Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0001069
Apply for DE FOA 0001069
- The Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent for Strategic Minerals Recovery Funding Opportunity Announcement" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 17, 2014 and posted on Jan 17, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by TBD. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- 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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Opportunity Summary:
This opportunity is a Notice of Intent from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), specifically the Geothermal Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), indicating that DOE planned to release a future Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) related to strategic minerals recovery. The notice is essentially an early heads-up to help potential applicants prepare in advance. It is not an active solicitation, it is not requesting proposals, and it does not provide an application pathway on its own.
The notice makes a few points very clearly. First, no applications will be accepted under this Notice of Intent. Second, DOE asked organizations not to submit questions or responses to the notice itself. Instead, interested parties were encouraged to use the lead time to line up project partners, refine technical concepts, and gather the data and supporting materials that would be needed once the actual FOA was released. DOE anticipated that the full FOA would be posted to the EERE Exchange website in February 2014, and the Notice of Intent frames this as a preparation period rather than a funding competition.
From the listing details, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and the expected award instrument type is a cooperative agreement, which typically means DOE anticipates substantial involvement during the project period (for example, collaboration on milestones, reporting, and technical direction). The funding activity category is energy, and it is associated with CFDA number 81.087, Renewable Energy Research and Development. The posting date is January 17, 2014, and the archive date is April 17, 2014. The record shows no estimated total funding and no award ceiling or floor, which is consistent with this being only a preliminary notice rather than the final FOA where funding levels and project sizes would normally be defined.
Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to any type of applicant unless later limited by clarifications in the eventual FOA text. In practice, that usually signals that a wide range of entities could potentially participate, such as private companies, universities, national laboratories, nonprofits, state or local governments, or teams combining several of these. Because this is only a Notice of Intent, the exact eligibility requirements, submission rules, and evaluation criteria would have been expected to appear in the forthcoming FOA rather than in this notice.
Administratively, the agency contact listed for access issues is Ryan N. McCleary, reachable at MineralRecoveryFOA@go.doe.gov. The notice also points applicants to the EERE Exchange portal as the place where the full FOA would be posted. The issuing office is shown as the Golden Field Office.
In short, this listing is best read as a planning alert for an upcoming DOE EERE Geothermal Technologies Office funding announcement focused on strategic minerals recovery. It provides timing expectations and basic administrative metadata, but it does not authorize submissions, does not define a budget, and does not contain the technical scope or application requirements that would normally be needed to apply.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. What is this opportunity?
This listing is a Notice of Intent (NOI) from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), specifically the Geothermal Technologies Office. It serves as an advance notice that DOE planned to release a future Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) focused on strategic minerals recovery.
2. Is this Notice of Intent an open funding solicitation?
No. The Notice of Intent is not an active solicitation. It does not request proposals and does not provide a way to apply for funding by itself.
3. Can applications be submitted under this Notice of Intent?
No. The notice states clearly that no applications will be accepted under the Notice of Intent.
4. Should questions be submitted to DOE about this Notice of Intent?
No. DOE explicitly asked organizations not to submit questions or responses to the Notice of Intent itself.
5. What should interested organizations do during the Notice of Intent period?
The Notice of Intent describes this as a preparation period. Interested parties were encouraged to use the lead time to line up project partners, refine technical concepts, and gather data and supporting materials that would likely be needed after the actual FOA was released.
6. When was the full Funding Opportunity Announcement expected to be released?
DOE anticipated the full FOA would be posted to the EERE Exchange website in February 2014.
7. Where would the official FOA be posted?
The Notice of Intent points to the EERE Exchange portal as the place where the full FOA would be posted.
8. What DOE office is associated with this Notice of Intent?
The issuing office is the Geothermal Technologies Office within EERE, and the listing shows the Golden Field Office as the issuing office administratively.
9. What is the topic area or focus of the planned FOA?
The planned FOA is described as being related to strategic minerals recovery.
10. What is the funding activity category for this opportunity?
The funding activity category is energy.
11. What type of funding is this categorized as?
The listing categorizes the opportunity as discretionary funding.
12. What award instrument type was expected?
The expected award instrument type is a cooperative agreement.
13. What does it mean that the expected instrument is a cooperative agreement?
In general, a cooperative agreement typically indicates DOE anticipates substantial involvement during the project period, such as collaboration on milestones, reporting, and technical direction. The Notice of Intent itself does not provide project management details, but it does list the expected instrument type as a cooperative agreement.
14. What is the CFDA number associated with this listing?
The listing is associated with CFDA number 81.087, Renewable Energy Research and Development.
15. Who is eligible to apply based on the Notice of Intent?
Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to any type of applicant unless later limited by clarifications in the eventual FOA.
16. Does unrestricted eligibility guarantee that every applicant type can apply?
No. The Notice of Intent indicates broad eligibility at this stage, but exact eligibility requirements would have been expected to appear in the forthcoming FOA rather than in this notice.
17. Are the evaluation criteria and submission requirements included in this Notice of Intent?
No. The Notice of Intent does not contain evaluation criteria, submission rules, or detailed application requirements. Those details would normally be defined in the full FOA.
18. How much funding was available under this Notice of Intent?
The record shows no estimated total funding and no award ceiling or floor. This is consistent with the listing being only a preliminary notice rather than the final FOA where funding levels and project sizes would normally be defined.
19. What are the posting and archive dates for this Notice of Intent?
The posting date is January 17, 2014, and the archive date is April 17, 2014.
20. Who is the listed contact for access issues, and what is the email?
The agency contact listed for access issues is Ryan N. McCleary. The contact email provided is MineralRecoveryFOA@go.doe.gov.
21. Does this listing provide an application pathway or submission link?
No. The Notice of Intent does not provide an application pathway. It only indicates that the eventual FOA would be posted on EERE Exchange.
22. What is the practical takeaway from this Notice of Intent?
This listing should be read as a planning alert for an upcoming DOE EERE Geothermal Technologies Office funding announcement focused on strategic minerals recovery. It provides timing expectations and basic administrative information, but it does not authorize submissions, define a budget, or include the technical scope and application requirements needed to apply.
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