Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): Mine of the Future - Proving Ground Initiative
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: November 14, 2025
Archive date: March 3, 2026
Close date: January 30, 2026
Opportunity ID: 360862
Opportunity number: DE-FOA-0003390
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: National Energy Technology Laboratory
Agency code: DOE-NETL
Award floor: $1
Award ceiling: $40,000,000
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
- Energy Infrastructure and Critical Mineral and Materials
Eligible Applicants
- Unrestricted
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:doe_netl
- category_of_funding_activity:energy_infrastructure_and_critical_mineral_and_materials
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:unrestricted
- funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The objective of NOFO-0003390 is to establish mining technology proving grounds that accelerate novel technology development for the U.S. mining sector. These competitive awards would invest in the infrastructure and technologies to transform mining practices and speed the development of secure and resilient domestic CMM supply networks of the future.Modification 000001: The application due date has been extended from December 15, 2025, to January 30, 2026. The subsequent timeline has been modified accordingly.