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DE-FOA-0002404: Advanced Processing of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals for Industrial and Manufacturing Applications

Closed Closed April 22, 2021 Opportunity DE-FOA-0002404 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$150,000
• Award floor$1
• Total funding$1.2 million
• Expected awards8
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligibility for participation has been restricted in accordance with 2 CFR 190.126, Competition, for the economic and national security interests of the United States. Foreign entities, whether for-profit or otherwise, are not eligible to apply for funding as a Prime Recipient or be proposed as a Subrecipient.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Fossil Energy Research and Development awards averaged $4.9 million; this notice allows up to $150,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (38% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Modification 000004 is issued to extend the due date for applications and remove the Phase 2 down-select. Modification 000003 is issued to extend the due date for applications, make clarifications within the FOA, and incorporate Appendix H.Modification 000002 is issued to provide a status update. Modification 000001 is issued to extend the due date for applications. This Funding Opportunity Announcement seeks research and development projects that will focus on innovative midstream processing technologies for the purification, recovery, individual separation and reduction to metals of high purity rare earth elements and other critical minerals from coal, coal by-products or alternate non-coal-based feedstock materials. The innovative midstream separation, purification and reduction to metal processes are required to be environmentally benign and sustainable, and have the potential for reduced capital costs and operating expenses in comparison to commercially available processes.

Category: Energy.

Applying now

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