Office of Research

FY22 AMMTO-GTO Joint FOA: Lithium Extraction & Conversion from Geothermal Brines

Limited Submissions

The goals of this FOA are to:
• Enable environmentally and socially responsible domestic manufacturing
of battery-grade (i.e. high purity) lithium hydroxide from geothermal
brines;
• Diversify the domestic supply of lithium hydroxide;
• Validate and demonstrate domestic pilot plants and related technologies
to support the transition to U.S. manufacturing; and
• Mature nascent technologies, processes, and methods that improve one
or more unit operations of direct lithium extraction systems.

Topic 1: Field Validation of Lithium Hydroxide Production from Geothermal Brines

Topic 2: Applied Research and Development for Direct Lithium Extraction from Geothermal Brines

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach.
  2. If the final application requires a diversity statement or statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
  3. CV (not biosketch) of the PI

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, November 30, 2022. If given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee, required concept papers are due to the sponsor 12/9/2022. If invited to apply by the sponsor, proposals are due 1/31/2023 with the OSP deadline of 1/20/2023.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

DE-FOA-0002823

Deadlines
11/30/2022 UW Internal Deadline Closed
12/09/2022 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Department of Energy (DOE)

Funding amount

$5,000,000 (for Topic Area 1 and up to $500,000 for Topic Area 2)

Maximum Number of Applications

1

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.