DOE Funding Opportunity to Strengthen Domestic Critical Material Supply Chains

Country / jurisdiction: United States · Year: 2023 · Status: In force · Level: National · Type: Voluntary

The U.S. Department of Energy announced a USD 150 million funding opportunity, provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to advance cost-effective and environmentally responsible processes to produce and refine critical minerals and materials domestically. The funding will target minerals from a broad range of sources across the United States, including recycled materials, mine waste, industrial waste, and ore deposits. Specifically, the funding will support bench- and pilot-scale research, development and demonstration projects for:

Technologies or process improvements that develop new supplies of critical minerals and materials here at home;

Value-added products created from other materials that are part of the waste streams from which critical minerals and materials are extracted;

New, next-generation technologies to be used for lower cost, environmentally responsible extraction, production, separation, and processing of critical minerals and materials;

Alternatives or substitutes for scarce critical minerals and materials that can be used as replacements in clean energy technologies; and

New or improved alternative energy technologies or designs that use materials that are more abundant in the United States.

Official source: https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-announces-150-million-strengthen-domestic-critical-material