This is a Notice of Intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0002854

The summary for the This is a Notice of Intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0002854 grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Energy Technology Laboratory, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

This is a Notice of Intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0002854: Disclaimer: This Notice of Intent is for informational purposes only and DOE is not seeking comments on the information contained in the notice. This is a Notice of Intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0002854, titled Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Front-End Engineering Design Studies for Production of Critical Minerals and Materials from Coal-Based Resources. The overall objective of the planned Funding Opportunity Announcement is to support the Department of Energy's current vision to secure diverse, resilient, domestic Critical Minerals and Materials supply chains by expanding the Critical Minerals Sustainability Program to fund additional front end engineering design Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering Class 3 cost estimate studies for the recovery and refining of Critical Minerals and Materials, with a primary focus on production of high purity rare earth metals, or alternate forms, as required for critical supply chain use.