Closed · DE-FOA-0002854 · CFDA 81.089 · Discretionary

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law titled: "BIL - Front-End Engineering and Design Studies for Production of Critical Minerals and Material from Coal-Based Resources"

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

$1-$8M
Award range
Closed
Status
September 11, 2023
Close date
6
Expected awards

The verdict

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law titled: "BIL - Front-End Engineering and Design Studies for Production of Critical Minerals and Material from Coal-Based Resources" is a closed discretionary listing from National Energy Technology Laboratory that offered $1 -- $8,000,000 across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 530 other opportunities from National Energy Technology Laboratory.

$1-$8M
award range
Closed
application status
6
expected awards
81.089
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law titled: "BIL is closed (last close September 11, 2023). 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 September 11, 2023

Posted Jul 13 Closes Sep 11

Est. Total Funding

$32,000,000

Expected Awards

6

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management is issuing this Funding Opportunity Announcement. Awards made under this Announcement will be funded in whole with funds appropriated by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also more commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will invest appropriations of $32 million for Front-End Engineering and Design studies for two different sizes, intermediate-scale and demonstration-scale, of Rare Earth Element Facilities that demonstrate the extraction, separation, and refining from coal and coal by-products to high purity individual or binary rare earth metals and/or critical minerals and materials. Amendment 000001- The purpose of this amendment is to add a requirement for awardees, for either topic area, to participate as a member of the Critical Materials Collaborative. Please see the Funding Opportunity Announcement for the full text of the amendment.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002854

Grants.gov marks Bipartisan Infrastructure Law titled: "BIL 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

Jessica G. Sartor 304-285-0518 jessica.sartor@netl.doe.gov

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What to do next

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law titled: "BIL 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
  • National Energy Technology Laboratory lists 530 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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