BILJA Grant Program Tracker

The BILJA Grant Program Tracker has been created to assist Tribal Nations with BIIJA programs. Program information will be updated as new information becomes available. If you need assistance, please contact us.

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	Agency	Category	Name of Program	New or Existing Program	Type	Latest Actions / Upcoming Milestones	Cybersecurity An Eligible Use?
	USDA	Resilience	Post-Fire Restoration	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: The Burned Area Recovery program will provide restoration activities on wildfire affected areas within three years after the date that a wildland fire is contained. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: Uses collaborative, science-based approaches to enhance forest and watershed health, reduce risk from uncharacteristic wildfire, and provide benefits to rural economies. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	DOC - NOAA	Other	National Estuarine Research Reserve System	Existing	Competitive
Description: The National Estuarine Research Reserve System consists of estuarine areas of the United States and its territories designated and managed for research and educational purposes. Eligible Recipients: States, Territories Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Removal Of Vegetation For Biochar And Innovative Wood Products	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: This program, through contracting or employing crews of laborers, supports the modification and removal of flammable vegetation on Federal land and for using materials from treatments. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Rare Earth Elements Demonstration Facility	New	Grant	March 31, 2022 - applications closed for Request for Information
Description: To demonstrate the feasibility of a full-scale integrated rare earth element extraction and separation facility and refinery. Eligible Recipients: Industry Partner Federal Cost Share:
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Transmission Facilitation Program	New	Loan, Direct Financing, or Capacity Purchase	June 13, 2022 – Responses closed for Notice of Intent and Request for Information
Description: To facilitate construction of electric power transmission lines and related facilities to enable greater clean energy growth and provide low-cost clean energy to more Americans Eligible Recipients: Transmission Developers Federal Cost Share: N/A
	USDA	Resilience	Ecological Health Restoration Contracts	No	Direct Federal Spending	Report to Congress in June 2022
Description: This program is responsible for issuing contracts for management of programs with authority to dispose of National Forest System timber and non-timber forest products harvested for commercial, personal, and Tribal uses. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USACE	Resilience	Regulatory Program	No	Direct Federal
Description: Provides funds to administer the laws and regulations pertaining to activities affecting U.S. waters. Eligible Recipients: Army Corps permitting activities. Federal Cost Share: No cost share requirement. Applicants can elect to pay a fee for permitting.
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Power Marketing Administration Transmission Borrowing Authority	Existing	Loans	September 30, 2022 - The Administrator must issue an updated financial plan by the end of FY 2022
Description: Borrowing authority for the Bonneville Power Authority (BPA) to assist in the financing of the construction, acquisition and replacement of the federal Columbia River Power System. Eligible Recipients: Entities that assist in implementing the Construction, Acquisition, And Replacement of The Federal Columbia River Power System Federal Cost Share: N/A
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Four Regional Clean Direct Air Capture Hubs (s. 40308)	New	Competitive	31 May, 2022 - Notices of Intent released
Description: Funding for eligible projects that contribute to the development of four regional direct air capture hubs. Eligible Recipients: Technology developers, industry, utilities, universities, national laboratories, engineering and construction firms, state and local governments, tribal, environmental groups and community based organizations. Federal Cost Share: TBD
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Smart Grid Investment Matching Grant Program (s 40107)	New	Competitive	August 2022, Request for Information expected
Description: Investment in qualifying Smart Grid investments that allow buildings to engage in demand flexibility or Smart Grid functions. Eligible investments include metering, control and other devises, sensors, and software, communications and broadband technologies and so forth Eligible Recipients: Utilities Federal Cost Share: 50 per cent cost-share of total costs
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grants	New	Competitive	September 16, 2022 - Comments due in response to Request for Information
Description: Offers grants to small and medium-sized manufacturers to enable them to build or retrofit existing manufacturing and industrial facilities to produce or recycle advanced energy products in communities where coal mines or coal power plants have closed Eligible Recipients: Manufacturing firm—subject to size limitations Federal Cost Share: Not specified
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Carbon Storage Validation and Testing (s 40305)	New	Competitive	June 27, 2022 - responses closed for comment on Notice of Intent
Description: Establish a program of research, development and demonstration for carbon storage Eligible Recipients: Technology developers, industry, utilities, universities, national laboratories, engineering and construction firms, state and local governments. Federal Cost Share: TBD
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program	Existing	Competitive	Agreements went into effect on 2/21 and 5/21; NRC licensing of reactors TBD
Description: To fund two large demonstrations of advanced nuclear reactors for electricity generation Eligible Recipients: Industry Partners, National Laboratories, and Engineering and Construction firms. Federal Cost Share:
	DOI	Resilience	Colorado River Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation Programs	No	Financial Assistance	First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in July 2022
Description: The Colorado River Basin Endangered Species and Conservation programs support the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish and San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Programs and the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program in the Upper Colorado Basin. Eligible Recipients: Open Federal Cost Share: TBD. Waivers are not available.
	DOI	Resilience	Ecosystem - Sagebrush-Steppe	No	Grant, Cooperative Agreement, Direct Federal Spending	June 16, 2022 - FY2022 allocations made
Description: To conserve the sagebrush ecosystem of the American West and the nationally-significant biological, cultural and economic resources it supports. Eligible Recipients: Open Federal Cost Share: Yes
	USDA	Resilience	Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership Program	No	Direct Federal spending.	RFP Released in May 2022
Description: Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service are working together to improve the health of forests where public forests and grasslands connect to privately owned lands. Eligible Recipients: Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	DHS	Resilience	Cybersecurity	Existing	Competitive		Yes
Description: Researches, analyzes, and develops technologies to strengthen defensive cybersecurity capabilities in a spectrum of strategic technical areas to mitigate risk to the Nation’s critical infrastructure, Federal departments and agencies, as well as State, territorial, Tribal and local organizations. Eligible Recipients: National labs, federally funded research, development centers, academia, industry, etc. Federal Cost Share:
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Carbon Dioxide Capture Facilities Private Activity Bonds	New	Tax exemptions
Description: Assists private sector providers for projects to install equilemtn in an industrial carbon dioxide facility Eligible Recipients: Private sector partners Federal Cost Share: N/A
	TBD	Broadband	Private Activity Bonds for Qualified Broadband Projects	New	Tax exemptions
Description: Assists private sector providers for projects to provide broadband service to one or more census block groups where at least 50% of residential households do not have access to fixed terrestial broadband service Eligible Recipients: Private sector partners Federal Cost Share: N/A
	USDA	Resilience	Develop And Publish Every 5 Years A Map Depicting At-Risk Communities, Including Tribal Communities	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: The Forest Service will develop and publish every five years a map depicting at-risk communities, including Tribal communities. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	Department of Agriculture	Resilience	Wildfire Detection And Monitoring Equipment	Yes	Direct Federal Spending
Description: The agency will procure and place wildfire detection and real-time monitoring equipment, such as sensors, cameras, and other relevant equipment in wildfire prone areas to enhance safety and awareness of wildfire risk for the public and first responders. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	DOI	Resilience	Wildfire Management - Joint Fire Science Program with Department of Agriculture	No	Interagency agreements, cooperative agreements	First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in 2022
Description: Support science and research on wildland fire management issues that mitigate wildfire risk. Eligible Recipients: Science And Research Organizations/Entities, Public Higher-Ed Institutions, Private Higher-Ed Institutions Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Research And Development Via Joint Fire Science Program Partnership With Department Of Interior	No	Grant, facilitated through interagency agreement with the Department of Interior (Bureau of Land Management).
Description: The Joint Fire Science Program funds scientific research on wildland fires and distributes results to help policymakers, fire managers and practitioners make decisions. Eligible Recipients: Institutions Of Higher Education Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Agreement With National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration For Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellite Program	Yes	Direct Federal Spending
Description: Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDOT-FTA	Public Transportation	National Rural Transportation Assistance Program	Existing	Technical Assistance	N/A
Description: Eligible Recipients: Nonprofits, Higher Ed., other public entities Federal Cost Share:
	DHS	Resilience	Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Research	New	Competitive
Description: Oversees activities performed under the IIJA and reports to Congress on the progress of Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Research program’s research and development activities. Eligible Recipients: National labs, federally funded research, development centers, academia, industry, etc. Federal Cost Share:
	DHS	Resilience	Physical Security	Existing	Competitive
Description: Provides a layered and integrated capability to safely screen for potential threat items in unstructured crowds within soft-target venues and crowded spaces without impact to the speed of travel while maintaining individual privacy. Eligible Recipients: Academia, Industry, National lands, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Federal Cost Share:
	DHS	Resilience	Sector Risk management Agencies	Existing	Direct federal spending		Yes
Description: The requested funding will allow the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to sustain coordinated support for Sector Risk Management Agencies across the Federal government, cultivating sector-specific expertise within the agency. Eligible Recipients: Federal (DHS/CISA) Federal Cost Share: N/A
	DHS	Resilience	Probabilistic Analysis of National threats, Hazards, and Risks	Existing	Competitive
Description: This program addresses biological, chemical, and hazard knowledge gaps to inform defensive strategies that provide accurate, useful, and defensible knowledge and tools to stakeholders in time to enable risk-informed decision-making pertinent for defense against weapons of mass destruction threats to the homeland. Eligible Recipients: Academia, Industry, National lands, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Federal Cost Share:
	USACE	Resilience	Flood Plain Management Services	No	Direct Federal
Description: The Army Corps provides site-specific flood and flood plain data and assistance to States, Tribes, and local communities. Eligible Recipients: Funds certain technical assistance provided by the Army Corps Federal Cost Share: In general, unless otherwise specified in law, projects are 100 percent Federally funded.
	DHS	Resilience	Countering Violent Extremism	Existing	Competitive
Description: This Program aims to conduct evidence-based research to meet the policy, operational, and public needs to improve effectiveness of public safety and violence prevention efforts implemented by Federal, State, territorial, Tribal, local, and non-governmental stakeholders. Eligible Recipients: Academia, Industry, National lands, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Federal Cost Share:
	DHS	Resilience	First Responder Capability	Existing	Competitive
Description: This program develops and transitions technologies, information, procedures, and concept of operations to aid first responders, emergency managers, and incident commanders as they respond to hazardous situations. Eligible Recipients: Academia, Industry, National lands, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Federal Cost Share:
	DHS	Resilience	Explosives Threat Assessment	Existing	Competitive
Description: This program researches and identifies current and potential explosive threats to understand the risk posed to the US, strengthens aviation security by bolstering the international aviation security system, improves security processes and technologies, and encourages partnerships with industry. Eligible Recipients: Academia, Industry, National lands, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Federal Cost Share:
	DHS	Resilience	Network & System Security & Investment	Existing	Competitive		Yes
Description: This program produces the technologies needed to secure information and software that resides on the networks and systems that make up the Internet. It provides analytic tools for the law enforcement community to investigate crimes committed in cyberspace. Eligible Recipients: Academia, Industry, National lands, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Federal Cost Share:
	DHS-Coast Guard	Ports and Waterways	Major Shore, Housing, Aids to Navigation, Survey and Design	Existing	Direct Federal	October 2022, Only Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in Q4 2022
Description: Supports procurement, construction and improvement projects to address shore facility infrastructure and housing construction, replacement, upgrade or improvement needs; construction and improvements to buoys and structures assisting navigation on federal waterways, and survey design required for future year projects. Eligible Recipients: Coast Guard Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Volunteer Fire Assistance	No	Grant, Financial Assistance, Technical Assistance	Only Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in Q3 2022
Description: The Volunteer Fire Assistance program focuses on increasing the capacity of local fire departments to provide initial attack on wildfires by providing additional firefighter training and assistance to departments with purchasing equipment. Eligible Recipients: Community And State. National Association Of State Foresters, State Forestry Agencies, National Volunteer Fire Council And The International Association Of Fire Chiefs Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available.
	USDA	Resilience	Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute will compile and display data for fuels treatments and wildfire, to facilitate coordination and use of existing and future interagency fuel treatment data, and to carry out other related activities of a Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	DHS - FEMA	Clean Energy and Power	National Dam Safety Program	Existing	Direct federal spending and grants	July 15 - Applications closed for FY22 grants
Description: To encourage establishment and maintenance of effective state programs to ensure dam, safety. A partnership of state, federal agencies and other stakeholders. Eligible Recipients: States Federal Cost Share:
	DHS - FEMA	Clean Energy and Power	Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams	Existing
Description: Makes available federal funds to eligible states for pass-through to non-federal governmental organizations or nonprofit organizations for the rehabilitation of dams that fail to meet minimum dam safety standards and pose unacceptable risk to life and property Eligible Recipients: States Federal Cost Share: