Project Grant DESC0026463

This Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $206,497.00 to CF Technologies, Inc. to conduct research and development on chromatographic separation of rare earth elements. CF Technologies, a for-profit manufacturer and small disadvantaged business, specializes in CO2 extraction, fractionation, separation and chromatography. Through this one-year grant awarded on July 10, 2023, the company will research and...

This $275,999 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of an environmentally friendly rare earth element extraction process from recycled fluorescent light bulb powder. The awardee, IM Technologies LLC, will engineer a prototype reactor system that uses precision ultra-high temperature heating to evaporate and subsequently condense targeted rare earth constituents from light bulb waste. Research tasks include optimizing thermal energy applications to efficiently extract...

This $289,851 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program supports research at the University of Delaware that aims to develop new pathways for the recovery and recycling of rare-earth elements (REEs). The project focuses on investigating the formation and properties of high-temperature REE-sulfate liquids, with the goal of advancing alternative REE extraction and separation technologies that could enable more circular manufacturing...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development), plans to conduct pilot testing to obtain aqueous solutions rich in mixed rare earth elements, critical minerals, and materials such as manganese, cobalt, nickel, and strontium, as well as a lithium-containing raffinate. The total funding amount is $6,390,593, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31,...

Phoenix Tailings Inc. received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop an advanced low-energy technique for producing rare earth metals using a mixed halide molten salt. The award is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic...

TDA Research, Inc. received a $250,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support work on "IONIC LIQUID-BASED ELECTROWINNING FOR REFINING OF RARE EARTH OXIDES/SALTS." The project aims to develop ionic liquid-based electrochemical processes for refining rare earth oxides and salts into purified individual rare earth elements. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $650,000 over 4 years to the University of Illinois for research on developing sustainable strategies for separating and recovering rare-earth elements (REEs) and platinum group metals (PGMs) from waste streams. The project aims to create new electrically-driven separation systems using conductive polymer and carbon nanotube-based electrode materials that can selectively and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) provides $3,135,483 to demonstrate an advanced bench-scale process for producing germanium (Ge) and gallium (Ga) from a mixed rare earth oxide/salt concentrate derived from a carbon-based feedstock. The key objectives are to design and construct a bench-scale unit that can extract and purify Ge and Ga from the concentrate, with...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award to Reegen Inc. for $275,000 will support the development of a clean, biological system for extracting and purifying rare earth elements (REEs) from various waste and end-of-life sources. The project aims to reduce the negative environmental impacts of REE production and decrease U.S. dependence on imported REEs, which are critical for manufacturing modern electronics and sustainable energy...

This $6,250,000.00 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program supports the University of Utah's efforts to develop innovative technologies for critical minerals extraction, separation, and purification. The key objectives of this 3-year project include evaluating physical upgrading methods, environmentally-friendly extraction of rare earth elements...