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Critical Minerals Research and Development Program is a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that funds research and development to build reliable, resilient, and secure domestic critical mineral and materials supply chains for the energy, manufacturing, and transportation sectors.
The program supports projects aimed at broadening supply from primary and secondary sources, developing alternative materials with reduced supply disruption potential, improving processing and manufacturing efficiency, and enabling recycling and reuse. The DOE has announced funding ranging from $134 million to $500 million across multiple critical minerals initiatives.
Eligible applicants include state and local governments, nonprofits, for-profit organizations, and institutions of higher education.
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Critical Minerals and Materials Program | Department of Energy Critical Minerals and Materials Program What Are Critical Minerals and Materials? This offers the definitions and current list of critical materials and critical minerals. What Are Critical Minerals and Materials?
Critical Materials Collaborative The collaborative offers a mode for communication and coordination among DOE, government agencies, and stakeholders working on critical materials projects.
Critical Materials Collaborative Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI) The Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI Hub) established in 2013 and led by Ames National Laboratory, is a sustained, multidisciplinary effort to develop solutions across the materials life cycle as well as reduce the impact of supply chain... Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI) Join the Critical Materials Collaborative email list!
Critical Materials and Minerals Energy Department Announces $500 Million to Strengthen Domestic Critical Materials Processing and Manufacturing U.S. Department of Energy Awards $2.
7 Billion to Restore American Uranium Enrichment Critical Materials and Minerals Just Launched: A Critical Materials Career Map Energy Department Announces $134 Million in Funding to Strengthen Rare Earth Element Supply Chains, Advancing American Energy Independence 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.
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ET Office of Science (SC) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program 9/30/2026 Office/Program Opportunity FECM (FE) Mine of the Future – Proving Ground Initiative FECM (FE) Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities MESC (CMEI) Rare Earth Element (REE) Demonstration Facility FECM (FE) TRACE ARPA-E MAGNITO WETO (EERE) Improve the Recycling of Wind Energy Technologies Office/Program Opportunity AMMTO (EERE) Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Material & Process Innovation ARPA-E ROCKS EERE (AMMTO) Critical Materials Accelerator EERE (VTO & others) Future of Advanced Batteries (research selections) EERE (VTO) BIL: Electric Drive Vehicle Battery Recycling and Second Life Applications (Selections) EERE (multiple) Electronics Scrap Recycling Advancement Prize (ESRAP) FECM Project Selections for FOA 3105: Critical Material Innovation, Efficiency, and Alternatives FECM / NETL (Lab Call) Lab Call: Critical Materials Supply Chain Research Facility (METALLIC) FECM/NETL CORE-CM Regional Scale Collaboration MESC Advanced Energy Manufacturing & Recycling (AEMR) Grants – Round 2 MESC Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Selections MESC Funding Selections: BIL Battery Recycling, Reprocessing, and Battery Collection Funding Opportunity Office of Electricity (OE) $2.
25 Million Silicon Carbide (SiC) Packaging Prize Office of Science (BES) Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) Office of Science (BES/EPSCoR) Building EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnerships Office of Science (SC) Early Career Research Program (ECRP) WETO (EERE) Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize Critical Materials Around the Department of Energy 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 Minerals & Materials Projects Database
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, and institutions of higher education. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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The current target date is May 29, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
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