# DE-FOA-0003155 Critical Materials Accelerator

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/de-foa-0003155-de-foa-0003155-critical-materials-accelerator/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/351340

> Golden Field Office offered grants of up to $3.0 million (at least $500,000) to any type of organization. It expected to make about 15 awards worth $10.0 million in total. Applications closed on March 22, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | DE-FOA-0003155 |
| Agency | Golden Field Office |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | March 22, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $3.0 million |
| Award floor | $500,000 |
| Expected awards | 15 |
| Total funding | $10.0 million |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 81.086 |

## Who can apply

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

See Section III.A.i of the FOA document in eXCHANGE

## What the grant funds

The Critical Materials Accelerator aims to validate and prototype technologies and processes that address critical materials challenges by developing alternatives, diversifying and expanding supply, increasing manufacturing and material efficiency, and establishing a circular economy. The Accelerator intends to speed up the adoption of innovation while promoting safe, sustainable, economic, and environmentally just solutions to meet current and future critical materials supply chain needs. This FOA solicits proposals that advance innovation to realize the Department’s critical minerals and materials vision of a reliable, resilient, affordable, diverse, sustainable, and secure domestic supply chains for the clean energy economy. Projects funded under this FOA will de-risk innovation and mature technology development in partnership with industry to reduce demand through alternative materials or technologies, extend the lifetime of critical materials, and advance secure and sustainable critical materials manufacturing technologies. Each topic area of the FOA addresses priority technologies and supply chain gaps identified by the Critical Materials Collaborative. Topics include: Topic 1 – Use of Magnets with Reduced Critical Materials Content Topic 2 – Improved Unit Operations of Processing and Manufacturing of Critical Materials Topic 3 – Critical Material Recovery from Scrap and Post-Consumer Products Topic 4 – Reduced Critical Material Demand for Clean Energy Technologies MOD 0001: Revised Section III.B. Cost Sharing. The eXCHANGE system is currently designed to enforce hard deadlines for Concept Paper and Full Application submissions. The APPLY and SUBMIT buttons automatically disable at the defined submission deadlines. The intention of this design is to consistently enforce a standard deadline for all applicants. Applicants that experience issues with submissions PRIOR to the FOA Deadline: In the event that an Applicant experiences technical difficulties with a submission, the Applicant should contact the eXCHANGE helpdesk for assistance (exchangehelp@hq.doe.gov). The eXCHANGE helpdesk and/or the EERE eXCHANGE System Administrators (eXCHANGE@ee.doe.gov) will assist the Applicant in resolving all issues.

## Questions people ask

### Is DE-FOA-0003155 still open?

No. It closed on March 22, 2024.

### Who can apply for DE-FOA-0003155 Critical Materials Accelerator?

Golden Field Office accepted applications from any type of organization. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for DE-FOA-0003155 Critical Materials Accelerator?

Closed March 22, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $3.0 million each. About $10.0 million in total across about 15 awards.

### Who has won Conservation Research and Development grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Purdue University, General Atomics, North Carolina State University. The program made 710 awards worth $1.7 billion in that time.