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 |
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| DOI | Resilience | National Geological And Geophysical Data Preservation Program | No | Grant, Cooperative Agreement, Direct Federal Spending | First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in May 2022 | |||||
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Description: Provides competitive grants to State Geological Surveys and funds projects executed by U.S. Geological Survey and other Department of the Interior bureaus to preserve, modernize, and make publicly available geological and geophysical data and assets. Eligible Recipients: State Geological Surveys, State Universities Housing State Geological Surveys, Private Contractors, U.S. Geological Survey Science Centers And Other Department of Interior Bureaus Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| DOI | Resilience | Ecosystem - Delaware River Basin Conservation Act | No | Grant | First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in September 2022 | |||||
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Description: The Delaware River Basin program provides competitive matching grants for habitat conservation to State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and other eligible entities in the Delaware River Basin. Eligible Recipients: Open Federal Cost Share: Yes |
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| DOI | Resilience | Direct Federal Spending For Resilient Recreation Sites | Yes | Direct Federal Spending | First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in May 2022 | |||||
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Description: Funding to improve resilience of recreation sites on Federal lands, including Indian forest or range lands. Eligible Recipients: Federal Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program | New | Loan/grant | ||||||
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Description: To establish and carry out a carbon dioxide transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program Eligible Recipients: State / Local / Public Authority Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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| DOI | Resilience | Ecosystem - Klamath Basin | No | Cooperative Agreement, Direct Federal Spending | May 8, 2022 - Applications closed for year 1 funding | |||||
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Description: Funding provided will be allocated for habitat restoration and water right acquisition to help restore the Klamath ecosystem, as well as for enhanced hatchery production of listed Klamath species (Lost River and shortnose suckers). Eligible Recipients: Open Federal Cost Share: |
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| DOC-NOAA | Resilience | Coastal Zone Management | No | Grant | October 14, 2022 - Applications close for NOAA's Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration program | |||||
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Description: The purpose of these funds is to restore and protect coastal ecosystems through direct investment by coastal States and territories in ecologically significant habitats. Eligible Recipients: States (Includes District Of Columbia, Public Institutions Of Higher Education, And Hospitals); U.S. Territories And Possessions; U.S. Territories And Possessions (Includes Institutions Of Higher Education And Hospitals); State; Any Coastal State. Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| USDA | Resilience | Reforestation Trust Fund (Replant Act) | No | Direct Federal Spending | Report to Congress in November 2022 | |||||
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Description: The funds are used to reduce the backlog in reforestation and timber stand improvement work. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Commercial Direct Air Capture Technology Prize Competition | New | Competitive | February 2022 - Responses closed for Request for Information | |||||
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Description: Reauthorization of program to support large-scale pilot projects and demonstration projects and test carbon capture technologies. Eligible Recipients: Industry Partner Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Enhanced Geothermal Systems and Pilot Demonstration | New | Competitive | May 13, 2022 – RFI closed on Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EDG) Pilot Demonstrations | |||||
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Description: To support a program of research, development, demonstration and commercial application for enhanced geothermal systems Eligible Recipients: National Labs, Institutes of Higher Education, Multi-institutional Collaborations, Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Critical Material Supply Chain Research Facility | New | Competitive | March 31, 2022 - Comments in response to Request for Information closed | |||||
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Description: To support construction of a critical materials supply chain research facility. Eligible Recipients: Industry Partner Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Section 243 Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement Incentives (Sec 40332) | New | Competitive | September 6, 2022 - Responses to Request for Information on section 243 and section 247 due | |||||
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Description: To incentivize upgrades to hydroelectric facilities to increase their efficiency. Eligible Recipients: Owners or operators of hydroelectric facilities at existing dams Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Marine Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: To fund research, development and demonstration activities to improve marine energy technologies. Eligible Recipients: Industry Partner and National Labs Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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| DOE | Resilience | Advanced Energy Security Program | New | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: To increase the functional preservation of electric grid operations or natural gas and oil operations in the face of threats and hazards. Eligible Recipients: Utilities, National Labs, Bulk Power System Vendors Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Energy Efficiency Materials Pilot Program | New | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: Provides grants to supply nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency materials Eligible Recipients: non-Profit Organizations Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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| DOE | Resilience | Energy Sector Operational Support for Cyber Resilience Program | New | Competitive | Applications for the Smart Grid program are expected to be open in the Summer of 2022. | Yes | ||||
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Description: To support a program to build energy sector operational support for cyber resilience. Eligible Recipients: Small Electric Utilities, National Labs Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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| DOE | Other | Manufacturing Leadership (Sec 40534) | New | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: To provide funding to States to provide assistance to small and medium manufacturers to invest in smart manufacturing technologies or access high-performance computing resources for manufacturing analysis. Eligible Recipients: States Federal Cost Share: 30% federal share |
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| USDA | Resilience | Hazardous Fuels Management | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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Description: The Hazardous Fuels program prioritizes treating areas with high potential for damaging wildfires within the wildland-urban interface using a scenario planning tool to identify areas where there is high and very high wildfire hazard potential adjacent to communities. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Energy Auditor Training Grant Program | New | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: To provide grants to eligible States to train individuals to conduct energy audits or surveys of commercial and residential buildings to build the clean energy workforce, save customers money and reduce pollution. Eligible Recipients: States Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | National Marine Energy Centers | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: To provide financial assistance to establish new National Marine Energy Centers and continuation and expansion of the research, development, demonstration, testing and commercial application activities at existing Centers. Eligible Recipients: Institutions of Higher Education or consortia Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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| USDOT-Maritime | Ports and Waterways | Port Infrastructure Development Program | Existing | Competitive | May 16, 2022 - NOFO for FY2022 closed | Yes | Yes | |||
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Description: Grants to invest in the modernization and expansion of US ports to remove bottlenecks, ensure long-term competitiveness, resilience, cybersecurity, and sustainability while reducing impacts to the environment and neighboring communities. Eligible Recipients: Ports, Port Authorities Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non federal. Waivers are available for small projects or projects in rural areas. |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Hydroelectric Production Incentives | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: Provides incentive payments for electric energy generated and sold by a qualified hydroelectric facility during the incentive period, to the owner or authorized operator of such facility. Eligible Recipients: Non-federal owners of qualified hydroelectric or marine energy facilities Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Hydropower Research, Development, and Demonstration (s 41006) | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: To fund research, development and demonstration activities to improve hydropower technologies Eligible Recipients: Industry partners and National Labs Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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| DOE | Environmental Remediation | Funding to Support Orphan Well Plugging | New | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: Funding to support the Department of the Interior’s effort to establish a program to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells located on Federal land. Eligible Recipients: Industry Partner Federal Cost Share: |
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| USDOT-FTA | Public Transportation | Statewide Transportation Planning | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: Financial assistance to the States to meet the planning requirements of the joint Federal Transit Administration and Federal Highway Administration planning regulations for Statewide transportation planning. Eligible Recipients: States, MPOs Federal Cost Share: 80 percent Federal / 20 percent non-Federal. Waivers are not available. |
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| USACE | Resilience | Inland Flood Risk Management Projects | No | Direct Federal | ||||||
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Description: Funds the construction of projects that help to reduce the risk of damage in a flood, including $750 million for multi-purpose projects or programs that include flood risk management benefits as a purpose. Eligible Recipients: The Army Corps will use this funding to construct authorized Federal flood damage reduction projects. Federal Cost Share: In general, unless otherwise specified in law, projects are cost shared 65 percent Federal, 35 percent non-Federal. |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Pre-Commercial Direct Air Capture Prize Competitions | New | Competitive | February 2022 - Comment period in response to Request for Information closed | |||||
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Description: Reauthorization of program to advance research, development, demonstration and commercial application of carbon capture technologies Eligible Recipients: Industry Partner Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Northwest Forest | No | Grants and Interagency Agreements | ||||||
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Description: Addresses water quality impairments from non-point sources related to pacific northwest forest practices and works to improve the quality and quantity of surface water so that beneficial uses and drinking water/source water protection goals are met. Eligible Recipients: Limited Eligibilities – Federal Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Energy Efficient Transformer Rebates | New | Competitive | 27 May, 2022 – Public comments were due on guidance document for implementing the Extended Product System Rebate Program and the Energy Efficient Transformer Rebate Program | |||||
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Description: Provides rebates to industrial or manufacturing facility owners, commercial building owners, multifamily building owners, utilities, or energy service companies for the replacement of a qualified energy inefficient transformer with a qualified energy efficient transformer Eligible Recipients: Owners of industrial or manufacturing facilities, commercial buildings, or multifamily residential buildings, a utility, or an energy service company that purchase a qualified transformer to replace an energy-inefficient transformer Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Extended Product System Rebates | New | Competitive | 27 May, 2022 – Public comments were due on guidance document for implementing the Extended Product System Rebate Program and the Energy Efficient Transformer Rebate Program | |||||
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Description: Provides rebates for qualified extended product systems (i.e. electric motor, electronic control, and driven load) Eligible Recipients: Purchaser of the qualified extended product system or manufacturer of commercial or industrial machinery or equipment that incorporates the qualified extended product system Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Lithium-Ion Recycling Prize | New | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: To provide a prize for recycling of lithium ion batteries and to convene a task force on battery producer requirements Eligible Recipients: Prize dependent Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program | No | Grant | ||||||
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Description: To protect and restore water quality, ecological health, and diverse habitats by sharing knowledge and resources, promoting innovative approaches, and leveraging economic and environmental investments to meet the needs of current and future generations. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program | No | Grant | ||||||
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Description: Provides competitive grants to address the immediate and emerging ecological pressures and threats to nearshore waters, bays, estuaries, beaches, and coral reefs central to South Florida’s economic well-being. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | State Energy Program | Existing | Formula | September 30, 2022 - States to submit Energy Security Plan | |||||
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Description: Funding to states to support electric transmission and distribution planning as well as planning activities and programs that help reduce carbon emissions in all sectors of the economy, including transportation and alternative transportation fuels and electrification Eligible Recipients: States, territories, D.C. Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund Capitalization Grant Program | New | Loan | May 6, 2022 - comments closed in response to Request for Information | |||||
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Description: To provide capitalization grants to States to establish a revolving loan fund under which the state will provide loans and grants for energy efficiency audits, upgrades, and retrofits to increase energy efficiency and improve building comfort Eligible Recipients: States Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Career Skills Training | New | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: Provides a grant to pay the federal share of career skills training programs under which students concurrently receive classroom instruction and on-the-job training for the purpose of obtaining an industry-related certification to install energy efficient building technologies Eligible Recipients: non-Profit Partnerships Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Front-End Engineering and Design Program Out Activities Under Carbon Capture Tech program 962 of Environmental Protection Agency | New | Competitive | October 21, 2022 - Questions or comments on Notice of Intent close | |||||
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Description: Expands the Department of Energy's Carbon Capture Technology program to include a program for carbon dioxide transport infrastructure necessary to deploy Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage technologies. Eligible Recipients: Industry Partner Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Intelligent Transportation Systems Program | Existing | |||||||
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Description: Fosters innovation in transportation through deploying technology to enhance safety and efficiency while reducing environmental impacts of surface transportation. Eligible Recipients: FHWA Research, Technology, and Education Program Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal for activities under 23 USC 516, otherwise default provisions of 23 USC 120 apply |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies Grant Program | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: To provide aid to federal agencies that they can leverage with private capital to make energy and water efficiency upgrades to Federal buildings Eligible Recipients: Federal Agencies Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| USDA | Resilience | Capital Improvement And Maintenance - Legacy Road And Trail Remediation Program | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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Description: This program protects investments by decommissioning and repairing roads and trails to mitigate detrimental impacts to sensitive ecosystems and watersheds. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: Varies. Waivers are not available. |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Critical Material Innovation, Efficiency, And Alternatives | New | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: A program of research, development, demonstration and commercialization to develop alternatives to critical materials, to promote their efficient production and use and ensure a long-term secure and sustainable supply system Eligible Recipients: Industry Partner Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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