DEFE0032587↗

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University received this grant or assistance award from Department of Energy: $7.50M obligated so far for fossil energy research and development. Its latest action was on 2026-08-26.

Key facts · data as of Oct 25, 2026

Recipient
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Awarding agency
Department of Energy
Obligated to date
$7.50M

Source: USAspending.gov prime award records (obligations: money committed, not outlays), data as of Oct 25, 2026.

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award DEFE0032587, data as of Oct 25, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=ASST_NON_DEFE0032587_089

EXPAND APPALACHIA (APP) CARBON ORE, RARE EARTH, AND CRITICAL MINERALS (CORE-CM) THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THE FOUNDATIONAL DATA, ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANS NEEDED TO CATALYZE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION BY REALIZING THE FULL POTENTIAL VALUE OF THE REGION’S NATURAL RESOURCES, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING UNCONVENTIONAL SOURCES OF CRITICAL MINERALS AND METALS AS WELL AS NONFUEL CARBON-BASED PRODUCTS.

Cooperative Agreement (B) · Department of Energy · to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (UEI QDE5UHE5XD16) · data as of 2026-10-25

Obligated to date$7.50M1 action
Period2026-08-26 → 2026-08-26first to last action

What it is

Program
Fossil Energy Research and Development (Assistance Listing 81.089)
Where the work is
Montgomery, VA · district VA-09

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2026$7.50M

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subrecipients: where the money went next

No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.

Every action

1 action since 2026-08-26. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

DateAmendmentKindAmountWhat the agency wrote
2026-08-26New award$7.50MEXPAND APPALACHIA (APP) CARBON ORE, RARE EARTH, AND CRITICAL MINERALS (CORE-CM) THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THE FOUNDATIONAL DATA, ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANS NEEDED TO CATALYZE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION BY REALIZING THE FULL…

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-10-25). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗