Critical Minerals and Materials Program

Critical Minerals and Materials Program is sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Offers funding through various initiatives to strengthen domestic critical mineral supply chains.

Critical Minerals and Materials Program | Department of Energy Critical Minerals and Materials Program What Are Critical Minerals and Materials? Critical Materials Collaborative Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI) Office/Program Opportunity Due Date Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) and Office of Geothermal (OG) Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator Letters of intent due 4/24/26 at 5 p. m.

ET. Full application deadlines : Topic Area 3: 7/23/2026 Office of Science (SC) Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) Required pre-application due 4/1/26 at 5 p. m.

ET. Full application due 7/1/2026 at 11:59 p. m.

ET. Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (OIE) Unleashing Tribal Energy Development 7/24/2026 at 5 p. m.

ET Office of Science (SC) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program 9/30/2026 Office/Program Opportunity ARPA-E SCALEUP Ready program ARPA-E ROCKS FY25 FECM (FE) TRACE Office of Science (BES) Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) FY25 Office of Science (BES/EPSCoR) Building EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnerships FY25 Office of Science (SC) Early Career Research Program (ECRP) FY25 Join the Critical Materials Collaborative email list!

Critical Materials and Minerals DOE’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation Announces Over $45 Million To Support Reliable and Affordable Domestic Critical Mineral and Material Supply Chains Critical Materials and Minerals DOE's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation Selects Five Organizations to Restart Domestic Primary Gallium Recovery Critical Materials and Minerals Energy Department Issues Funding Opportunity to Strengthen American Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chain Critical Materials and Minerals Energy Department Announces $500 Million to Strengthen Domestic Critical Materials Processing and Manufacturing National Lab Discovery Series: ORNL Critical Mineral Recovery Technologies Starts May 21st, 2026 - 2:00 PM EDT National Lab Discovery Series: ORNL Critical Mineral Recovery Technologies Build reliable, resilient, affordable, and secure domestic critical mineral and materials supply chains that support the energy, manufacturing, and transportation economies while promoting safe solutions to meet current and future needs.

Graphic by the U.S. Department of Energy Learn more about the CMM program at DOE: Building Secure Supply Chains for America's Energy Future . Broaden and Expand Supply: Identify and secure substantial resources from a wide variety of feedstocks including primary and secondary sources, co-produced materials from existing operations, and international partners.

Develop Alternatives: Produce new materials that have less disruption potential and design manufactured parts and systems that require little to no critical materials to function. Improve Materials and Manufacturing Efficiency: Design for atom economy, reduce waste through efficient use, and improve overall efficiency of mining through manufacturing and recycling to minimize environmental impacts while maximizing yield.

Reuse and Recycle: Remanufacture, refurbish, repair, reuse, recycle, and repurpose all materials that are used in a modern economy to extend the lifetime of materials and/or partially offset the need for virgin material extraction.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports these strategy pillars by enabling activities , cross-cutting functions to enable and enhance research, development, demonstration, and deployment efforts across four areas: Analysis and advanced tools Market assessment and development International engagement and standards Education and workforce development.

Fortifying the Workforce for America's Mineral Security: A National Dialogue Critical Materials Career Map Domestic Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chains Workshop Critical Materials Project Search DOE Critical Minerals & Materials Strategies and Assessments 2019 Strategy and Assessment 2011 Strategy and Assessment: 2010 Strategy and Assessment: Recent Reports & Fact Sheets From the Critical Materials Innovation (CMI) Hub: Critical Materials Innovation (CMI) Hub 10-Year Retrospective Bibliometric Analysis of Critical Materials Innovation Hub Publications 2013–2022 An Evaluation of the Patent Portfolio Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Critical Materials Innovation Hub Critical Materials Institute (CMI) Hub Year 10 Cumulative Report Critical Materials Institute (CMI) Hub Annual Review 2022 Education and Workforce Development for Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chains: Workshop Report Domestic Wastes and Byproducts: A Resource for Critical Material Supply Chains America's Strategy to Secure the Supply Chain for a Robust Clean Energy Transition Building Resilient Supply Chains, Revitalizing American Manufacturing, and Fostering Broad-Based Growth: Review of Large Capacity Batteries Battery Critical Materials Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities: Results of the 2020 Request for Information and Workshop Critical Materials Rare Earths Supply Chain: A Situational White Paper Minerals and Materials for the Global Clean Energy Transition Improved Quantification of Lithium Resources in the Salton Sea Region Fact Sheet Materials Used in U.S. Wind Energy Technologies: Quantities and Availability for Two Future Scenarios Renewable Energy Materials Properties Database: Summary Pre-Publication Copy of Notice of Final Determination on 2023 DOE Critical Materials List Recovery of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Materials from Coal and Coal Byproducts Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Methodology and Technical Input for the 2023 Review and Revision of the U.S. Critical Minerals List Federal Strategy on Critical Minerals Assessment of Critical Minerals: Updated Application of Screening Methodology Assessment of Critical Minerals: Screening Methodology and Initial Application Critical Materials Around the Department of Energy Critical Minerals & Materials Projects Database