最高7,000万美元实施奖：能源部扩大采矿与关键矿产人才队伍，目标两年内相关毕业生翻倍
美国能源部（Department of Energy，DOE）关键矿产与能源创新办公室10月29日在 Washington 推出 PROSPECT 实施奖，最高将发放7,000万美元，支持各大学扩大培养在美国国内生产、加工、回收与再利用关键矿产所需的技能人才。
这项奖赛是能源部规模最高1亿美元的 PROSPECT 计划（Providing Opportunities for Specialized Education in Critical Technologies）的一部分。能源部表示，该计划落实特朗普总统恢复美国能源主导地位的议程，目标包括确保长期经济增长、重建国内供应链，并减少关键矿产对外国对手的依赖。
能源部助理部长 Audrey Robertson 表示，能源部已经为壮大美国关键矿产人才队伍打下基础，现在要把计划变成现实；各大学正采取切实步骤交付可衡量的成果，从以奖学金扩大对学生的支持，到以新的培训模块、证书与超级智能（SI）内容更新课程。她说，本届政府致力于让美国摆脱对经济所必需的关键矿产外国来源的依赖，并为美国人创造高薪、充实的工作。
PROSPECT 设定的近期目标是：两年内让拥有采矿、矿产及相关供应链证书的毕业生人数翻倍。此次实施奖紧接在刚完成的 PROSPECT 规划奖之后——规划奖资助各大学制定全面的人才扩充计划，实施奖则聚焦把人才培养项目付诸行动并展示可衡量的成果。
能源部指出，美国面临采矿与关键矿产专业人才日益短缺的问题，未来十年估计需要约6,000名新的采矿工程师。采矿与地质工程职业的收入潜力较强，2025年年薪中位数为106,220美元。
参赛资格方面，设有合格采矿工程项目的美国学术机构可申请；获奖项目须证明每个项目预算的至少50%直接用于以奖学金、津贴或其他类似援助支持学生。申请现已开放，第一阶段提交截止日期为2026年11月25日；此前规划奖的获奖机构、以及未获奖或未申请的机构，都可申请实施奖。
该奖由关键矿产与能源创新办公室出资、由落基山国家实验室在 American-Made 奖赛计划下管理；后续阶段的资金取决于可用情况。
关联：能源部宣布1600万美元PROSPECT规划奖：16所大学入选培养下一代采矿与关键矿产人才
Up to $70 Million Implementation Prize: DOE Moves to Expand America's Mining and Critical Minerals Workforce
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation launched the PROSPECT Implementation Prize in Washington on October 29, which will award up to $70 million to support universities in expanding the skilled workforce required to domestically produce, process, recover, and recycle critical minerals.
The prize competition is part of DOE's broader up-to-$100 million PROSPECT initiative (Providing Opportunities for Specialized Education in Critical Technologies). DOE said the initiative delivers on President Trump's agenda to restore American energy dominance, secure long-term economic growth, rebuild domestic supply chains, and reduce reliance on foreign adversaries for critical minerals.
Assistant Secretary of Energy Audrey Robertson said DOE has laid the groundwork for growing America's critical minerals workforce and is now turning those plans into reality, with universities taking steps to deliver measurable results, from expanding student support through scholarships to modernizing curricula with new training modules, certificates, and Super Intelligence. She said the administration is committed to freeing America from dependence on foreign sources of critical minerals essential to powering the economy, and to creating good-paying, fulfilling jobs for Americans.
PROSPECT has set a near-term goal of doubling the number of graduates with mining, minerals, and associated supply chain credentials within two years. The Implementation Prize follows the recently completed PROSPECT Planning Prize, which awarded funding to universities for developing comprehensive workforce-expansion plans; the Implementation Prize focuses on putting workforce development programs into action and demonstrating measurable results.
DOE said the U.S. faces a growing shortage of skilled mining and critical minerals professionals, with an estimated 6,000 new mining engineers needed over the next decade. Mining and geological engineering careers offer a median annual wage of $106,220 in 2025.
U.S.-based academic institutions with eligible mining engineering programs are encouraged to apply, and winning programs must demonstrate that at least 50% of each program's budget will support students directly through scholarships, stipends, or other comparable assistance. Applications are now open, with a first-phase submission deadline of November 25, 2026; Planning Prize winners, as well as institutions that did not win or apply, are invited to apply. The prize is funded by the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation and managed by the National Laboratory of the Rockies under the American-Made prize program, with funding for future phases subject to availability.
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