Closed · DE-FOA-0003105 · CFDA 81.089 · Discretionary
BIL 41003c-Critical Material Innovation, Efficiency, and Alternatives
Federal grant opportunity posted by Headquarters, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $30M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- December 20, 2023
- Close date
- 30
- Expected awards
The verdict
BIL 41003c-Critical Material Innovation, Efficiency, and Alternatives is a closed discretionary listing from Headquarters that offered Up to $30,000,000 across 30 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- up to $30M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 30
- expected awards
- 81.089
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - BIL 41003c-Critical Material Innovation, Efficiency, and Alternatives - is cataloged under number DE-FOA-0003105 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 81.089, posted by Headquarters. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on September 6, 2023 and last updated on September 30, 2024. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is Up to $30,000,000. The agency has projected $150.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 30 awards. If the agency funds the expected 30 awards from the $150.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $5.0 million. Cost sharing or matching funds are required, meaning applicants must contribute a portion of the project budget from non-federal sources, factor this into your financial plan before drafting the proposal. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on December 20, 2023. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Up to $30,000,000
Close Date
December 20, 2023
Posted
September 6, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$150,000,000
Expected Awards
30
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will build on prior the Department of Energy (DOE), other government agency, and private sector investment, and implements section 7002(g) of the Energy Act of 2020 and BIL section 41003(c) through the program’s research and development activities by the creation of innovative methods and technologies for the efficient and sustainable provision of critical materials to the domestic economy and the expected activities under the program to mitigate the environmental and health impacts of the extraction, processing, manufacturing, use, recovery, and recycling of critical materials. Also, section 41003 (c) of the BIL and section 7002 (g) of the Energy Act of 2020 directs the establishment of a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercialization. This program will also support the broader government-wide approach to upgrading and modernizing infrastructure, including by strengthening critical domestic manufacturing and associated supply chains to maximize the benefits of the clean energy transition as the nation works to curb the climate crisis, empower workers, and advance environmental justice. The overarching goal of this opportunity is to develop domestic supply chains for critical minerals and materials (CMM) by creating paths and strategies to commercialize processes that utilize domestic resources. These activities can include extraction, separation, processing, refining, alloying, or recycling technologies but should focus on decreasing environmental emissions, reducing resource usage or intensity, and/or optimizing cost. The FOA will include five areas of interest (AOI), which are separated into phases as follows: 1: CMM Supply Chain: Multiphase opportunity to develop technologies or process improvements along the critical mineral and material (CMM) supply chain that develop new domestic supplies of CMMs. 2: Value Added Products: Multiphase opportunity to develop value added products from a feedstock containing CMM. 3: Next Generation Technologies: Development of novel, “next generation” technologies to be utilized in the production of critical minerals and materials that focus on the optimization of environmental emissions, resource usage or intensity, and cost within extraction, production, separation, processing, refining, alloying, manufacturing, or recycling technologies. 4: Alternative Materials: Development of CMM alternatives or substitutes to increase robustness of domestic supply chains. 5: Alternative Products: Development of alternative energy technologies or designs of existing energy technologies, particularly technologies or designs that use materials that are abundant in the US or not subject to supply restrictions.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 99. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Fossil Energy Research and Development
U.S. Department of Energy
Agency Contact
Ryan Miller Grantor Phone 202-287-1487
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