# Title Funder Funding Start End Status
1 Deep Eutectic Solvents and the Future of the Critical Metals Circular Economy FLF
£5,268,865
July 31, 2022 July 31, 2026 Active
2 Weathering of carbonatite REE deposits (WREED): a critical stage in generation of critical metal resources. NERC
£241,230
July 31, 2021 March 30, 2022 Closed
3 Weathering of carbonatite REE deposits (WREED): a critical stage in generation of critical metal resources. NERC
£402,050
July 31, 2021 March 31, 2022 Closed
4 SoS RARE: Multidisciplinary research towards a secure and environmentally sustainable supply of critical rare earth elements (Nd and HREE) NERC
£1,099,744
April 30, 2015 Dec. 31, 2019 Closed
5 SoS Rare NERC
£1,277,256
April 30, 2015 Oct. 31, 2019 Closed
6 SoS RARE NERC
£1,036,551
April 30, 2015 Dec. 31, 2019 Closed
7 SoS RARE: Sustainable Development of Nd and HREE deposits NERC
£822,292
April 30, 2015 Nov. 29, 2019 Closed
8 SoS RARE - Security of Supply of Rare Earth Elements NERC
£721,496
April 30, 2015 Dec. 31, 2019 Closed
9 UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Technology Metals (TechMet) EPSRC
£8,872,360
Jan. 1, 2021 Dec. 31, 2024 Active
10 Geology to Metallurgy of Critical Rare Earths: sustainable development of Nd and HREE deposits NERC
£193,270
Aug. 31, 2013 July 9, 2014 Closed
11 Enabling the circular economy of sustainable metals production at scale through AI-powered systems to support a net-zero future. Innovate UK
£4,999,475
May 14, 2023 May 15, 2024 Active
12 EVBR: Development and scale-up of a highly efficient lithium-ion battery recycling process Innovate UK
£347,946
May 31, 2022 May 30, 2023 Active
13 Selective Recovery of Superalloy Metals Using Ionic Liquid Solvents Innovate UK
£101,332
Dec. 1, 2012 March 31, 2013 Closed
14 Technology critical metal recycling using ultrasonics and catalytic etchants EPSRC
£1,940,250
March 1, 2022 March 30, 2025 Active
15 Technology critical metal recycling using ultrasonics and catalytic etchants EPSRC
£4,850,625
March 31, 2022 March 31, 2025 Active
16 Passive Leached Waste Metal Remediation Innovate UK
£322,277
Sept. 30, 2022 March 31, 2024 Active
17 Passive Leached Waste Metal Remediation Innovate UK
£1,354,305
Sept. 30, 2022 March 31, 2024 Active
18 Natural Enrichments in E-tech Elements (Co, Ga, In, Te, Li, REE) [NEETE]. NERC
£170,512
Aug. 31, 2013 July 14, 2014 Closed
19 BioElectrochemical LIthium rEcoVEry (BELIEVE) BBSRC
£298,792
Feb. 1, 2023 Jan. 31, 2025 Active
20 BioElectrochemical LIthium rEcoVEry (BELIEVE) BBSRC
£1,493,960
Feb. 2, 2023 Feb. 1, 2025 Active
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