Project Grant R43OH009563

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation (CFDA 15.255) program to Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU). The project aims to develop cost-effective, environmentally friendly biotechnology processes to extract rare earth elements (REEs) from coal mining waste (CMW) streams. Key objectives include: 1) enriching...

The Colorado School of Mines was awarded a $1,159,337 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA #81.135) federal grant program. The three-year award will support the development of block modeling techniques to quantify the carbonation potential of heterogeneous rock formations using cutting-edge core scanning technology and machine learning algorithms. By studying drill cores...

This Project Grant award of $180,000 was issued by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to a researcher at Mount Pleasant, MI. The grant aims to develop methods for automatically detecting landslides and other erosion on former mountaintop removal coal mining sites in Central Appalachia. The project will leverage LiDAR data to observe erosion and deposition processes at a regional scale, train deep learning models for automated geomorphic mapping, and conduct...

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 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 (NSF) awarded a $274,361 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Terra AI, Inc., a for-profit company based in Sunnyvale, CA. The award period is from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The grant will fund the development of AI systems and methods to accelerate the discovery and extraction of critical natural resources such as copper, nickel, cobalt, and rare earth minerals. The project aims to improve...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Colorado School of Mines $2,197,721 under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA 81.135) federal grant program on May 5, 2023 to complete the project by May 4, 2026. The award will support integrating reservoir stimulation and sensing technology to enhance in-situ mining and carbon mineralization through disruptive electro-hydraulic fracturing and distributed fiber-optic sensing....

Under a $4,997,015 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (CFDA 81.135), the University of Texas at Austin proposes to conduct an in-situ test of carbon-negative reaction-driven cracking techniques to enhance mineral recovery. The key products and services to be delivered include: Injecting CO2 dissolved in water to permanently sequester CO2 via carbon-negative reactions. Chemically fracturing rock through reaction-driven cracking to reduce...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089), aims to develop and deploy highly accurate, reliable, and low-cost methane emissions monitoring and mitigation software for oil and gas production facilities. The $5,261,685 award to Envana Software Solutions, LLC, with a performance period from January 15, 2025, to September 30, 2028, will fund the creation...

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University $200,000 under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation federal grant program (CFDA 15.255) from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. The award will support Virginia Tech's development, optimization, and validation of an innovative acid mine drainage sludge dewatering process circuit consisting of lime neutralization, precipitate flotation, and...