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DE-FOA-0003154: Notice of Intent to issue Critical Materials Accelerator Funding Opportunity Announcement

Closed Closed November 10, 2023 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003154 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$1
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeOther

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Conservation Research and Development awards averaged $2.5 million; this notice allows up to $1 per award.
• Most of the program's money (31% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

The global effort to reduce carbon emissions is accelerating demand for clean energy technologies and the materials they rely on. The United States seeks to strengthen domestic supply of materials that are essential to a decarbonized energy infrastructure. Projects funded under this FOA will prototype and mature technologies or processes that address critical material challenges in high impact areas. By accelerating innovative critical material manufacturing technologies, the U.S. positions itself at the forefront of clean energy production while securing a reliable domestic critical material supply chain needed to enable a clean energy future. This effort not only promotes secure and sustainable practices but also creates valuable American manufacturing jobs. It further supports communities with mining and energy backgrounds while establishing responsible and ethical networks for critical material supply. The goals of this FOA are to: Foster industry partnerships to prototype and pilot technologies and processes proven at the bench scale to accelerate innovative solutions to address critical material challenges in high impact areas; Validate the materials and manufacturing technologies that reduce demand or extend the lifetime of critical materials through performance testing and modeling; Enable informed decisions, optimize processes, and build confidence in technology scale up through life-cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis; Address the urgency to meet critical material demand with secure and sustainable critical material manufacturing technologies.

Category: Energy.

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