<div dir="ltr">FYI...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">MSRDC</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:info@msrdconsortium.org">info@msrdconsortium.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 7:04 AM<br>Subject: MSRDC - DOE Lithium Funding Opportunity<br>To: <<a href="mailto:tgaroma@sdsu.edu">tgaroma@sdsu.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg-3157159374935094016"><u></u>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(1,58,81)"><span>Hello Temesgen,</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(1,58,81)">MSRDC invites you to review the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) latest funding opportunity which will be awarding up to $12 million in federal funding to support the extraction and conversion of lithium from geothermal brines to use in batteries for stationary storage and electric vehicles. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(1,58,81);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">This funding opportunity will advance technologies to extract and convert lithium from geothermal brines, which can help the United States secure a cost-effective domestic source of lithium for use in batteries for stationary storage and electric vehicles. This research directly impacts Administration goals for net-zero carbon by 2050, U.S. electric vehicle adoption, as well as the domestic supply chain.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(1,58,81);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">The application deadline for concept papers is December 9th, 2022, at 5 PM ET. </span></p>
<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(1,58,81);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">For more information and to apply for funding, please visit </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_NgUA4Vnx8N4_C1gXJlZFVY_8NL4EAc270IydHuDXmrN9SZYRl9_ZiYOiFycwjTAhhi68MNV5F_WZ3zixv_DA_xk6nIv1jk903xYg_iLY_K6KVHsihIy3acJBiLesnpC2KB_tPE9CCyd9T2tFARDfumJB91Jt2zLARmCUhZHvDJqk9kWXMT5zebUEopKDmSsKSUP96uhGVn1Z6px6fr6ig==&c=EpKf1GyiW7bpDD6codt8w5ZkeWkQDzAsjtYm574RpiKZzQGa0R3KGg==&ch=e4-pFeFaFgCLxj7DoQTZtJ0bsT_xxIiHq-WGEEUzZoYu7-51dFg4Vg==" style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(1,58,81);text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal" target="_blank">our website</a><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(1,58,81)">.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(1,58,81)">Best regards,</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(1,58,81)">the MSRDC Team</span></p>
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