REE-CM Funding Opportunities

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The focus for many projects is to characterize the bulk elemental concentration and mineralogy of rare earth elements in coal and coal by-product material during field sampling in order to provide data needed to determine the best path forward. Read more about the NETL Digestion Procedure for Bulk Elemental Analysis of Solids.

Year	Funding Opportunity Announcement
2020	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
2018	DE-FOA-0001770, FY 2018 Phase I Release 1: Coal Beneficiation: Area 2: Coal Beneficiation for Liberation of Rare Earth Elements
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 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
2017	FWP-71115: Economic Extraction and Recovery of REEs and Production of Clean Value-Added Products from Low-Rank Coal Fly Ash
2017	FWP-FE-781-16-FY17: Evaluation of Laser-Based Analysis of Rare Earth Elements in Coal-Related Materials
2017	FWP-FE-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-17-13365: 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
2016	FWP-RIC REE FY2016-2020: Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal By-Products
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