Notice of Intent to Issue Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): Mines and Metals Capacity Expansion - Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities

Closed Posted

Opportunity number
DE-FOA-0003582
Agency
Applications due
Award size
Not on record

Opportunity facts

Assistance listings
Funding instrument
Grant
Categories
  • Business and Commerce
  • Energy
  • Natural Resources
Eligible applicants
  • Unrestricted
Points of contact
Full announcement

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is seeking applications for a grant opportunity focused on developing large pilot-scale facilities to recover critical minerals and materials (CMM) from operating domestic industrial facilities. The planned Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) aims to facilitate recovery of rare earth elements, graphite, and other value-added products from byproduct streams in industries such as phosphate, fertilizer, oil and gas, smelting, mining, and waste management. Targeted minerals include cobalt, nickel, magnesium, manganese, gallium, germanium, lithium, and rare earth elements. Applicants will be evaluated based on their ability to advance technologies from Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5-6 to TRL 7 and provide a comprehensive commercialization plan for 2028-2030. The grant opportunity is set to be issued in Q4 2025, with a current due date of December 15, 2025, and falls under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program.

The total funding available is $250 million, distributed across two topic areas: Topic Area 1 will provide $75 million for up to 3 awards (ranging from $10-50 million each) focused on coal-based industry pilots, while Topic Area 2 will offer $175 million for up to 7 awards (also $10-50 million each) open to all domestic industrial facilities with byproduct streams containing critical minerals. The program requires a cost share of 20-50% from applicants. Performance is expected to occur at domestic industrial facilities capable of piloting critical minerals recovery technologies, with the ultimate goal of advancing domestic capacity for critical minerals extraction and processing. The project timeline anticipates technology demonstration and potential commercialization between 2028 and 2030.

Synopsis

This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) to Issue Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) No. DE-FOA-0003583, titled: Mines and Metals Capacity Expansion - Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities. The goal of the planned NOFO is to facilitate the development of large pilot-scale facilities to recover domestic critical minerals and materials (CMM), including rare earth elements (REE), graphite, and other value-added products from operating industrial facilities. Example industries with byproduct production potential include: phosphate, fertilizer, oil and gas, smelting, mining, waste management. Goal-related resources will be eligible in this program. Disclaimer This NOI is issued so that interested parties are aware that DOE may issue a NOFO as described herein, may issue a NOFO that is significantly different than what is described herein, or may not issue a NOFO at all. Any information contained within this NOI is subject to change. No concept papers, letters of intent, or full applications are being requested nor accepted in response to this NOI. The Department is not seeking comments on the information in this notice and will not respond to questions concerning this Notice. Upon release of a NOFO, an avenue for potential applicants to submit questions will be provided.

Files

File Type Posted
FundOpp_DE-FOA-0003582.pdf PDF

On GovTribe

Work this opportunity

  • Track it in your pipeline
  • Find teaming partners
  • Similar grant opportunities
  • Ask GovTribe AI about this opportunity
Try for free Login