CMMA Topic Area 3 — Direct Lithium Extraction
Supports direct lithium extraction innovation from domestic brines and minerals.
CMMA Topic Area 3, administered by DOE's Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) under the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI), funds novel direct lithium extraction (DLE) technologies targeting domestic brine and mineral lithium sources. Issued under FOA DE-TA3-0003589, Topic Area 3 is the final and longest-open window within the $69 million Critical …
Prototyping and piloting of novel direct lithium extraction technologies from domestic brine and mineral sources, funded under FOA DE-TA3-0003589.
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