Eligible Entities
• A U.S. academic institution may serve as the prime recipient, either leading the project directly or acting as a pass-through entity, as long as at least one for-profit company participates as a subrecipient.
• A formally incorporated consortium may serve as the prime recipient, provided it includes a U.S. academic institution that plays a meaningful role in the project and receives funds as a subrecipient.
• An unincorporated consortium may also apply, as long as the prime recipient has a partnership agreement with a U.S. academic institution that clearly defines project roles and responsibilities, and the academic institution is included as a subrecipient.
The following types of domestic entities are eligible to participate as a subrecipient:
• Institutions of higher education;
• For-profit organizations;
• Nonprofit organizations;
• State and local governmental entities; and
• Indian Tribes, as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 25 U.S.C. § 5304
Eligible Activities
The objective of this program is to:
• Fund the design, construction and operation of one (or more) cost effective, innovative, demonstration processing line(s) at a new or existing facility that will supply 150 to 1000 metric
tons per year of rare earth elements (REEs) for domestic use.
• The facility must process, separate, and refine rare earth oxides into rare earth metals from feedstock derived from acid mine drainage, mine waste or other deleterious material, including e-waste at a single site — with a priority for heavy rare earth elements.
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