CMMA Topic Area 1 — Rare Earth Elements Recovery
Supports production and material efficiency innovations for rare earth and critical minerals.
The Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator (CMMA) Topic Area 1, administered by DOE's Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) under the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI), funds prototyping and piloting of innovative production and material-efficiency technologies for domestic rare earth element (REE) recovery. Issued under FOA DE-TA1-0003589, To…
Prototyping and piloting of innovative production and material-efficiency technologies for domestic rare earth element recovery, funded under FOA DE-TA1-0003589.
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