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Funding Notice: Critical Material Innovation, Efficiency, and Alternatives | Department of Energy Funding Notice: Critical Material Innovation, Efficiency, and Alternatives Office : Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation FOA number : DE-FOA-0003105 Download the full funding opportunity : FedConnect Total Funding Amount: $150,000,000 On May 19, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation announced $45.
7 million for 19 projects that will unleash American energy innovation by addressing and filling domestic critical minerals and materials supply chain gaps. This funding specifically focuses on supporting development of novel technologies that will be used in the production of critical materials by developing pilot-scale facilities for processing magnesium and rare earth minerals elements.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey , more than 95% of the U.S. supply for rare earth elements comes from foreign sources, over 50% of most critical minerals come from foreign sources, and at least 14 critical minerals come exclusively from foreign sources.
DOE’s Critical Material Innovation, Efficiency, and Alternatives funding opportunity is providing federal funding to build a secure domestic supply of critical minerals from sources across the United States, including ore deposits, mine and industrial waste, and recycled materials.
The following two projects selected for negotiation fall under Area of Interest 1B: Phase II – Pilot scale facility development and construction are focused on pilot-scale processing from a continuous bench-scale operation to kickstart pre-commercial/commercial production.
Next-Generation Technologies The following seventeen projects selected for negotiation fall under Area of Interest 3: Next Generation Technologies and will develop innovative technologies and practices to diversify commercially viable and sustainable domestic sources of critical materials.
These technologies focus on optimizing affordability, environmental emissions, and resource usage or intensity within extraction, production, separation, processing, refining, alloying, manufacturing, or recycling technologies.
Southwest Research Institute Battelle Memorial Institute National Laboratory of the Rockies Idaho National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory The University of North Dakota Idaho National Laboratory Savannah River National Laboratory Michigan Technological University Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Project Selections for FOA 3105 DATE AREA OF INTEREST SELECTION DETAILS May 19, 2026 AOI-1B; AOI-3 View detailed list of selected projects Jan.
15, 2025 AOI-2 View detailed list of selected projects Sept. 26, 2024 AOI-5 View detailed list of selected projects Aug. 8, 2024 AOI-4 View detailed list of selected projects Download the full funding opportunity on FedConnect.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Not explicitly detailed in the provided snippets, but generally targets entities involved in critical mineral production and refining technologies. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $150,000,000 (total funding). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Critical Mineral Innovation, Efficiency, and Alternatives (DE-FOA-0003105) is funded by U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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