Office: Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains
Funding amount: $3,000,000,000
Period of Availability: $600,000,000 appropriated annually for fiscal years 2022 through 2026 (to remain available until expended)
Funding Mechanism: Grant
New Program: Yes
Recipients:
- Institutions of higher education.
- National Laboratories.
- Nonprofit and for-profit private entities.
- State and local governments.
- Consortia of entities described in paragraphs (1) through (4)
Description: To provide grants for battery materials processing to ensure that the United States has a viable battery materials processing industry. Funds can also be used to expand our domestic capabilities in battery manufacturing and enhance processing capacity.
Eligible Uses: Demonstration projects, construction of commercial-scale facilities, and retrofit or retooling of existing battery material processing facilities.
Program Announcements: Download the Notice of Intent
Next Milestone: Estimated application opening date, 3rd quarter 2022.
Program Contact: BIL-Batterymanufacturing@hq.doe.gov