The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI Hub) has announced up to $10m in federal funding to accelerate the early-stage technology R&D necessary to reduce material criticality for energy innovations requiring critical materials – rare-earth elements, gallium, and copper.
Founded in 2013, the CMI Hub (formerly the Critical Materials Institute) is a DOE Energy Innovation Hub led by Ames National Laboratory focused on eliminating and reducing reliance on critical materials that are subject to supply disruptions and price fluctuations.
“The continued investment into innovative R&D critical materials projects is key to securing domestic, reliable and resilient supply chains,” says Chris Saldaña, director of the DOE’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office. “DOE and the CMI Hub are putting a specific emphasis on industry partnerships to facilitate adoption and bring these solutions to market.”
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