Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0002358
This Notice of Request for Information (RFI), listed as DE-FOA-0002358, is a Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) effort to gather stakeholder input on research and development needs for the battery critical materials supply chain. The focus is on the upstream and midstream parts of the supply chain, meaning the earlier stages where raw materials are produced, refined, and processed into battery-ready inputs. EERE is particularly seeking feedback related to minerals and cathode-material pathways involving cobalt, lithium, and nickel, with an emphasis on practical challenges, technology gaps, and opportunities to strengthen domestic and allied supply capacity.
The RFI is being led by DOE's Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) in coordination with the Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) and the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). That combination signals interest not only in conventional mining and processing routes, but also in manufacturing-relevant issues such as scalable processing methods, process intensification, cost and energy efficiency, and potentially alternative sourcing pathways that could intersect with geothermal resources or brines. In general terms, DOE is using the RFI to understand where the biggest bottlenecks are in producing and refining these materials, what technical barriers are limiting scale-up, and which R&D directions could most effectively improve resilience, sustainability, and competitiveness for U.S. battery material supply chains.
This announcement is not a funding opportunity and does not provide financial assistance. It is strictly a request for information, meaning DOE will not pay respondents for preparing submissions, will not select projects for awards based on responses, and has stated that no projects will be supported as a direct result of the RFI. While DOE notes it may issue a future Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) after reviewing feedback, it also clearly states that a later FOA is not guaranteed. The opportunity is categorized as "Other" rather than a grant competition, and the expected number of awards is zero.
Eligibility is effectively open: the listing indicates unrestricted applicants, inviting responses from industry, universities, national labs and other research organizations, government agencies, and other stakeholders with relevant insight. The intent is to capture a wide range of perspectives across the supply chain, including entities involved in mineral extraction, chemical processing and refining, cathode precursor and cathode active material production, manufacturing technology development, and related environmental, regulatory, and logistics considerations.
Submissions were required to be sent electronically by email to BatteryCriticalMaterialsRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00 pm Eastern Time on July 31, 2020. DOE requested that responses be provided as email attachments in either Microsoft Word (.docx) or PDF format, limited to 10 pages, using 12-point font and 1-inch margins. For attachments larger than 25 MB, DOE recommended compressing files (for example, using a ZIP file) to reduce delivery issues. Only electronic submissions were accepted, and the full announcement details were posted on the EERE Exchange website (https://eere-exchange.energy.gov).
From an administrative standpoint, the RFI was issued under the Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, with a creation date of June 29, 2020 and a closing date of July 31, 2020. The CFDA number associated with the listing is 81.087 (Energy). Although the listing includes an "award ceiling" field, it does not represent available funding for this RFI, since DOE explicitly states there will be no awards and no financial incentives tied to this request.Apply for DE FOA 0002358
- The Department of Energy, Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s in support of Battery Critical Materials Supply Chain R&D" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.087.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 29, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 31, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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