Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) – Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: November 14, 2025

Archive date: February 28, 2026

Close date: January 15, 2026

Opportunity ID: 360863

Opportunity number: DE-FOA-0003583

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: National Energy Technology Laboratory

Agency code: DOE-NETL

Award floor: $1

Award ceiling: $75,000,000

Cost sharing required: Yes

Funding Instrument Types
  • Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
  • Energy Infrastructure and Critical Mineral and Materials
  • IIJ
Eligible Applicants
  • Unrestricted
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:doe_netl
  • category_of_funding_activity:energy_infrastructure_and_critical_mineral_and_materials
  • category_of_funding_activity:iij
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
  • eligible_applicants:unrestricted
  • funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
Description

The focus of this NOFO is to invest in American industrial facilities that have the potential to produce valuable critical material byproducts from existing industrial processes. Industries such as mining and mineral processing, power generation, coal, oil and gas, specialty metals, and basic materials have the potential to address many of America’s most severe mineral vulnerabilities.Amendment 000001:Extension of application due date from December 15, 2025, to January 15, 2026, and other dates on page 6 of NOFO Part 1. Added verbiage on page 12 of Part 1: Office of Science National labs may provide a cognizant CO for the FFRDC authorization at time of award, not at time of application, in accordance with DOE OS memo dated June 3, 2025 titled "Streamlining Strategic Partnership Projects and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements". Removal of two paragraphs on page 21 and 22 of NOFO Part 2: 10. Work Proposal for DOE FFRDC and 11. Authorization for Non-DOE or DOE FFRDCs (if applicable)

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) – Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities
The focus of this NOFO is to invest in American industrial facilities that have the potential to produce valuable critical material byproducts from existing industrial processes. Industries such as mining and mineral processing, power generation, coal, oil and gas, specialty metals, and basic materials have the potential to address many of America’s most severe mineral vulnerabilities.Amendment 000001:Extension of application due date from December 15, 2025, to January 15, 2026, and other dates on page 6 of NOFO Part 1. Added verbiage on page 12 of Part 1: Office of Science National labs may provide a cognizant CO for the FFRDC authorization at time of award, not at time of application, in accordance with DOE OS memo dated June 3, 2025 titled "Streamlining Strategic Partnership Projects and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements". Removal of two paragraphs on page 21 and 22 of NOFO Part 2: 10. Work Proposal for DOE FFRDC and 11. Authorization for Non-DOE or DOE FFRDCs (if applicable)
[Forecasted] Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) – Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities
Forecasted
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Energy Infrastructure and Critical Mineral and Materials
IIJ
Cooperative Agreement
Unrestricted
2025-11-14