Closed · DE-FOA-0003585 · CFDA 81.253 · Discretionary

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Section 40207 Battery Materials Processing & Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Grant Programs

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

$50M-$100M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 24, 2026
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Section 40207 Battery Materials Processing & Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Grant Programs is a closed discretionary listing from National Energy Technology Laboratory that offered $50,000,000 -- $100,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 530 other opportunities from National Energy Technology Laboratory.

$50M-$100M
award range
Closed
application status
81.253
CFDA program
530
other opportunities from National Energy Technology Laboratory

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on April 24, 2026. CFDA 81.253 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $50,000,000 -- $100,000,000.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed April 24, 2026

Posted Mar 13 Closes Apr 24

Est. Total Funding

$500,000,000

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Manufacturing Deployment Office (MDO) is issuing this NOFO to request applications for projects which will develop domestic facilities toward battery materials processing, manufacturing, and recycling. The goals of this program are to strengthen critical domestic manufacturing and supply chains while increasing critical minerals production by up to 15% by 2030 for key critical materials used in batteries and other applications.See full text of the NOFO in Infrastructure eXCHANGE.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0003585

Grants.gov marks Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). 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). 38 other National Energy Technology Laboratory listings share this eligibility-code string (7% of 531).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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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Agency Contact

Andrew Kinsel

What to do next

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