Cooperative Agreement DEAR0002097
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Princeton Critical Minerals, Inc. received a $2.3 million competitive cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded April 3, 2026, under the RECOVER (Realize Energy-Rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse Waters) funding opportunity. The project, titled "Integrated Lithium and Magnesium Recovery from Oil and Gas Produced Water," will be performed at the awardee's...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Phoenix Tailings, Inc. was awarded $1.6 million through a Cooperative Agreement by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under CFDA 81.135, with an award date of February 18, 2026, and completion deadline of February 17, 2028. The project, titled "SELECT: Selective Extraction via Ligand-Enhanced Complexation and Thermal Separation," is part of ARPA-E's RECOVER (Realize Energy-Rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary University of California, Davis received a $2.46 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) under the RECOVER (Realize Energy-Rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse Waters) funding opportunity (CFDA 81.135). The award, issued February 4, 2026, with completion targeted for February 4, 2029, supports the development of innovative biocatalysts through protein engineering and...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Leland Stanford Junior University received a $3.34 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, effective March 3, 2026, with completion targeted for March 2, 2029. Under the RECOVER funding opportunity titled "Realize Energy-Rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse Waters," Stanford will develop innovative technologies for recovering rare earth...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $2.0M cooperative agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) under CFDA 81.135, effective March 12, 2026 through March 11, 2028. The project deliverables center on developing biomimetic membrane systems for selective recovery of valuable nutrients and critical minerals—including ammonium, phosphate, lithium, and cobalt—from municipal and oil and gas wastewaters. The core...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Khemia Metals Inc. received a $3.0 million Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded on February 13, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of February 12, 2029. Under this award, the Oakland, California-based company will develop a novel alloy foil composed of cheap and abundant base metals designed to serve as a drop-in replacement for copper current collectors in lithium-ion batteries...
- Cooperative Agreement Summary Johns Hopkins University was awarded $2.4 million under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) on January 29, 2026, to develop and demonstrate a modular, energy-efficient, and scalable process for the selective recovery of cobalt and nickel from dilute, chemically complex aqueous waste streams. The core deliverable integrates a multistage evaporative crystallizer with bioacid-mediated electrowinning to enable front-end...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The University of Missouri System, in collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis, Texas A&M University, and Polykala LLC, will develop and demonstrate a living hybrid fungal sorbent system for the selective recovery of rare earth elements (REEs) from mining wastewater. Under this $2.8M Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) on April 23, 2026, the industry-academia team will...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary UC Berkeley received a $1.5M Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) on April 7, 2026, under the CHADWICK (Creating Hardened and Durable Fusion First Wall Incorporating Centralized Knowledge) funding opportunity. The project, titled "Parallel Design of Armor and Structural Materials," will develop a laser furnace technology to convert iron ore into iron metal without carbon dioxide...
- Columbia University, through the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.135), received a cooperative agreement award of $2.07 million on April 8, 2026, with a completion date of April 7, 2029. Under this award, Columbia University will conduct research and development activities to support the RECOVER (Realize Energy-Rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse Waters) program, which focuses on developing technologies to concentrate...
Carollo Engineers Inc. received a $2.43 million cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) (CFDA 81.135) awarded May 7, 2026, through the RECOVER (Realize Energy-rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse Waters) funding opportunity announcement (DE-FOA-0003510). The project, titled "Selective Recovery of Critical Metals from Produced Water Using Engineered Ferritin Protein Nanocages," will be performed in Walnut Creek, California, over a three-year period concluding May 6, 2029. Carollo Engineers will develop research and development methods to selectively recover critical metals directly from produced water, providing dual environmental and economic benefits by reducing wastewater management impacts while strengthening domestic supply chains for strategic materials. This cooperative agreement supports ARPA-E's mission to advance high-potential, high-impact energy technologies addressing critical mineral independence and U.S. energy security. The project leverages Carollo Engineers' established expertise in innovative water treatment technologies and sustainable infrastructure solutions to deliver novel technological approaches for critical metal recovery from wastewater streams, contributing to broader national objectives for domestic resource independence and environmental remediation.Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $2.4m | 5/7/26 |