Coal is important for our electricity generationREEs are vital for national security and economic growthNatural gas is used for heating, manufacturing, as a chemical feedstock and power productionOil is vital to our transportation sector

Coal

is important for our electricity generation

Rare Earth Elements

are vital for national security and economic growth

Natural Gas

is used for heating, manufacturing, as a chemical feedstock and power production

Oil

is vital to our transportation sector

RFP 2019-05 Released

On August 21, 2019, UCFER released its fifth Request for Proposals to the member Coalition. All proposals must be submitted online by 5 p.m. EST on October 9, 2019. To submit, you must log in to the ‘Members Only’ section of the website. Login information can be obtained by contacting the TAC or CCAB members (listed below) for your university.

The current TAC is:

Become a Member

In September 2018, NETL has directed Penn State to stop the review of new member applications and move forward with the current member universities in the UCFER program due to the limited budget. Therefore, no new member applications will be accepted at this time.

Overview

A University Coalition for Basic and Applied Fossil Energy Research and Development (UCFER) was established in 2015 to advance basic and applied fossil energy research through mechanisms that promote collaboration among the Department of Energy (DOE) and the universities that are members of the Coalition by the coordination of research and the sharing of data. Its collaborative research focuses on coal, natural gas, and oil and in five core competencies: