NOI: PROSPECT Program: Providing Opportunities for Specialized Education in Critical Technologies
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- DE-FOA-0003662
- Agency
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Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Department of Energy
- Applications due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Other
- Category
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- Energy
- Eligible applicants
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- Unrestricted
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
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About this opportunity
The Department of Energy's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation is establishing the PROSPECT Program—Providing Opportunities for Specialized Education in Critical Technologies—and anticipates investing up to $100 million, subject to the availability of appropriated funds, with a Notice of Intent due date of January 15, 2027.
Applicant types are unrestricted. No cost share is required; the statutory cost share is 0 percent per EPACT 2005 Section 988. The program will build educational pathways across the critical minerals and materials value chain, from mineral resource development and extraction through processing, manufacturing, recycling, and related supply chain activities. PROSPECT will support collaborative approaches among academia, industry, national laboratories, and other partners to develop a durable talent pipeline that strengthens U.S. economic competitiveness, energy security, and national security.
This is a Notice of Intent only; all information is subject to change, and DOE will not respond to questions concerning this NOI. Complete information, including the full Notice of Intent, will be available on the DOE CMEI Funding Opportunities website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. A formal Notice of Funding Opportunity with detailed eligibility criteria, evaluation procedures, award structure, period of performance, and submission requirements will follow separately. Merit review will be conducted by CMEI program personnel at DOE Headquarters with final decisions made by the CMEI Assistant Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretaries, and the Director of the Federal Energy Management Program.
The program is funded under CFDA 81.117, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance.
Synopsis
The U.S Department of Energy (DOE)'s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI) intends to establish, on behalf of the Analysis and Strategy Office (ASO), the PROSPECT Program-Providing Opportunities for Specialized Education in Critical Technologies-and anticipates investing up to $100 million, subject to the availability of appropriated funds, to strengthen the nation's educational capacity in critical minerals and materials.¿ The activities under this anticipated PROSPECT Program support collaborative approaches that strengthen educational pathways across the entire critical minerals and materials value chain-from mineral resource development and extraction through processing, manufacturing, recycling, and related supply chain activities. Specifically, the planned PROSPECT Program would build on existing investments in critical minerals and materials research, development, demonstration, and deployment by ensuring that the United States has the highly skilled workforce needed to support continued innovation and growth across the domestic supply chain.¿ Through collaboration among academia, industry, national laboratories, and other partners, the program is expected to help develop a durable talent pipeline that strengthens U.S. economic competitiveness, energy security, and national security. This Notice of Intent (NOI) is issued so that interested parties are aware of CMEI's intention to establish this PROSPECT Program in the near term. All the information contained in this NOI is subject to change. CMEI will not respond to questions concerning this NOI. Complete information, including the full Notice of Intent, can be found on the DOE CMEI Funding Opportunities website: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.
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