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	Tribes Eligible?
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	Federal Lands Transportation Program (funds for National Park Service)	Existing	Federal spending
Description: Provides access within national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, recreation areas, and other Federal public lands. Eligible Recipients: National Park Service Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	Federal Lands Transportation Program (Funding for U.S. Forest Service)	Existing	Federal spending
Description: Provides access within national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, recreation areas, and other Federal public lands. Eligible Recipients: Federal Land Management Agencies Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	Federal Lands Transportation Program (For other Federal Land Management Agencies)	Existing	Federal spending
Description: Provides access within national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, recreation areas, and other Federal public lands. Eligible Recipients: Federal Land Management Agencies (other than US Fish and Wildlife and the National Park Service) Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	Highway Research & Development Program	Existing	Technical Assistance
Description: Research and development to produce transformative solutions to improve safety, foster innovation, accelerate projects, and better meet operations, policy and infrastructure needs. Eligible Recipients: Varies Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non federal
	USDOT-FHWA	Other	Bureau of Transportation Statistics	Existing	Grant
Description: Funding for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to provide statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics, and provides context to decision makers and the public for understanding statistics on transportation. Eligible Recipients: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Federal Cost Share: Not specified
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	Accelerated Implementation and Deployment of Pavement Technologies (Set-aside)	Existing
Description: Provides a coordinated and cohesive approach to advance research and development of technologies for highway pavements and the materials from which highway infrastructure is constructed Eligible Recipients: FHWA Research, Technology, and Education Program Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal. Waivers are available if there is a substantial public interest/benefit
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	Accelerated Implementation and Deployment of Advanced Digital Construction Management Systems (Set-aside)	Existing	Competitive
Description: Promotes, implements, deploys, demonstrates, showcases, supports and documents the application of advanced digital construction management systems, practices, performance and benefits. Set-aside from Intelligent Transportation Systems Program. Eligible Recipients: FHWA Research, Technology, and Education Program Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal. Waivers available if substantial public interest/benefit.
	USDOT-FHWA	Safety	Commercial Driver's License Implementation Program	Existing	Competitive		No
Description: Supports Commercial Driver's License programs at a state and federal level. Eligible Recipients: States, local governments, any person Federal Cost Share: At least 85% federal
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	Tribal Transportation Facility Bridges (Bridge Formula Funding Set-Aside)	Existing	Formula	April 2022, Revised FY22 apportionment tables released	Yes
Description: 3% set aside from the Bridge Formula Program for Tribal transportation facility bridges Eligible Recipients: Tribes Federal Cost Share: 100% Federal share
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	Tribal Transportation Facility Bridge (Set-aside Bridge Investment Program)	New	Competitive		Yes
Description: Set-aside from the competitive Bridge Investment Program Eligible Recipients: Tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	State Incentives Pilot Program (Set-aside within INFRA)	New	Competitive	May 3, 2022, Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Opportunity NOFO (INFRA, MEGA and RURAL programs) closed for FY22	Yes
Description: Set-aside pilot program as part of the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Program Eligible Recipients: States, local governments, Tribal government, MPOs, certain SPDs or Port Authorities Federal Cost Share: 50% federal/50% non-federal. May not use federal assistance to satisfy non-federal share, except for fund from a secured loan if it is repayable from non-federal funds. Waivers not available.
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	Puerto Rico Highway Program	Existing	Formula	22/01 – FY funding released
Description: Provides funding to carry out a highway program in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Eligible Recipients: Puerto Rico Federal Cost Share: Typically 80% federal/20% non-federal (for interstate projects, 90% federal/10% non-federal). Waivers are available in some circumstances.
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	National Motor Vehicle Per-Mile User Fee Pilot (set-aside)	New	Competitive
Description: Pilot program to demonstrate a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee to restore and maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. Eligible Recipients: States Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/ 20% non-federal
	USDOT - NHTSA	Safety	Highway Safety Research and Development	Existing	Competitive		Yes
Description: Research and development activities with respect to (1) highway and traffic safety systems and conditions, (2) human behavioral factors and their effect on highway and traffic safety, (3) evaluation of the effectiveness of countermeasures to increase highway and traffic safety, (4) development of technologies to detect drug impaired drivers, (5) driver education programs, State laws on highway and traffic safety; Cooperative research and evaluation to research and evaluate priority highway safety countermeasures; Collaborative research on in-vehicle technology to prevent alcohol-impaired driving; Education campaign to reduce incidence of vehicular heatstroke of children; Grant program to develop and implement State processes for informing consumers of recalls; and Evaluation of innovative highway safety countermeasures. Eligible Recipients: States, Counties, Cities / Townships, Special Districts, Tribal Governments (Federally recognized), Tribal Governments (other than Federally recognized), Independent School Districts, Public Higher-Ed Institutions, Private Higher-Ed Institutions, Nonprofits, Small Businesses, Businesses (other than small businesses), and / or Individuals Federal Cost Share: Up to 100% federal contribution
	DOI	Clean Energy and Power	Earth Mapping Resources Initiative	Existing	Direct Federal Spending/Cooperative agreement	A portion of FY22 funding allocated
Description: To accelerate the U.S. Geological Survey mapping mission by providing integrated topographic, geologic, geochemical, and geophysical mapping, accelerating the integration and consolidation of geospatial and resource data, and providing an interpretation of both critical mineral resources still in the ground and critical mineral resources that may be reprocessed from mine wastes. Eligible Recipients: State Geological Surveys, Private Entities Federal Cost Share: No non-federal share required
	USDOT-FHWA	Ports and Waterways	Construction of Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal Facilities	Existing	Formula	TBD	Possibly
Description: Provides funding for ferry services which are important links in the network of Federal-aid highways, and in many cases, are the only reasonable form of transportation. Eligible Recipients: Eligible ferry operations Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal. Waivers are not available.
	USDA	Resilience	Burned Area Recovery	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: The Forest Service Burned Area Rehabilitation program addresses threats to fish, wildlife and people downstream, that some fires create. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding 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
	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.
	DOI	Resilience	Ecosystem - Klamath Basin	No	Cooperative Agreement, Direct Federal Spending	May 8, 2022 - Applications closed for year 1 funding
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:
	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
	DOC-NOAA	Resilience	Coastal Zone Management	No	Grant	October 14, 2022 - Applications close for NOAA's Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration program
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
	USDA	Resilience	Capital Improvement And Maintenance - Legacy Road And Trail Remediation Program	No	Direct Federal Spending
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.
	USDA	Resilience	Fuel Breaks	No	Direct Federal Spending
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 Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	DOI	Resilience	Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan	No	Financial Assistance	First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in July 2022
Description: The Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Plan aims to reduce the risk of Lake Mead and Lake Powell reaching critically low elevations. Eligible Recipients: Open Federal Cost Share: TBD. Waivers are not available.
	USDA	Resilience	Hazardous Fuels (Mechanical Thinning And Timber Harvesting; Precommercial Thinning In Young Growth)	No	Direct Federal Spending
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
	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	Federal Wildland Firefighter Salaries And Expenses	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: To address the increasing complexity and severity of fire years the Forest Service will create a more permanent workforce by converting no fewer than 1,000 seasonal wildland firefighters to wildland fire managers that are full-time, permanent and year-round while also holding responsibilities for reducing hazardous fuels on Federal land. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Hazardous Fuels Management	No	Direct Federal Spending
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
	USDA	Resilience	Reforestation Trust Fund (Replant Act)	No	Direct Federal Spending	Report to Congress in November 2022
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
	DOI	Resilience	Wildfire Management - Fuels Management	No	Direct Federal spending, possibly Interagency Agreement(s), Cooperative Agreement(s), and Contract(s)		Yes
Description: To protect vulnerable communities from wildfire while preparing our communities and natural landscapes for a changing climate, through hazardous fuels management strategies. Eligible Recipients: Federal Agencies, State agencies, Tribal Governments, And Businesses Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USACE	Resilience	Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects	No	Direct Federal		Yes
Description: Funds the construction of authorized water resources projects to increase aquatic ecosystem restoration, including $1 billion for multi-purpose projects or programs that include aquatic ecosystem restoration as a purpose. Eligible Recipients: In partnership with State, local, and Tribal governments the Army Corps would use funding to construct Federally authorized aquatic ecosystem restoration projects. Federal Cost Share: In general, unless otherwise specified in law, projects are cost shared 65 percent Federal, 35 percent non-Federal.
	USACE	Resilience	Inland Flood Risk Management Projects	No	Direct Federal
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.
	EPA	Water	Geographic Programs - Northwest Forest	No	Grants and Interagency Agreements
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.
	EPA	Water	Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program	No	Grant
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.
	EPA	Water	Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program	No	Grant
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.
	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
	USDA	Resilience	Restore Native Vegetation On Federal/Non-Federal Land	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: This program ensures the productive and sustainable use of National Forest System lands by improving the condition and health of forest and rangeland vegetation, controlling the spread of invasive species, sustaining soil productivity, reducing the risk of severe flooding and erosion in areas affected by severe fire, and maintaining water quality. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: Varies. Waivers are not available.
	EPA	Water	Geographic Programs - Lake Champlain	No	Grant
Description: Coordinates and funds efforts that benefit the Lake Champlain Basin’s water quality, fisheries, wetlands, wildlife, recreation, and cultural resources, in partnership with government agencies. private organizations, local communities, and individuals. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available.