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Find similar grantsCritical Minerals and Materials Funding Opportunities is sponsored by DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Supports projects to expand domestic production of critical materials essential for energy production, manufacturing, transportation, and national defense.
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Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0003076: Notice of Intent related to Regional Scale Collaboration to Facilitate a Domestic Critical Minerals Future: Carbon ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative DE-FOA-0002859: FY2023 Phase 2 Release 1, SBIR, STTR DE-FOA-0003002: University Training and Research for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management DE-FOA-0002854: BIL - Front End Engineering and Design Studies for Production fo Critical Minerals and Material from Coal-Based Resources" DE-FOA-0002619: BIL - Advanced Processing of Critical Minerals and Materials for Industrial and Manufacturing Applications FY2023 Non-Competitive CDP: Acid Water Pollution Cleanup and Community Economic Development through Domestic Production of Critical Minerals for National Security DE-FOA-0003075: Facilitating a Domestic Critical Minerals Future: Carbon Ore, Rare Earths and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative FWP-LANL-AE-1263-1711: A Machine Learning Screening Tool for Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals at the Mine Scale FWP-23-025668: Resource Assessment of Unconventional Oil & Gas Shale for Critical Minerals Recovery FWP-81034: Drone-Based Geophysical Surveying and Real-Time AI/ML Analysis for Sustainable Production of Critical Minerals FWP-100950: Characterization & Extraction of Critical Minerals from Energy Production Waste Streams FWP-1025017: BIL - Process Optimization and Modeling for Minerals Sustainability (ProMMiS) FWP-FP00016201: Machine Learning-aided Multi-physics Identification and Characterization of REE-CM Hot Zones in Mine Tailings for Economic Recovery DE-FOA-0002618: BIL - Rare Earth Demonstration Facility DE-FOA-0002572: FY2022 Phase 2 Release 2, SBIR, STTR DE-FOA-0002555: FY2022 Phase 1 Release 2, SBIR, STTR DE-FOA-0002554: FY2022 Phase 1 Release 1, SBIR, STTR DE-FOA-0002404: Advanced Processing of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals for Industrial and Manufacturing Applications DE-FOA-0002360: FY2021 Phase 1 Release 2, SBIR, STTR DE-FOA-0002359: FY 2021 Phase 1 Release 1, SBIR, STTR DE-FOA-0002364: Carbon Ore, Rare Earth and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative for U.S. Basins RFP 2019-05: University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research (UCFER): Domestic Use of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Materials Topic V RFP 89243320RFE00032: Production of Mixed Rare Earth Oxides or Rare earth Salts form Coal-Based Resources DE-FOA-0001941: FY 2019 Phase I Release 2: Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals, SBIR, STTR DE-FOA-0001770: FY 2018 Phase I Release 1: Coal Beneficiation: Area 2: Coal Beneficiation for Liberation of Rare Earth Elements, SBIR, STTR FWP-LLNL-18-FEW0239: Application of Biosorption for REE Separation from Coal Byproducts DE-FOA-0001627: Production of Salable Rare Earth Elements from Domestic U.S. Coal and Coal By-Products 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 RFP DE-SOL-10982: Sampling, Characterization and Round Robin Analyses of Domestic U.S. Coal Based Resources Containing High Rare Earth Element (REE) Concentrations DE-FOA-0001619: FY 2017 Phase I Release 2: Rare Earth Elements Field and Process Separation Equipment, SBIR, STTR FWP-PNNL-71115: Economic Extraction and Recovery of REEs and Production of Clean Value-Added Products from Low-Rank Coal Fly Ash FWP-LANL-781-16-FY17: Evaluation of Laser-Based Analysis of Rare Earth Elements in Coal-Related Materials FWP-LANL-810-17-FY17: Evaluation of Novel Strategies and Processes for Separation of Rare Earth Elements from Coal-Related Materials FWP-INEL-B000-17-015: New Sensing Mechanisms for Rare Earth Detection in Coal and Coal Byproducts FWP-LLNL-17-FEW0231: New Sensing Mechanisms for Rare Earth Detection in Coal and Coal Byproducts TCF-LLNL-13365: Rare Earth Metal Extraction for Clean Technologies RFP 9067: Rare Earth Element Identification and Characterization of Coal and Coal By-Products Containing High Rare Earth Element Concentrations FWP-PNNL-16-68599: Assessment of Rare Earth Extraction Methods from Coal 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 FWP-NETL RIC-FY15-Present: Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal By-Products
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