Notice of Intent to Issue Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): Mines and Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: August 13, 2025
Archive date: January 14, 2026
Close date: December 15, 2025
Opportunity ID: 360291
Opportunity number: DE-FOA-0003582
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: National Energy Technology Laboratory
Agency code: DOE-NETL
Award floor: $1
Award ceiling: $2
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Business and Commerce
- Energy
- Natural Resources
Eligible Applicants
- Unrestricted
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:doe_netl
- category_of_funding_activity:business_and_commerce
- category_of_funding_activity:energy
- category_of_funding_activity:natural_resources
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:unrestricted
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) to Issue Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) No. DE-FOA-0003583, titled: Mines and Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities. The goal of the planned NOFO is to facilitate the development of large pilot-scale facilities to recover domestic critical minerals and materials (CMM), including rare earth elements (REE), graphite, and other value-added products from operating industrial facilities. Example industries with byproduct production potential include: phosphate, fertilizer, oil and gas, smelting, mining, waste management. Goal-related resources will be eligible in this program. Disclaimer This NOI is issued so that interested parties are aware that DOE may issue a NOFO as described herein, may issue a NOFO that is significantly different than what is described herein, or may not issue a NOFO at all. Any information contained within this NOI is subject to change. No concept papers, letters of intent, or full applications are being requested nor accepted in response to this NOI. The Department is not seeking comments on the information in this notice and will not respond to questions concerning this Notice. Upon release of a NOFO, an avenue for potential applicants to submit questions will be provided.