Closed · DE-FOA-0002364 · CFDA 81.089 · Discretionary
Carbon Ore, Rare Earth and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative for United States (U.S.) Basins
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Energy Technology Laboratory, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1-$23.7M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- January 5, 2021
- Close date
- 8
- Expected awards
The verdict
Carbon Ore, Rare Earth and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative for United States (U.S.) Basins is a closed discretionary listing from National Energy Technology Laboratory that offered $1 -- $23,725,000 across 8 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 530 other opportunities from National Energy Technology Laboratory.
- $1-$23.7M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 8
- expected awards
- 81.089
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Carbon Ore, Rare Earth and Critical Minerals is closed (last close January 5, 2021). 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 January 5, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$122,000,000
Expected Awards
8
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
DE-FOA-0002364, 000003. Modification 000003 was issued to clear up spacing (single versus double) requirements as follows: The language found within the red box of the FOA (approximately page 36) may be interpreted by potential applicants to mean that the entire application must be double-spaced. That is not the requirement intent of the FOA. However, specific sections within the FOA do require double spacing (see note on bottom of page 24). Those sections are as follows: Page 39: Project Narrative must be double-spaced; Page 43: Project Summary must be double-spaced; Page 44: Project Management Plan and Resume file must be double-spaced - please note that tables within the Project Management Plan do not need to be double-spaced; Page 47: Data Management Plan must be double-spaced; and Appendix D: Project Management Plan must be double-spaced, no more than 10 pages in length. Modification 000003 was also issued to add several Terms and Conditions to the FOA. See Section VIII (highlighted in yellow) for the added terms and conditions. The Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled "Carbon Ore, Rare Earth and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative for United States (U.S.) Basins" seeks to solicit applications focused on the anticipated development and implementation of U.S. regional strategies through recipient-developed and coalition-led efforts for multiple U.S. basins that will enable the realization of the full economic potential of producing Rare Earth Elements (REEs), Critical Minerals (CMs), and high-value, nonfuel, Carbon-Based Products (CBP) from coal. Coalitions will be multi-faceted and include coal mining companies, regional private industries, universities, training and workforce development organizations, National Laboratories, state, local and federal agencies, and non-profit/non-governmental stakeholders, to facilitate the establishment of public-private innovation centers to incubate innovated mining, beneficiation, processing and purification technologies. Each project is anticipated to provide a foundation for educating the next generation of technicians, skilled workers and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) professionals needed to implement each basin’s strategy.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002364
Grants.gov marks Carbon Ore, Rare Earth and Critical Minerals 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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Fossil Energy Research and Development
U.S. Department of Energy
Agency Contact
DE-FOA-0002364@netl.doe.gov
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What to do next
Carbon Ore, Rare Earth and Critical Minerals is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 81.089 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Fossil Energy Research and Development indexes 3 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
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