Colorado School of Mines

Public awards, open grant matches, and research signals.

Third-party public-data demo. Not a Mines system or endorsement. Human review required.

How to read this page

Public sources in. Simple review queue out.

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Public sources

Federal award systems, research indexes, NCES, and Mines public pages.

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Shared data model

Sponsor, amount, close date, research fit, source link, and human-review note.

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What appears below

Funded award signals, matched open grants, research context, and receipts.

Why: the reviewer can see the evidence path before deciding whether any opportunity deserves staff time.

Selected public award signals

Large, source-linked awards show the operating context.

These are examples from public federal award systems, not internal Mines records.

Why this section exists: past awards show where Mines already has visible, fundable capacity.

USGS Energy and Minerals Research Facility

$240M cooperative agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey for a federally owned energy and minerals research facility in Golden.

USGS / DOI 2022-2027

Open USAspending award

CarbonSAFE EOS

$32.7M Department of Energy award for commercial sequestration planning in southern Colorado.

DOE 2024-2025

Open USAspending award

Institute for Data Driven Dynamical Design

$16.7M NSF HDR institute signal connecting data, modeling, and research infrastructure.

NSF 2021-2026

Open USAspending award Open NSF award profile

Open grant matches

Current opportunities mapped to Mines research areas.

Nine current opportunities are mapped to visible research areas. Each row is a review candidate with a direct Grants.gov link, not a pursuit recommendation.

How to read it: click the title for the live opportunity; tags show the fit; the note shows the human check.

Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator

DOE Golden Field Office. Close: July 23, 2026. Ceiling: $3M.

Strong review Critical minerals Materials Energy

Human check: eligibility, cost share, sponsor terms, and faculty or department owner.

The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI

DOE Office of Science. Close: December 17, 2026. Ceiling: $16M.

Strong review AI and data science Critical materials Energy systems

Human check: sponsor scope, team fit, timeline, and post-award reporting load.

NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory - Quantum Testbeds

National Science Foundation. Close: April 6, 2027.

Strong review Quantum Electrical engineering Applied computing

Human check: eligibility language and whether Mines is a lead, partner, or monitor.

Engineering Environmental Resiliency

National Science Foundation. Deadline: sponsor rules need confirmation.

Strong review Environmental engineering Energy conservation AI/data

Human check: deadline, program scope, reporting requirements, and department ownership.

FY 2026 Competitive Academic Agreement Program

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Close: June 19, 2026. Ceiling: $1M.

Targeted review Civil engineering Environmental engineering Pipeline safety

Human check: lead eligibility, partner fit, and whether the window is still actionable.

NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award

National Science Foundation. Close: July 24, 2026.

Strong review Engineering frontiers AI Materials

Human check: PI requirements, overlap rules, and single-PI restrictions.

Revolutionizing Engineering Departments

National Science Foundation. Close: September 8, 2026. Ceiling: $2M.

Targeted review Engineering education Workforce Systems

Human check: department chair or senior-leader fit and institutional change requirements.

CHIPS Facilities for Semiconductor Materials and Manufacturing Equipment

National Institute of Standards and Technology. Close: November 1, 2026.

Strong review Semiconductors Materials Engineering frontiers

Human check: covered-entity requirements, partner structure, and capital-project fit.

ARPA-E SCALEUP READY

Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy. Close: September 29, 2029. Ceiling: $20M.

Strong review Energy Manufacturing Critical materials

Human check: prior ARPA-E funding, scale-up readiness, and commercialization constraints.

Research signals

Recent paper signals explain why the grant matches are plausible.

Why this matters: research signals keep the matches tied to visible Mines strengths, not guesswork.

Materials and energy systems

Mines Advanced Energy Materials Laboratory shows public research fit across electrochemical energy conversion, storage, and perovskite oxide systems.

Open Mines AEML research Open related 2025 paper abstract

Photonics and quantum-adjacent work

2025 Nature signal: ultrabroadband integrated electro-optic frequency comb in lithium tantalate.

Open paper DOI

Operational takeaway

The useful product is the short review queue.

Signal

Public award, publication, IPEDS, and sponsor records are collected with links preserved.

Fit

Matches are grouped by visible Mines research areas such as critical materials, AI/data, quantum, and environmental engineering.

Review

The page stops at evidence and next checks. A person still owns eligibility, budget, sponsor terms, and routing.

Source receipts

Primary sources stay one click away.

Mines ORA Post-Award

Used to ground the workflow in award setup, reporting, invoicing, effort, deficits, and closeout.

Open Mines ORA source

Mines research profile

Used for public research themes and institutional context.

Open Mines research source

Mines collaborations

Used for centers and institute signals, including critical materials, energy, CCUS, space resources, and quantum engineering.

Open collaborations source

IPEDS / NCES profile

Used for public institutional profile, finance, and program evidence. UNITID: 126775.

Open NCES profile

OpenAlex institution profile

Used for public publication volume and citation context. OpenAlex lists 36,665 Mines works.

Open OpenAlex profile