DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF SCIENCE BASIC ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYOFFICE OF SCIENCEBASIC ENERGY SCIENCESCRITICAL MINERALS & MATERIALS:CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS SCIENCES RESEARCH ONRARE EARTH AND PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTSFUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (FOA) NUMBER:DE-FOA-0002483FOA TYPE: INITIALCFDA NUMBER: 81.049FOA Issue Date:Submission Deadline for Pre-Applications:Pre-Application Response Date:Submission Deadline for Applications:March 18, 2021April 12, 2021 at 5:00PM EasternA Pre-Application is requiredMay 10, 2021June 9, 2021 at 11:59 PM Eastern
Table of ContentsSECTION I – FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION.1SECTION II – AWARD INFORMATION .6A. TYPE OF AWARD INSTRUMENT.6B. ESTIMATED FUNDING .6C. MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM AWARD SIZE .6D. EXPECTED NUMBER OF AWARDS.6E. ANTICIPATED AWARD SIZE .7F. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE .7G. TYPE OF APPLICATION .7SECTION III – ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION .8A. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS .8B. COST SHARING .9C. ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS .9D. LIMITATIONS ON SUBMISSIONS.9SECTION IV – APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION .10A. ADDRESS TO REQUEST APPLICATION PACKAGE .10B. LETTER OF INTENT AND PRE-APPLICATION .10C. GRANTS.GOV APPLICATION SUBMISSION AND RECEIPT PROCEDURES .13D. CONTENT AND APPLICATION FORMS .13E. SUBMISSIONS FROM SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS .23F. SUBMISSION DATES AND TIMES .23SECTION V - APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION .25A. CRITERIA .25B. REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS .26C. ANTICIPATED NOTICE OF SELECTION AND AWARD DATES .28SECTION VI – AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION .29A. AWARD NOTICES.29B. ADMINISTRATIVE AND NATIONAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS .29C. REPORTING .30D. REPORTING OF MATTERS RELATED TO RECIPIENT INTEGRITY ANDPERFORMANCE (DECEMBER 2015) .30SECTION VII - QUESTIONS/AGENCY CONTACTS.32
A. QUESTIONS .32B. AGENCY CONTACTS .32SECTION VIII – SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL .33A. HOW-TO GUIDES .33B. POLICY PROVISIONS .55C. ADMINISTRATIVE AND NATIONAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS .56D. REFERENCE MATERIAL .62
UPDATES AND REMINDERSRECOMMENDATIONThe Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) encourages you to register in allsystems as soon as possible. You are also encouraged to submit pre-applications, andapplications well before the deadline.CURRENT AND PENDING SUPPORT AND BIOSKETCHESThe instructions for the content of current and pending support and biosketches have changed.Please read the instructions carefully and follow them.REPORTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTSDOE is implementing enhanced reporting requirements for applications and awards. Reportingand administrative requirements, including but not limited to those pertaining to other sources ofsupport and potential conflicts of interest or commitment, are subject to change before theFederal award date. The terms and conditions of award will specify changed requirements:Applicants have the right to reject any proposed awards. Terms and conditions may be modifiedat the time of an award modification: Recipients have the right to reject such modifications andallow an award to expire.GRANTS.GOV WORKSPACEApplications submitted through Grants.gov at https://www.Grants.gov must be submittedthrough a “Workspace” or the applicant’s system-to-system service. Workspace permitsmembers of a team to simultaneously work on their application in an online collaborativeenvironment. Application forms may exist as both online webforms and downloadable forms.More information is available at paceoverview.html.UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER (UEI)The Federal Government is transitioning from the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS),assigned by Dun and Bradstreet at https://fedgov.dnb.gov to the UEI, assigned by the System forAward Management at https://www.sam.gov. Information systems including SAM.gov,Grants.gov and PAMS (https://pamspublic.science.energy.gov) are being updated: Please followthe on-screen instructions or contact each system’s Help Desk for additional information.Detailed information about the transition is available at unique-entity-identifier-update.DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN (DMP)Applications submitted under this FOA are subject to the Office of Science Statement on Digitali
Data Management, published at ital-datamanagement/. Compliance with this statement is detailed in Section IV of this FOA.ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FEDERAL SUPPORTSC guidance about how its support should be acknowledged is published cknowledgements/.PUBLIC ACCESSAwards made under this FOA are subject to DOE’s Public Access ccess-plan). Full-text version of scientificpublications must be made publicly accessible at no charge to readers.ii
Checklist for Avoiding Common Errors:ItemPage LimitsIssueStrictly followed throughout application,including particular attention to:- Research Narrative- Appendix 2 Narrative, if any- Biosketches- Data Management Plan(s) (DMPs)- Letter(s) of Recommendation, if anyone present in the applicationComposed of one PDF file including allappendicesName(s) of applicant, PI(s), PI’s institutionalaffiliation(s), Co-Investigator(s), CoInvestigator’s institutional affiliation(s)Follow instructions closelyUse current negotiated indirect cost and fringebenefit ratesJustify all requested costsFollow page limits strictlyEnsure complete listing of all activitiesincluding brief abstract of scope of work forall items listed, regardless of source offunding- If referring to an experiment’s DMP,describe the relationship to the proposedresearch- Include a DMP even if no experimentaldata is expectedPersonally Identifiable InformationResearch NarrativeProject Summary / AbstractDOE Title PageBudgetBudget Justification (attached to budget)Biographical SketchesCurrent and Pending SupportData Management Plans (DMP)iii
Section I – FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTIONGENERAL INQUIRIES ABOUT THIS FOA SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:Technical/Scientific Program Contacts:Dr. James Rustad, Basic Energy SciencesChemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Divisionjames.rustad@science.doe.govDr. James Horwitz, Basic Energy SciencesMaterials Sciences and Engineering Divisionjames.horwitz@science.doe.govSTATUTORY AUTHORITYPublic Law 95-91, U.S. Department of Energy Organization ActPublic Law 109-58, Energy Policy Act of 2005APPLICABLE REGULATIONSUniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for FederalAwards, codified at 2 CFR 200U.S. Department of Energy Financial Assistance Rules, codified at 2 CFR 910U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Rule, codified at 10CFR 605SUMMARYThe DOE SC program in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program announces its interest inreceiving applications from single investigators and multi-disciplinary teams to supportexperimental and theoretical research to advance chemical and materials sciences relevant to thefollowing: Critical minerals – the natural resource for obtaining critical elements; Critical elements – atomic elements that are subject to supply risks and are incorporated incritical materials; and Critical materials – substances that provide essential functionality in key technologies andhave no easy substitutes.Critical elements play a central role in both critical minerals and critical materials. Theseelements influence the mineral properties as well as the mechanisms of incorporation andextraction of the critical elements. They also dictate the properties that control the function ofcritical materials, including both molecules and materials, used in a broad range oftechnologically important and energy relevant applications. These properties includesuperconductivity, magnetism, quantum phenomena, light generation, magnetocaloric behavior,and catalytic activity. This FOA is focused on gaining an understanding of the fundamentalproperties and mechanisms of critical minerals, elements, and materials to improve separationand extraction processes and to enable discovery and design of alternates to critical materials that1
reduce or eliminate the need for critical elements. Thus, this fundamental knowledge will supportthe DOE strategy to diversify supply, develop substitutes, and improve reuse and recycling ofcritical minerals and materials. While multiple elements have been identified as critical based ontheir availability and technological importance, this funding opportunity is restricted to basicresearch related to rare earth and platinum group elements.SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATIONBES Mission and ObjectiveThe BES mission is to support fundamental research to understand, predict, and ultimatelycontrol matter and energy at the electronic, atomic, and molecular levels to provide thefoundations for new energy technologies and to support DOE missions in energy, environment,and national security. BES also supports world-class, open-access scientific user facilitiesconsisting of a complementary set of intense x-ray sources, neutron sources, and research centersfor nanoscale science.Further information about BES research programs can be found at: Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences: https://science.osti.gov/bes/csgb Materials Sciences and Engineering: https://science.osti.gov/bes/mseBackgroundIn 2011 DOE published a Critical Materials strategy that defined three strategic pillars:1) diversification of global supply chains; 2) development of substitutes; and 3) research leadingto material and technology substitutes to improve flexibility and help meet the material needs forenergy technologies. In 2021 DOE published an updated Critical Minerals and Materials strategythat laid out four strategic goals for the coming decade: 1) foster scientific innovation; 2)catalyze and support sustainable domestic critical mineral and material supply chains; 3) buildthe long-term minerals and materials innovation ecosystem; and 4) coordinate with partnersacross the Federal government and internationally. These reports can be found here:2011: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/DOE CMS2011 FINAL Full.pdf2021: -and-materialsBES supports innovative critical minerals and materials research in a broad range of areascovering the distribution, extraction, use and substitution of critical elements. Geochemical andbiogeochemical studies are required to reveal the fundamental chemical processes governing theoccurrence and distribution of critical elements in earth’s crust. New approaches in separationscience are needed to enhance the chemical processing of critical elements from ores andrecycled sources; for example, insights from biochemical studies could reveal how certainenzymes achieve remarkable specificity in metal binding and inspire new strategies forseparation methods. New advances in chemistry and physics are essential to better understandthe role of critical elements in determining the properties of functional materials and moleculesat electronic, atomic, and microstructural length and time scales.2
In 2020 BES issued a call for proposals from DOE National Laboratories for research related torare earth elements. The resultant awards can be found here:https://science.osti.gov/-/media/bes/pdf/BES CM Lab20 2304 Selectee Listing Website.pdfThe current FOA builds on the 2020 awards, expanding the eligible applicants beyond DOELaboratories and also broadening the research scope to include not only rare earths but alsoplatinum group elements.Research TopicsTo provide the underpinning science for enabling the DOE critical minerals and materialsstrategy, this funding opportunity supports basic research in chemical and materials sciences tounderstand and control processes and properties of materials and molecules containing rare earthelements (REE) and platinum group elements (PGE). As materials/molecules containing REEand PGE become increasingly essential to our economy and national security, and theiravailability becomes more restricted, it is important to ensure a stable supply chain, increase theirefficient use, and identify substitutes that can provide similar or even enhanced functionalitieswith a reduced need for these critical elements. Key aspects of basic research in this field includeunderstanding the role of REE and PGE in the functionality of materials and molecular systems;discovering innovative strategies to enhance their availability; establishing new approaches formore efficient separation from naturally occurring and recycled materials; and identifyingalternatives to reduce/eliminate their use in energy-relevant technologies.Applications are requested that address one or more of the following scientific Research Topics:1. Physical and Chemical Properties2. Geological Systems3. Separation Science4. Design and Synthesis of Materials or MoleculesNote: One or more of the above Research Topics must be listed on the cover pages of both thepre-application and application. More detailed descriptions of each topic are as follows:1. Physical and Chemical Properties: Both theoretical and experimental research are needed tounderstand the role of REE and PGE in determining the physical and chemical properties ofmaterials and molecules. Development of new theoretical models, with validation byexperiments that include state of the art characterization, is needed to accurately account forproperties that will accelerate the design and discovery of materials and molecules with thepotential to reduce or eliminate the use of critical elements without loss of functionality orperformance.2. Geological Systems: Experimental and theoretical research is needed to understand theproperties and processes responsible for migration and enrichment of REE or PGE in theearth’s crust, including magmatic, hydrothermal, sedimentary, and weathering environments.Applications must focus on providing molecular-scale answers to fundamental questionsabout such processes.3. Separation Science: New separation principles and approaches are needed to enableinnovation and improve the efficiency of removing REE and PGE from complex mixtures,3
such as those derived from ore processing, mine tailings or recycled materials. Approachesmay involve bio-inspired (e.g. enzymatic) pathways, multiscale simulation of transport andseparation, operando experiments, and data science. Applications must focus ondetermination and understanding of chemical speciation that controls key aspects ofseparations.4. Design and Synthesis of Materials or Molecules: Hypothesis-driven research is needed toestablish design and synthesis approaches that result in enhanced functional materials ornovel catalytic reaction pathways, and that reduce or eliminate the use of REE and PGE.Areas of interest include developing techniques that control properties at the atomic levelthrough the preparation, purification, processing, and fabrication of well-characterizedmaterials and molecules with energy relevant functionalities.ExclusionsApplications to this FOA must emphasize fundamental scientific research. Applications in thefollowing areas are outside the scope of this FOA: applied research such as design ofinstruments, process optimization, and feasibility demonstrations; technology development orcontributions to proprietary or commercial products; and research that could be moreappropriately supported by other DOE offices such as Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy(EERE), Fossil Energy (FE), Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), andSmall Business Innovative Research / Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR / STTR).Bio-inspiration for new principles and approaches may be derived from knowledge of microbialmechanisms and processes. However, research that is primarily synthetic biology or biologicalsystems engineering is outside the scope of this FOA.Research involving field mapping of REE or PGE ore bodies are outside the scope of this FOA.Coordination with other DOE activitiesDOE has broad interest in this funding area. BES coordinates activities and funding in this areawith the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) within Energy Efficiency and RenewableEnergy (EERE), the Office of Fossil Energy (FE), and the Advanced Research Projects Agency –Energy (ARPA-E). Projects funded by BES as a result of this FOA may be encouraged toexplore coordination opportunities with projects funded by other DOE offices in order tomaximize scientific and technological impact. Information about recently announced awards bythese offices can be found here:EERE-AMO: ial-innovationsFE: are-earth-elementsARPA-E: s/arpa-e-innovating-throughunconventional-ideas (see entry on “Biotechnologies to
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