Project Grant 15DG11132762267

This National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering Project Grant award to Northwestern University for $250,000 will fund the "GLOBAL CENTERS TRACK 2: SUREMIN: SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT, RESPONSIBLE GLOBAL MINERALS SUPPLY CHAIN" initiative. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year award include: Developing a research agenda and conducting studies on mining waste management, community-engaged life cycle assessment of mineral mining, and...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) program (CFDA 47.079), provides $450,000 to Southern Methodist University (SMU) to deliver an International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) project. The aim is to give U.S. students from SMU and Colorado School of Mines the opportunity to conduct collaborative research with faculty and students at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia -...

The Colorado School of Mines, under a $154,050 cooperative agreement from the Department of State Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs' Economic Statecraft program (CFDA 19.322), will provide advisory services to African governments seeking to diversify supply chains for critical minerals. Awarded on September 23, 2021 and set to be completed by September 30, 2023, this project aims to foster diversity in critical mineral supply chains through advising partner countries on related policy...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) awarded a $1,234,375 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 19.027 Energy Governance and Reform Programs) to Oulun Yliopisto, a university in Finland, to facilitate technical exchanges between delegations from selected countries and Sweden/Finland. The goal is to promote sound mineral resource sector development and oversight. Over the 3-year period from September 2023 to September 2026, Oulun Yliopisto will organize and host these delegations...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering provides $110,070 to support the GYP-NEXTGEN program from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The program aims to advance research on gypsum ecosystems while providing international research experiences to 18 undergraduate students from three U.S. institutions - John Carroll University, New Mexico State University, and Oberlin College. Students will conduct mentored research projects...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement (Grant ID# S24AC00047) to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The grant is funded through the OSMRE's Applied Science Program (CFDA# 15.255) and supports a two-year project to develop and demonstrate effective, sustainable reclamation technologies for revegetation and stabilization of lands affected by surface coal mining. Key activities under...

The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Michigan Technological University $1.3 million on July 1, 2026, under the Polar Programs project grant program to develop a digital assessment and negotiation platform for evaluating cumulative impacts of Arctic mining alongside traditional land uses and Indigenous communities across Greenland, Finland, and Sweden. The platform will employ Value Efficiency Analysis methodology to help stakeholders identify competing priorities,...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $615,057.78 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization. The agreement, with a performance period from September 2024 to July 2027, will provide approximately seven 52-week internships to support BLM's minerals and natural resource management efforts in New Mexico. The ACE interns will contribute to various aspects of...

This $200,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation program (CFDA 15.255) aims to develop and demonstrate an integrated, pilot-scale solid-phase extraction process for the recovery of critical minerals from acid mine drainage (AMD). The project team at West Virginia University Research Corporation will fundamentally...

The University of Utah has been awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) Applied Science Program (CFDA 15.255 Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation). This funding supports a partnership between the university and a tribal college to conduct research and develop demonstration projects focused on improving reclamation technologies for surface mining-impacted lands....