Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) – Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities
- Posted
- November 14, 2025
- Closed
- January 15, 2026
- Award ceiling
- $75,000,000
- Award floor
- $1
- Program funding
- $275,000,000
- Expected awards
- 13
- Cost sharing
- Yes
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 81.089
- Category
- Energy Infrastructure and Critical Mineral and Materials (EICMM), Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
- Archives
- February 28, 2026
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 81.089 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $1.1B
- FY2025 obligated
- $966.3M
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $195.6M
- Awards in window
- 821
Top recipients: Colorado State University, Institute of Gas Technology, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, University of North Dakota, University of Wyoming
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
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)
Who can apply
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
N/A
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