Original Closing Date: 01-05-2026
The Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) is issuing this NOFO to request applications for projects to design, construct, commission and operate a Rare Earth Element (REE) Demonstration Facility that demonstrates the separation of REEs from feedstock derived from acid mine drainage, mine waste, or other deleterious materials to rare earth oxides and refining into rare earth metals at a single site.
Modification 0001: The purpose of this modification is to extend the Letter of Intent Deadline from December 10, 2025 to December 17, 2025; extend the Application Deadline from January 5, 2026 to January 20, 2026; extend the Anticipated Selection Notification Date from January 2026 to February 2026 and extend the Anticipated Award Date from March 2026 to April 2026.
Instructions for this NOFO can be found at Infrastructure eXCHANGE: Funding Opportunities.
