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DOE Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator: LOI and full proposals for pilot processing technologies

The U.S. Department of Energy is funding collaborative industry partnerships to prototype and pilot mid-stage critical minerals and materials processing technologies beyond the bench scale. The NOFO covers three topic areas: (1) rare earth recovery from scrap, (2) refining and alloying gallium, germanium, and silicon carbide for semiconductors, and (3) cost-competitive direct lithium extractio…

Source

Agency: Golden Field Office

Award

Total Funding: $69M

Award Ceiling: $3M

Award Floor: $1

Dates

Open Date: April 7, 2026

Close Date: July 20, 2026

Eligibility

industry:energy

industry:manufacturing

industry:research

Keywords

critical minerals

materials accelerator

rare earth recovery

semiconductor refining

direct lithium extraction

gallium germanium

geothermal brines

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