Closed · DE-FOA-0002003 · CFDA 81.089 · Discretionary

Process Scale-Up and Optimization/Efficiency Improvements for Rare Earth Elements (REE) and Critical Materials (CM) Recovery from United States Coal-Based Resources

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Energy Technology Laboratory, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$5M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 10, 2019
Close date
5
Expected awards

The verdict

Process Scale-Up and Optimization/Efficiency Improvements for Rare Earth Elements (REE) and Critical Materials (CM) Recovery from United States Coal-Based Resources is a closed discretionary listing from National Energy Technology Laboratory that offered $1 -- $5,000,000 across 5 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 530 other opportunities from National Energy Technology Laboratory.

$1-$5M
award range
Closed
application status
5
expected awards
81.089
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Process Scale-Up and Optimization/Efficiency… is closed (last close June 10, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 81.089 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. National Energy Technology Laboratory still indexes 530 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 10, 2019

Posted Dec 12 Closes Jun 10

Est. Total Funding

$20,000,000

Expected Awards

5

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The objective of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications to further develop/scale novel Rare Earth Elements (REE) and Critical Materials (CM) extraction and separation concepts (i.e., a technology that is not currently available to deploy for REE/CM separation/extraction) to produce REEs and CMs from U.S. coal-based resources in bench-scale facilities. The FOA also seeks to solicit applications to further develop/scale bench-scale, conventional, REE recovery processes (i.e., a technology that may have been commercially deployed for another application, but not for REE/CM separation/extraction) to produce REEs and CMs from U.S. coal-based resources in pilot-scale facilities as well as address process optimization and efficiency improvements for the design, construction, and operation of pilot-scale research extraction/separation facilities, for recovery of REEs and CMs. This FOA consists of two (2) Areas of Interest (AOI). AOI 1 concerns the production of REEs and CMs; transitioning, scale-up and validation of novel extraction/separation concept development into bench-scale facility REE/CM production. AOI 2 concerns the production of REEs and CMs; transitioning, scale-up and validation of conventional extraction/separation processes from bench-scale to pilot-scale facility REE/CM production.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002003

Grants.gov marks Process Scale-Up and Optimization/Efficiency… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Energy (EN). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Energy Technology Laboratory book (410 peers, 77% of 531).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 81.089

Fossil Energy Research and Development

U.S. Department of Energy

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Agency Contact

Contract Specialist Nicholas J. Anderson 412-386-5536 nicholas.anderson@netl.doe.gov

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What to do next

Process Scale-Up and Optimization/Efficiency… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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