Original closing date: 11/09/2020

The purpose of this Notice of Intent (NOI) is to provide potential applicants advance notice that the Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), on behalf of the DOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE), intends to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) number DE-FOA-0002364, titled “Carbon Ore, Rare Earths and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative for U.S. Basins”.  PLEASE NOTE NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THIS NOTICE.  Please do not submit questions or respond to this NOI.  Prospective applicants to the FOA should begin developing partnerships, formulating ideas, and gathering data in anticipation of the issuance of this FOA.  It is anticipated that this FOA will be posted to grants.gov and FedConnect in the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2020.  Additional details concerning this FOA can be found at FedConnect.