Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0002427
This notice, titled "Research Needs Related to Enhanced Weathering as a Mechanism for Carbon Dioxide Removal" (DE-FOA-0002427), is a Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Request for Information (RFI) focused on identifying the highest-priority research and development needs for enhanced weathering as a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) or "negative emissions" approach. The main goal is not to fund projects, but to gather input from the broader community about what scientific, technical, measurement, and deployment questions most need to be answered for enhanced weathering to be considered a viable and scalable pathway for removing CO2 from the atmosphere. In other words, DOE is using this RFI to shape understanding of gaps and opportunities, likely to inform future research directions or potential future funding topics.
The opportunity is categorized as discretionary and tied to the energy funding activity category (CFDA 81.089), but it is explicitly not a Funding Opportunity Announcement and DOE is not accepting applications. The listing includes administrative fields like an "award ceiling" and "expected awards," yet in practice those are not relevant here because this is an information-gathering exercise rather than a grant competition. The eligible applicant field is effectively unrestricted, meaning any type of entity could submit a response, as long as they follow any constraints in the full text (if any). That open eligibility is typical for RFIs, since agencies want to hear from researchers, industry, nonprofits, state and local entities, and other stakeholders with relevant expertise.
The timeline indicates the RFI was created on October 14, 2020, with responses due by November 6, 2020, no later than 8:00 pm Eastern Time. Submissions had to be sent electronically to EnhancedWeatheringRFI@netl.doe.gov with the subject line "DE-FOA-002427 - RFI" (as specified in the notice). NETL is the issuing office, which aligns with NETL's role in advancing and assessing technologies related to fossil energy systems, carbon management, and broader decarbonization and negative emissions strategies.
Substantively, the RFI centers on enhanced weathering, which generally refers to accelerating the natural chemical weathering of certain minerals (often silicate rocks) so they react with CO2 and convert it into stable dissolved bicarbonate or solid carbonate forms, thereby removing CO2 from the atmosphere over time. By asking for "the most important research needs," DOE is signaling interest in clarifying the current state of knowledge and what is required to evaluate enhanced weathering realistically. Typical research needs in this area often include determining which feedstocks and mineral sources are most effective and sustainable; understanding reaction rates and how they change across soils, climate zones, and land management practices; developing reliable monitoring, reporting, and verification methods to quantify net CO2 removal; assessing energy use, costs, and supply-chain requirements for mining, grinding, transporting, and applying minerals; evaluating potential environmental and ecological impacts (for example, effects on soil chemistry, water quality, and trace metal mobilization); and building robust life-cycle assessments to ensure the approach delivers net-negative emissions once all upstream and downstream emissions are counted.
Overall, the notice is best understood as DOE/NETL taking a structured pulse of the field to identify where targeted research could reduce uncertainty and risk around enhanced weathering, and what evidence would be needed for it to progress from promising concept to credible, scalable carbon removal option. Since it is an RFI, the immediate "action" for interested parties at the time was simply to submit information and perspectives by the deadline, not to apply for funding.Apply for DE FOA 0002427
- The Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Research Needs Related to Enhanced Weathering as a Mechanism for Carbon Dioxide Removal" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.089.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 14, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 06, 2020 Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to EnhancedWeatheringRFI@netl.doe.gov with the subject line #8220DE-FOA-002427 #8211 RFI#8221 no later than 800pm (ET) on November 6, 2020.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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