Closed · DE-FOA-0003583 · CFDA 81.089 · Discretionary

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) – Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities

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

$1-$75M
Award range
Closed
Status
January 15, 2026
Close date
13
Expected awards

The verdict

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) – Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities is a closed discretionary listing from National Energy Technology Laboratory that offered $1 -- $75,000,000 across 13 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 530 other opportunities from National Energy Technology Laboratory.

$1-$75M
award range
Closed
application status
13
expected awards
81.089
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on January 15, 2026. Watch CFDA 81.089 (Fossil Energy Research and Development) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $1 -- $75,000,000.

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 15, 2026

Posted Nov 14 Closes Jan 15

Est. Total Funding

$275,000,000

Expected Awards

13

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The focus of this NOFO is to invest in American industrial facilities that have the potential to produce valuable critical material byproducts from existing industrial processes. Industries such as mining and mineral processing, power generation, coal, oil and gas, specialty metals, and basic materials have the potential to address many of America’s most severe mineral vulnerabilities.Amendment 000001:Extension of application due date from December 15, 2025, to January 15, 2026, and other dates on page 6 of NOFO Part 1. Added verbiage on page 12 of Part 1: Office of Science National labs may provide a cognizant CO for the FFRDC authorization at time of award, not at time of application, in accordance with DOE OS memo dated June 3, 2025 titled "Streamlining Strategic Partnership Projects and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements". Removal of two paragraphs on page 21 and 22 of NOFO Part 2: 10. Work Proposal for DOE FFRDC and 11. Authorization for Non-DOE or DOE FFRDCs (if applicable)

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0003583

Grants.gov marks Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 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 codes span Energy / Infrastructure · Information and Statistics (EIC;IIJ). 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

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What to do next

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 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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