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  TPL-0000011 Teaming Partner List for DE-FOA-0003390 IIJA: Mine of the Future - Proving Ground Initiative Teaming Partner List Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
  TPL-0000006 Teaming Partner List for DE-FOA-0003583 IIJA: Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities Teaming Partner List Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
  DE-FOA-0003583 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) – Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) 12/15/2025 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0003390 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): Mine of the Future - Proving Ground Initiative Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) 12/15/2025 05:00 PM ET
  TPL-0000010 Teaming Partner List (TPL) for DE-FOA-0003606, titled, "Improving Efficiency, Reliability, and Flexibility of Coal-Based Power Plants" Teaming Partner List Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
  DE-FOA-0003606 Improving Efficiency, Reliability, and Flexibility of Coal-Based Power Plants Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) 1/7/2026 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0003607 Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0003606, titled, "Improving Efficiency, Reliability, and Flexibility of Coal-Based Power Plants" Notice of Intent to Publish Announcement (NOI) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) TBD
  DE-FOA-0003603 Mine of the Future – Proving Ground Initiative Notice of Intent to Publish Announcement (NOI) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) TBD
  DE-FOA-0003582 Notice of Intent to Issue: Mines and Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities Notice of Intent to Publish Announcement (NOI) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002956 Advancing Technology Development for Securing a Domestic Supply of Critical Minerals and Materials (CMM) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) 11/26/2024 05:00 PM ET
  TPL-0000002 Teaming Partner List for DE-FOA-0002956 Advancing Technology Development for Securing a Domestic Supply of Critical Minerals and Materials (CMM) Teaming Partner List Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
  DE-FOA-0002955 Advancing Technology Development for Securing a Domestic Supply of Critical Minerals and Materials (CMM) Notice of Intent to Publish Announcement (NOI) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) TBD
  DE-FOA-0003018 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Clean Fuels & Products Shot: Supporting Carbon Utilization Products via Electrochemical Conversion and Refinery and Petrochemical Facilities Retrofitting Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) 8/27/2024 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0003077 Regional Scale Collaboration to Facilitate a Domestic Critical Minerals Future: Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) 6/24/2024 05:00 PM ET

TPL-0000011: Teaming Partner List for DE-FOA-0003390 IIJA: Mine of the Future - Proving Ground Initiative

This Teaming Partner List (TPL) is for DE-FOA-0003390 (NOFO) Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): Mine of the Future - Proving Ground Initiative.

IT IS OPTIONAL TO COMPLETE THIS TPL.

A Teaming Partner List may be used to facilitate the formation of new project teams for the announcement. The list allows organizations to express their interest and to explore potential partnerships.

Please see:

DE-FOA-0003390: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( IIJA) - Mine of the Future - Proving Ground Initiative

Documents

  • Topic_Information (Last Updated: 11/14/2025 01:19 PM ET)

Application Forms and Templates

The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

Contact Information

Teaming Partners

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TPL-0000006: Teaming Partner List for DE-FOA-0003583 IIJA: Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities

This Teaming Partner List (TPL) is for DE-FOA-0003583 (NOFO) Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities.

IT IS OPTIONAL TO COMPLETE THIS TPL.

A Teaming Partner List may be used to facilitate the formation of new project teams for the announcement. The list allows organizations to express their interest and to explore potential partnerships.

Please see:

DE-FOA-0003583: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( IIJA) - Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion - Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestric Industrial Facilities 

Documents

  • Topic_Information (Last Updated: 11/5/2025 03:28 PM ET)

Application Forms and Templates

The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

Contact Information

Teaming Partners

To access the Teaming Partner List for the announcement, click here.

DE-FOA-0003583: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) – Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities

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This NOFO invests in American industrial facilities that have the potential to produce valuable critical materials from existing industrial processes and legacy waste streams. Industries such as mining and mineral processing, power generation, coal, oil and gas, specialty metals, and basic materials have the potential to recover valuable materials that will address many of America’s most severe mineral vulnerabilities. The goal of this NOFO is to increase domestic critical material production.

American industrial facilities have enormous potential to recover valuable mineral coproducts and byproducts from ongoing operations and legacy waste streams such as mine tailings, impoundments, and coal ash. To de-risk industry investments, the technology for recovering these materials must be piloted under real-world conditions and at a scale relevant to each industry.

There are two topic areas:

Topic Area 1: Mines & Metals Pilots—Coal-Based Industry.

Topic Area 2: Mines & Metals Pilots—All Industries

Projects are expected to produce qualified market-ready CMM products, and other value-added materials with potential offtake agreements. In addition, projects will generate the critically needed information and operational data required for the development of a near-term commercial facility within the U.S.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0003583_11.14 (Last Updated: 11/14/2025 01:33 PM ET)

Application Forms and Templates

The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

Full Application

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 12/15/2025 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0003390: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): Mine of the Future - Proving Ground Initiative

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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.

This NOFO will enable real-world testing and optimization of the next generation of mining technologies to be deployed at mine sites across the U.S. while offering a training ground for dissemination of skills, technology, practices, and expertise. These proving grounds will be a national resource accessible to all DOE Offices, industry, academia, and other research partners to advance innovation, testing, and workforce development in responsible mining.

Documents

  • NOFO 3390 - Part 1 (Last Updated: 11/14/2025 12:17 PM ET)
  • NOFO 3390 - Part 2 (Last Updated: 11/14/2025 11:15 AM ET)
  • PMP_Template_NOFO_3390_(1) (Last Updated: 11/7/2025 11:22 AM ET)
  • Project_Summary_Data_Sheet_NOFO_3390 (Last Updated: 11/7/2025 11:22 AM ET)
  • SOPO_Template_NOFO_3390 (Last Updated: 11/7/2025 11:22 AM ET)
  • TMP_template_NOFO_3390 (Last Updated: 11/7/2025 11:23 AM ET)
  • Budget_Information_Non-Construction_Programs_(SF-424A)_Oct_2024 (Last Updated: 11/7/2025 11:23 AM ET)
  • Certification_Regarding_Lobbying_(OMB_4040-0013) (Last Updated: 11/7/2025 11:23 AM ET)
  • Disclosure_of_Lobbying_Activities_(SF-LLL)_-_If_applicable (Last Updated: 11/7/2025 11:24 AM ET)
  • Environmental_Questionnaire_3 (Last Updated: 11/7/2025 11:24 AM ET)
  • Key_Contacts_2_0-V2 (Last Updated: 11/7/2025 11:24 AM ET)
  • Location(s)_of_Work (Last Updated: 11/7/2025 11:24 AM ET)
  • URL_NETL_eXCHANGE_NOFO_3390 (Last Updated: 11/7/2025 11:25 AM ET)

Application Forms and Templates

The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

Full Application

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 12/15/2025 5:00 PM ET

Teaming Partners

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TPL-0000010: Teaming Partner List (TPL) for DE-FOA-0003606, titled, "Improving Efficiency, Reliability, and Flexibility of Coal-Based Power Plants"

DOE is compiling a Teaming Partner List to facilitate the potential formation of project teams for this NOFO. The Teaming Partner List allows organizations that may wish to participate on a project to express their interest to other Applicants and explore potential partnerships.

Note: See Part 1 of the NOFO, specifically Section I.C. for more information surrounding the Teaming Partner List.

Disclaimer: (Applicants) shall not submit any application documents to this Teaming Partner List. For application requirements, documents, and templates, please refer to "DE-FOA-0003606" posted under "NETL Funding Opportunities" (in eXCHANGE).

Application Forms and Templates

The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

Contact Information

Teaming Partners

To access the Teaming Partner List for the announcement, click here.

DE-FOA-0003606: Improving Efficiency, Reliability, and Flexibility of Coal-Based Power Plants

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The purpose of this NOFO is to seek applications for projects to design, implement, test and validate three compelling opportunities (here-in-after “topic areas”) for strategic refurbishment/retrofit of existing coal power plants, providing a path for rapid and cost-effective restoration of stability to the nation’s bulk power system while supporting the nation’s industrial and energy security priorities by enabling coal powered systems to provide reliable, secure, and affordable electricity delivered in the near term at scale. Successful projects will lead to the implementation of transformational technologies that will significantly improve the efficiency, effectiveness, costs, emissions reductions, and environmental performance of coal and natural gas use.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0003606_Part_1 (Last Updated: 10/31/2025 01:46 PM ET)
  • DE-FOA-0003606_Part_2 (Last Updated: 10/31/2025 01:47 PM ET)
  • pre_FEED_Deliverables (Last Updated: 10/29/2025 03:39 PM ET)
  • DE-FOA-0003606_Question_and_Answer_Log_11-12-2025 (Last Updated: 11/12/2025 02:19 PM ET)

Application Forms and Templates

The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

Full Application

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 1/7/2026 5:00 PM ET

Teaming Partners

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DE-FOA-0003607: Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0003606, titled, "Improving Efficiency, Reliability, and Flexibility of Coal-Based Power Plants"

This Notice of Intent (NOI) DE-FOA-0003607, is to Issue Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) No. DE-FOA-0003606, titled, "Improving Efficiency, Reliability, and Flexibility of Coal-Based Power Plants"


The objectives of the planned projects are to facilitate the development of advanced wastewater management systems, dual firing retrofits, and natural gas cofiring systems for coal-fired facilities with a compelling opportunity for strategic refurbishment. Achieving this goal would help enable a rapid and cost-effective path to ensuring affordable, reliable, secure power at scale to address the surging demand from national defense installations, semiconductor fabrication plants, Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers, critical mineral processing, and industrial re-shoring, all of which require access to power.


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.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0003607_Notice_of_Intent (Last Updated: 10/6/2025 04:21 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

Teaming Partners

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DE-FOA-0003603: Mine of the Future – Proving Ground Initiative

Notice of Intent to Issue Notice of Funding Opportunity No. DE-FOA-0003390 titled “Mine of the Future – Proving Ground Initiative”

The goal of this work is to de-risk the adoption of new mining technologies for commercialization and widespread industry adoption.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0003603 - Notice of Intent to Issue NOFO DE-FOA-0003390 (Last Updated: 9/26/2025 02:26 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

Teaming Partners

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DE-FOA-0003582: Notice of Intent to Issue: Mines and Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities

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.

Documents

  • NOI_DE-FOA-0003582_FINAL (Last Updated: 8/13/2025 02:04 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

Teaming Partners

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DE-FOA-0002956: Advancing Technology Development for Securing a Domestic Supply of Critical Minerals and Materials (CMM)

DE-FOA-0002956 supports DOE’s current vision to develop secure, diverse, resilient, domestic Critical Mineral and Materials (CMM) supply chains by expanding the Programs at the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) and the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) to fund additional processing research and development (R&D) for the recovery and refining of CMM, as required for critical supply chain use.

The overall objectives of the FOA are to (1) continue to advance CMM technology development, not only in the area of new advanced recovery concepts, but also to (2) expand and improve process systems development, optimization, and efficiency, to (3) improve CMM process system economic feasibility and align production costs with existing market sectors, and to (4) produce CMM from multiple, diverse feedstocks including recycled materials.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002956_Modification_000002 (Last Updated: 11/18/2024 03:01 PM ET)
  • DE-FOA-0002956 Questions and Answers Through 11_26_2024 (Last Updated: 11/26/2024 09:54 AM ET)

Application Forms and Templates

The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

Full Application

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 11/26/2024 5:00 PM ET

Teaming Partners

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TPL-0000002: Teaming Partner List for DE-FOA-0002956 Advancing Technology Development for Securing a Domestic Supply of Critical Minerals and Materials (CMM)

Teaming Partner List is to facilitate the formation of new project teams for DE-FOA-0002956 Advancing Technology Development for Securing a Domestic Supply of Critical Minerals and Materials (CMM). The Teaming Partner List allows organizations who may wish to participate on an application to express their interest to other applicants and to explore potential partnerships.

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DE-FOA-0002955: Advancing Technology Development for Securing a Domestic Supply of Critical Minerals and Materials (CMM)

The United States Department of Energy (DOE’s) Fossil Energy and Carbon Management Program intends to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) no. DE-FOA-0002956 titled “Advancing Technology Development for Securing a Domestic Supply of Critical Minerals and Materials (CMM)”. This Notice of Intent to Issue (NOI) is for informational purposes only; the Department of Energy is not seeking comments on the information in this notice and applications are not being accepted at this time. DOE will not accept questions at this time regarding issuance of the FOA. Details on how to submit questions and comments will be provided in the FOA, if issued. Any information contained in this notice is subject to change.

This Notice of Intent supports DOE’s current vision to secure diverse, resilient, domestic CMM supply chains by expanding the Critical Minerals and Materials Program to fund additional processing research and development (R&D) for the recovery and refining of CMM, as required for critical supply chain use.

The intended FOA has four (4) Areas of Interest planned. The four Areas of Interest are as follows:

Area of Interest 1: Coproduction of CMM and Carbon Manufacturing Precursor Materials from Unconventional Coal and Other Carbon-based Feedstocks

Area of Interest 2: Recovery of Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREE) from Secondary and Unconventional Resources

Area of Interest 3: Critical Mineral Recovery from Produced Water

Area of Interest 4: Process Diversification: Production of Rare Earth Elements from Secondary/Unconventional Resources and Recycled Materials

Documents

  • Notification of Intent DE-FOA-0002955 (Last Updated: 8/29/2024 10:16 AM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

Teaming Partners

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DE-FOA-0003018: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Clean Fuels & Products Shot: Supporting Carbon Utilization Products via Electrochemical Conversion and Refinery and Petrochemical Facilities Retrofitting

The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) in collaboration with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is issuing this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).  Awards made under this FOA will be funded, in whole or in part, with funds appropriated by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, more commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).  The activities funded under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) support BIL Section 40302.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks applications to address carbon conversion challenges across multiple areas: engineering-scale electrochemical conversion and refinery/petrochemical facility retrofits. Research and development in electrochemical conversion will address the challenge of extending system durability to a point where further scale-up is warranted under future efforts. Feasibility studies of refinery and petrochemical facility retrofits will examine pathways for retrofitting of facilities for carbon utilization and production of value-added products. It is anticipated that responses and results of these studies could inform follow-on funding opportunities to advance proposed retrofit or renovations for carbon conversion.

Documents

  • BIL_DE-FOA-0003018_Mod_000001_Final_Clean_Fuels_Products_Shot (Last Updated: 7/16/2024 12:40 PM ET)
  • DE-FOA-0003018_Q&A_08.26 (Last Updated: 8/26/2024 08:55 AM ET)

Application Forms and Templates

The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

Full Application

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 8/27/2024 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0003077: Regional Scale Collaboration to Facilitate a Domestic Critical Minerals Future: Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative

The vision of the Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative is to catalyze regional economic growth and job creation by realizing the full potential value of natural resources, such as coal, throughout the United States. It has been designed to address the upstream and midstream critical minerals and materials (CMM) supply chain and downstream manufacturing of valuable, nonfuel, carbon-based products, to accelerate the realization of full potential for unconventional and secondary sources of CMM and carbon ore across the United States. Feedstocks that could be considered for domestic production to enhance national and economic security of CMM include fossil fuel energy and similar waste streams, such as coal waste and by-products, oil and gas produced waters, active mineral mines tailings and byproducts, and brines produced as part of carbon sequestration efforts. They can also be used as sources of carbon for production of valuable, nonfuel, carbon-based products (CBPs).

Documents

Application Forms and Templates

The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

Full Application

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 6/24/2024 5:00 PM ET