Jul 2025 | DE-FOA | Energy Critical Materials Assessment

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0003568 regarding the 2026 Energy Critical Materials Assessment. This RFI seeks public comment on energy technologies of interest, materials of interest, supply chain information, market dynamics, challenges to domestic industry, methodology, DOE critical materials and DOI critical minerals lists, and other stakeholder issues related to the Energy Critical Materials Assessment. Such input will inform the 2026 Energy Critical Materials Assessment.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to EnergyCriticalMaterialsRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on July 25, 2025.

This is solely a request for information and not a Notice of funding Opportunity (NOFO). AMMTO is not accepting applications.

DEADLINES:

Full Application Submission Deadline: 7/25/2025 5:00 PM ET

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Jan 2025 | DE-FOA | Turbine Technology

The activities to be funded under this NOFO support BIL sections 41007(b)(2) and the broader government-wide approach to strengthen critical domestic manufacturing and supply chains and to maximize the benefits of the clean energy transitionas the nation works to curb the climate crisis, empower workers, and advance environmental justice. This BIL section, through reference to section 3003(b)(4) of the Energy Act of 2020, addresses:

  • Research and development projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of wind energy technologies, including:
    • by increasing the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the recovery of raw materials from wind energy technology components and system,
    • by minimizing potential environmental impacts from the recovery and disposal processes,
    • by advancing technologies and processes for the disassembly and recycling of wind energy devices,
    • by developing alternative materials, designs, manufacturing processes, and other aspects of wind energy technologies and the disassembly and resource recovery process that enable efficient, cost effective, and environmentally responsible disassembly of, and resource recovery from, wind energy technologies; and,
    • strategies to increase consumer acceptance of, and participation in, the recycling of wind energy technologies.
DEADLINES:
  • Full Application Submission: 2/11/2025 5:00 PM ET

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Dec 2024 | ARPA-E | RECOVER

The RECOVER program seeks to develop technologies to concentrate and recover high value energy materials from aqueous waste streams. Priority high value energy materials for the program are ammonia and metals considered critical to energy and diversifying the U.S. supply chain. Ammonia is produced using the Haber-Bosch process with a high energy and greenhouse gas penalty, and much of this ammonia ends up in municipal and animal waste streams where it is destroyed without recovery. Critical metals are obtained from ore mining and processing and are almost entirely sourced from overseas; their use in infrastructure and military technologies makes their supply a matter of national concern. Produced water and mining waste streams have sufficient amounts of key critical metals to displace all or most of U.S. imports. The RECOVER program will enable: i) the replacement of 50% of conventional ammonia supplies, and all or partial critical metals imports, ii) the valorization of multiple high value energy materials from an aqueous waste stream, iii) the reduction of energy demands and CO2-equivalent (CO2eq) emissions for ammonia and critical metals procurement, and iv)the recovery of market-valuable products at competitive prices. Recovery of market-valuable products will create new revenue sources for aqueous waste stream processors, thereby reducing net costs and contributing to improved water treatment outcomes.

DEADLINES:
  • Letter of Intent: None.
  • Concept Paper Submission: 12/31/2024 9:30 AM ET
  • Full Application Submission: TBD

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Dec 2024 | ARPA-E | NOFO

The Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) is considering issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support the development of technologies aimed at accelerating genetic engineering for bioenergy crops. This potential NOFO would focus on bioenergy crops that significantly address ARPA-E mission areas, such as decreasing energy imports and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as strengthening U.S. leadership in developing and deploying energy technologies. The purpose of this Teaming Partner List announcement is to facilitate the formation of new project teams to respond to the potential NOFO. Any NOFO issued in the future would provide specific program goals, technical metrics, and selection criteria. If there are any inconsistencies between this announcement and the potential NOFO, the NOFO language would be controlling.

DEADLINES:
  • Letter of Intent: None.
  • Concept Paper Submission: TBD
  • Full Application Submission: TBD

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Dec 2024 | ARPA-E | CATALCHEM-ESBIR/STTR

The Catalytic Application Testing for Accelerated Learning Chemistries via High-throughput Experimentation and Modeling Efficiently SBIR/STTR (CATALCHEM-ESBIR/STTR) program aims to disrupt and accelerate the design and development cycle for heterogeneous catalyst R&D workflows. The program will span from rational material discovery to synthesis and final reactor testing. These novel workflows will be developed by coupling the latest advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) with high-throughput experimentation (HTE) to verifiably complete 10–15 years of traditional catalysis R&D work within 12–18 months, thus achieving more than a ten-time acceleration in the catalyst development cycle. The program will then use these new tools to discover and optimize catalytic chemistries relevant to ARPA-E’s goals. These new chemistries will ultimately help advance the objective of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

DEADLINES:
  • Letter of Intent: None
  • Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 12/17/2024, 9:30 AM ET
  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

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