Project Grant DEMS0000010

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Albemarle U.S., Inc. a $147,126,520 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to retrofit a domestic manufacturing facility to produce up to 50 metric tons per annum of lithium metal anode for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. This project, funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, aims to support the production of materials for the light and non-light duty...

The Department of Energy awarded a $20,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to Sparkz Inc. to establish the first domestic production of battery-grade iron (III) phosphate (FePO4) at commercial scale in West Virginia. This critical precursor material is essential for the production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode active material, which supports the growth of the U.S. lithium-ion...

Cooperative Agreement Summary Lithios Inc. received a $19.999 million Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, awarded on July 24, 2026, with a completion date of July 23, 2029. Under this award, Lithios will develop and demonstrate its Advanced Lithium Extraction (ALE) technology—a patent-pending, electrified method for extracting lithium from low-grade U.S. brines. The company will operate a demonstration facility at an existing location...

The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Bher Minerals LLC a $29,795,810 cooperative agreement under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) from July 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The award will support Bher Minerals' project to electrolytically produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide monohydrate from geothermal brine in Des Moines County, Iowa. The Conservation Research and Development program aims to conduct long-term research...

Electroflow Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Lit) received a $305,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) on October 1, 2025. The project, with a completion date of March 31, 2026, will deliver research and feasibility assessments focused on developing an electrochemical process to extract and convert lithium from low-concentration brine into...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Urbix, Inc., a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business, a $357,438,175 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253). The grant supports Urbix's commercial-scale production of lithium-ion battery anode-grade coated spherical purified graphite (CSPG) from natural flake graphite. The project aims to rapidly expand domestic capabilities for CSPG production to meet...

Am Batteries Inc. received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a solvent-free manufacturing process for lithium-ion battery electrodes. The goal of the one-year project beginning February 1, 2022 is to design, manufacture, and operate a continuous feed dry spraying system to optimize fabrication of thicker battery electrodes without solvents. This novel...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) provides $30,000,000.00 in funding to Boston Electrometallurgical Corp (doing business as Boston Metal) to support the project "BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - CHAMPION: CHROMIUM ATR METALLURGY WITH PLASMA MELTING AND HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING OF NEAR-NET-SHAPE HIGH-TEMPERATURE ALLOY PARTS". The...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Princeton Critical Minerals, Inc. received a $1.555 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Fast-Track Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), awarded on August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The company will develop and advance an evaporative lithium transport and extraction technology platform designed to extract critical minerals...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support the development of advanced salt electrolysis processes for domestic refinement of battery minerals. Specifically, the awardee, the Regents of the University of California on behalf of the University of California, Berkeley, will work to design and test innovative carbon-based flow electrodes and reactor architectures to enable more efficient and lower-cost salt...