Cooperative Agreement FA86502425528

The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777), awarded a $10,245,214 Cooperative Agreement to Rare Resource Recycling Inc. on January 16, 2025. The award supports the recovery and recycling of end-of-life neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets through rare earth element extraction. The project aims to create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense. The award has an...

The Department of Defense (DOD) awarded a $8,674,454 Cooperative Agreement to Rare Earth Salts Separations And Refining LLC under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777). The funding supports the commercial production of heavy rare earth elements from recycled lamp phosphors, with the goal of creating, maintaining, protecting, expanding, or restoring domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense. Through this award, Rare Earth Salts Separations And...

The Washington Headquarters Service, a defense agency, has awarded a $43,436,608 Cooperative Agreement under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program to Global Advanced Metals USA Inc. The purpose of this award is to establish low-cost domestic production capabilities for high-purity niobium, a critical material for defense applications. This 4-year cooperative agreement, which runs from September 2024 to December 2028, aims to reduce reliance on foreign sources of strategic...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.087) provides $1,516,469 in funding to Solarcycle, Inc. to enhance photovoltaic (PV) recycling capabilities. The project aims to achieve larger and higher-quality yields of glass, silver, and silicon from end-of-life PV modules through the development of innovative recovery processes. Key...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $2,150,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.086 - Conservation Research and Development) to Washington State University to research and develop a pilot-scale upcycling protocol for transforming carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) waste into recyclable structural automotive components. The objectives are to create an eco-friendly, energy-efficient, and cost-effective recycling process that can be adapted for...

The Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency (DMASWA) was awarded a $8,083,327 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.253). The funding will be used to expand battery recycling services in the DMASWA area by providing dedicated space within a new Customer Convenience Center. This will increase access, expand education and outreach, and enhance safety...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $9,200,000 Project Grant under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) to Expost Technology, Inc., located in San Diego, California. The objective of this grant is to develop an advanced machinery system for pre-processing consumer electronics and batteries to improve the economics of recycling consumer electronics batteries and generate greater market demand for recycling...

The Department of Defense, through the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777), awarded a $53,709,226 Cooperative Agreement to Electra Battery Materials Corporation for the construction of the Ontario Cobalt Sulfate Refinery. The project aims to create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense, with a focus on supporting critical materials and manufacturing capabilities. The award has a performance period from...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) aims to coordinate existing battery-related state funding and program efforts in Michigan to develop a comprehensive strategy for enhancing the outreach, collection, recycling, and reprocessing of batteries. The $4,000,000 award, with a period of performance from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, seeks to...

This $500,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) supports Chemfinity Technologies, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business located in Brooklyn, NY, to develop an adsorption-based column process for the selective recovery of critical minerals and materials from waste streams. Chemfinity's innovative porous polymer network materials have demonstrated high selectivity, capacity, and...