Critical Minerals Funding Opportunities

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Year	Funding Opportunity Announcement
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