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Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator Notice of Funding Opportunity deadline 2026

The current listed application deadline is July 22, 2026. Use this page to verify timing fast, then move into the full grant record for planning, comparison, and drafting.

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Agency

Golden Field Office

Award range

$1 to $3,000,000

Total funding

$69,000,000

Funding instrument

Cooperative Agreement

CFDA / ALN

81.086

Cost share

Yes

Application Countdown

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Quick facts

Opportunity number: Not listed
Last updated: April 20, 2026
Expected awards: 44

Deadline summary

Modification 0002 Annoucement (04/21/26): Extended LOI due date to 4/24/2026 Extended TA1 due date to 5/29/2026 Extended TA2 due date to 6/25/2026 Extended TA3 due date to 7/23/2026 Modification 0001 Announcement (04/15/26): Corrected units in Figure 3; Replaced instances of ‘FOA’ with ‘NOFO’ in Section D. Expected Performance Goals, Application Metrics; Corrected LOI character limit in Section IV.C. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports critical minerals and...

Key dates

Posted

April 6, 2026

Deadline

July 22, 2026

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Eligibility snapshot

Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Please see section II.A. in the NOFO

Please see section II.A. in the NOFO