Battery Materials Processing Grants

Office: MDO | Contact: BIL-Batterymanufacturing@hq.doe.gov

Overview

The Battery Materials Processing Grants Program is designed 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.

Funding Amount
$3 Billion

Funding Type
Grant

Area of Focus
Manufacturing Capacity

Eligible Uses

Demonstration projects, construction of commercial-scale facilities, and retrofit or retooling of existing battery material processing facilities.

Recipients

Institutions of higher education, national laboratories, nonprofit and for-profit private entities, state and local governments, and consortia of these entities.

Period of Availability

$600 million appropriated annually for fiscal years 2022 through 2026 (to remain available until expended).

Funding Source

This program is funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA 40207 (b)).

 

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