coal Fly Ash

2017

FWP-LANL-781-16-FY17: Evaluation of Laser-Based Analysis of Rare Earth Elements in Coal-Related Materials

2017

FWP-LANL-810-17-FY17: Evaluation of Novel Strategies and Processes for Separation of Rare Earth Elements from Coal-Related Materials

2017

FWP-INEL-B000-17-015: New Sensing Mechanisms for Rare Earth Detection in Coal and Coal Byproducts

2017

FWP-LLNL-17-FEW0231: New Sensing Mechanisms for Rare Earth Detection in Coal and Coal Byproducts

2017

TCF-LLNL-13365: Rare Earth Metal Extraction for Clean Technologies

2016

RFP 9067: Rare Earth Element Identification and Characterization of Coal and Coal By-Products Containing High Rare Earth Element Concentrations

2016

FWP-PNNL-16-68599: Assessment of Rare Earth Extraction Methods from Coal

2015

DE-FOA-0001202: Opportunities to Develop High Performance, Economically Viable, and Environmentally Benign Technologies to Recover Rare Earth Elements (REEs) from Domestic Coal and Coal Byproducts

2015

FWP-NETL RIC-FY15-Present: Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal By-Products