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Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator Notice of Funding Opportunity (DE-FOA-0003589) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Golden Field Office. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports critical minerals and materials (CMM).
The DOE aims to support collaborative industry partnerships to prototype and pilot innovative processing technologies that are currently only proven at the bench scale to address CMM challenges in high impact areas.
The CMM Accelerator program will advance these mid-stage innovations through validation, benchmarking, access to national lab test beds, testing in industry relevant environments, techno-economic analysis, and life-cycle assessment. Technologies resulting from the program are expected to have a path to domestic commercialization within 3-7 years.
This NOFO has 3 Topic Areas, and is further divided into sub-topics for Topic Areas 1 and 3.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Collaborative industry partnerships. Specific eligibility requirements for each topic area are detailed in the NOFO. Applicants must have technologies currently proven at the bench scale. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator Notice of Funding Opportunity (DE-FOA-0003589) is funded by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Golden Field Office. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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