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? |
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| DOC - NTIA | Broadband | Middle Mile Grants Program | New | Competitive | 30 September 2022 – Applications due through application portal | Yes | ||||
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Description: Funding for the construction, improvement or acquisition of middle mile infrastructure. Eligible Recipients: States, territories, ISPs, local entities, tribal governments, Native entities Federal Cost Share: Federal award may not exceed 70% of total project cost/At least 30% non-federal |
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| DOC - NOAA | Other | Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund | Existing | Competitive | March 2022 - Funding for FY22 closed | Yes | ||||
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Description: Continues existing program to reverse the declines of Pacific salmon and steelhead. Eligible Recipients: States and Tribes Federal Cost Share: 68% per cent federal/33% non-federal. Waivers are available. |
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| DOC - NOAA | Other | Consultations and Permitting | Existing | N/A | ||||||
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Description: Funding for the National Marine Fisheries Service to conducts consultations with Federal action agencies under both the Endangered Species Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Eligible Recipients: Internal Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| DOC - NOAA | Other | Regional Ocean Partnerships | Existing | Competitive | September 13, 2022 - Applications due for Tribal Engagement in Regional Ocean Partnership | Yes | ||||
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Description: Regional Ocean Partnerships are regional organizations voluntarily convened by Governors working in collaboration with other governments (including Tribal, Federal, and local) and stakeholders to address ocean and coastal issues of common concern in that region. Eligible Recipients: States, territories, tribal governments Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| DOC - NOAA | Other | National Estuarine Research Reserve System | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
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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 |
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| DOC - NOAA | Other | Marine Debris | Existing | Competitive | September 30, 2022 - Applications close | Yes | ||||
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Description: To investigate and prevent the adverse impacts of marine debris. Eligible Recipients: States, local, Tribal Governments (Federally recognized and non-federally recognized), special districts, Higher-Ed, etc. Federal Cost Share: 33% federal/67% non-federal. Waivers are available. |
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| DOC - NOAA | Other | Marine Debris | Existing | Competitive | September 30, 2022 - Applications close | Yes | ||||
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Description: To investigate and prevent the adverse impacts of marine debris. Eligible Recipients: States, local, tribal governments and organizations, non-profits, education institutions etc. Federal Cost Share: 50% federal/50% non-federal |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Pumped Storage Hydropower Wind and Solar Integration and System Reliability Initiative | New | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: Provides financial assistance to carry out project design, transmission studies, power market assessments, and permitting for a pumped storage hydropower project to facilitate the long-duration storage of intermittent renewable energy Eligible Recipients: Electric utilities, State Energy Offices, Tribes, Institutes of Higher Education, or consortium thereof Federal Cost Share: Matching funds equal to or greater than the amount of financial assistance provided |
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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 | 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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| GSA | Ports and Waterways | Real Property Activities | Existing | Direct Federal | ||||||
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Description: Construction and acquisition, and repairs and alterations of land ports of entry. Eligible Recipients: GSA, Public Buildings Service, Federal Buildings Fund which will contract out the design and construction services Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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| USACE | Resilience | Inland Flood Risk Management Projects | Existing | Direct Federal | ||||||
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Description: Funds the replacement and expansion of inland waterways commercial navigation projects. Eligible Recipients: The Army Corps will use this funding to construct eligible improvements to commercial navigation projects on the inland waterways, including locks and dams. Federal Cost Share: Unless otherwise specified in law, projects are 100% federal funded. |
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| USACE | Ports and Waterways | Inland Waterways Projects | Existing | Direct Federal | ||||||
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Description: The Army Corps to use this funding to construct eligible improvements to commercial navigation projects on inland waterways, including locks and dams Eligible Recipients: Army Corps Federal Cost Share: Unless otherwise specified in law, projects are 100% federal funded. |
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| USACE | Resilience | Coastal Storm Risk Management, Hurricane, And Storm Damage Reduction Projects | Existing | Direct Federal | ||||||
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Description: This program will fund the construction of projects that help to reduce the risk of damage in a coastal storm, targeting States that have been impacted by Federally declared disasters over the past six years. Eligible Recipients: The Army Corps will use this funding to construct authorized federal storm damage reduction projects. Federal Cost Share: In general, projects are cost shared 65% Federal, 35% non-Federal. |
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| USACE | Ports and Waterways | Corps of Engineers Operation and Maintenance | Existing | Direct Federal | ||||||
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Description: The Army Corps to use this funding for operation and maintenance of its projects, including coastal and inland navigation projects. Eligible Recipients: Army Corps Federal Cost Share: Unless otherwise specified in law, projects are 100% federal funded. |
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| Southeast Crescent Regional Commission | Other | Southeast Crescent Regional Commission Funding | Existing | |||||||
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Description: Southeast Crescent Regional Commission States are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Eligible Recipients: Federal Cost Share: Maximum Southeast Crescent Regional Commission share is 50 percent or 80 percent, depending on the community’s level of economic distress. Waivers are available in some circumstances. |
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| Northern Border Regional Commission | Other | Northern Border Regional Commission | Existing | Yes | ||||||
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Description: The Northern Border Regional Commission catalyzes regional, collaborative, and transformative community economic development approaches that alleviate economic distress and position the region for economic growth. Eligible Recipients: States, Tribal governments (federally recognized and non-federally recognized), counties, cities / townships, public higher edu, non profits etc. Federal Cost Share: Maximum Northern Border Regional Commission share is 50 percent or 80 percent, depending on the community’s level of economic distress. Waivers are available in some circumstances. |
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| USDOT | Roads, bridges and major projects | Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) | Existing | Formula | 21/12 FY22 Funding Announced (set aside from the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program) | |||||
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Description: Eligible Recipients: States, D.C. Federal Cost Share: |
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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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| USACE | Ports and Waterways | Mississippi River and Tributaries | Existing | Direct federal | The Army Corps will be issuing multiple contract awards during FY22 | |||||
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Description: Federal projects to help reduce the risk of flood damage in the lower Mississippi River valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Eligible Recipients: The Corps of Engineers will use this funding to plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain certain federal flood damage reduction projects Federal Cost Share: Unless otherwise specified in law, projects are 100% federal funded. |
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| FCC-WCB | Broadband | Broadband Deployment Locations Map | New | Direct federal spending | ||||||
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Description: To establish an online mapping tool to provide a locations overview of the overall geographic footprint of each broadband infrastructure deployment project funded by the Infrastructure Act, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 or any other Federal amounts appropriated or any Federal program authorized after the date of enactment of the Infrastructure Act to fund broadband infrastructure deployment. Eligible Recipients: N/A Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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| FCC-WCB | Broadband | Affordable Connectivity Program - Outreach Grants | New | Additional details to be released at a later date | ||||||
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Description: To conduct and fund ACP outreach, including providing grants to outreach partners to ensure that eligible households can learn about the program and receive assistance with the application process. Eligible Recipients: TBD, Pending Rulemaking Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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| USDOT-Build America Bureau | Roads, bridges and major projects | Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) | Existing | Loans | open for applications | |||||
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Description: Federal credit assistance to eligible surface transportation projects. Eligible Recipients: State (including D.C. and PR), Local, public authority, certain private entities Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal |
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| FCC-WCB | Broadband | Affordable Connectivity Program | Existing | Subsidies to internet service providers to apply to consumer's bills | August 5, 2022 - FCC approved proposed to increase funding for outreach. The first established a $100 million grant program to help increase awareness of the subsidy. The second established a pilot program to promote the program to recipients of federal housing assistance. Additional details on the grant program will be provided at a later date. | Low-income households on Tribal lands can receive a monthly benefit of up to $75 on broadband charges | ||||
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Description: Helps low income households afford home broadband service by providing up to a $30 monthly benefit on a household's monthly internet bill. For low-income households on Tribal lands the benefit is up to $75. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if the household contributes more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price. Eligible Recipients: Internet Service Providers (Who Then Apply the Benefit to Consumers' Monthly Bills) Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| EPA | Other | Battery Labeling Guidelines | New | |||||||
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Description: Establishes a program to promote battery recycling through the development of voluntary labeling guidelines for batteries and other forms of communication materials for battery producers and consumers about the reuse and recycling of critical materials from batteries. Eligible Recipients: Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share |
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| EPA | Other | Battery Recycling Best Practices | New | Report to Congress in November 2023 | ||||||
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Description: The Environmental Protection Agency will develop best practices that may be implemented by State, Tribal, and local governments with respect to the collection of batteries to be recycled. Eligible Recipients: Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share |
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| EPA | Other | Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach Grants | New | Competitive | July 25, 2022 - Comments in response to Requests for Information closed | Yes | ||||
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Description: Investment to transform public education and outreach regarding how to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Eligible Recipients: States, a Unit of Local Government, Tribal Governments (Federally recognized), A Native Hawaiian Organization, The Department of Hawaiian Homelands, The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, A Non-Profit Organization, Or A Public-Private Partnership Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| EPA | Other | Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Infrastructure Grants | New | Competitive | July 25, 2022 - Comments in response to Requests for Information closed | Yes | ||||
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Description: To fund investment in recycling and solid waste management. Eligible Recipients: States (including the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, or any political subdivision of a State, Tribe, or territory), Tribes, InterTribal Consortia, Former Indian Reservations in Oklahoma (As Determined by The Secretary of The Interior), and Alaskan Native Villages. Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| USACE | Ports and Waterways | Major Rehabilitation for Rivers and Harbors | Existing | Direct federal | ||||||
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Description: In partnership with port authorities, the Army Corps will use this funding to construct authorized coastal navigation projects such as deepening and widening of federal navigation channels. Eligible Recipients: In partnership with port authorities, the Army Corps would use this funding to construct authorized coastal navigation projects such as deepening and widening of federal navigation channels. Federal Cost Share: Unless otherwise specified in law, projects are 100% federal funded. |
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| USACE | Resilience | Continuing Authorities Program (Under Flood Control Act And River And Harbor Act) | Existing | Direct federal | ||||||
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Description: Funds eligible for small Army Corps projects, including $115 million for restoring fish and wildlife passage. Eligible Recipients: The Army Corps will use this funding to plan, design, and construct small water resources projects. Federal Cost Share: Varies. |
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| USDA - Forest Service | Other | State Forest Action Plans | Existing | |||||||
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Description: To implement State Forest Action Plans, which offer practical and comprehensive roadmaps for investing Federal, State, local, and private resources where they can be most effective in achieving national conservation goals. Eligible Recipients: States and Territories Federal Cost Share: Some cost share required. Waivers are available. |
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| USCBP | Ports and Waterways | Land Port of Entry Modernization | Existing | Direct federal | ||||||
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Description: For furniture, fixtures and equipment for the land ports of entry modernized with funding provided to the General Service Administration in the Act. Eligible Recipients: GSA, Public Buildings Service, Federal Buildings Fund which will contract out the design and construction services Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| USDA | Resilience | Provide Financial Assistance to States, Indian Tribes, and Units of Local Government to Establish and Operate Reverse 911 Telecommunication Systems | New | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: Establishment of reserve-911 telecommunication systems. Eligible Recipients: States and Tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| USDA - Forest Service | Other | Secure Rural Schools | Existing | Competitive | September 30, 2022 - Elections for funding must be submitted by September 30, 2022 via Governor's office or other appropriate executive office of the state on behalf of the Governor | |||||
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Description: Provides critical funding for schools, roads, and other municipal services to more than 700 counties across the United State and Puerto Rico. Focuses on schools whose tax base was influenced by growing amount of federal land. Eligible Recipients: States and Counties Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| USDA | Other | Temporary Water Crossing Structures | New | Grants | ||||||
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Description: Under development Eligible Recipients: States and Tribes Federal Cost Share: |
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| USDA | Resilience | State Fire Assistance | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: The Forest Service supports and assists State Foresters and local communities in building capacity for wildfire prevention, mitigation, control, and suppression on non-Federal lands. Eligible Recipients: State and Communities, State Forestry Service Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| USDA | Resilience | Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program for At-Risk Communities | New | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: Provide grants to communities at risk from wildfire to develop or revise their community wildfire protection plans and carry out projects described within those plans. It will include a mix of formula and competitive funds. Eligible Recipients: Private forest owners, communities at risk of wildfires, tribes, state forestry agencies, and non profits Federal Cost Share: |
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| USCBP | Ports and Waterways | Land Port of Entry Modernization | Existing | Direct federal | ||||||
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Description: For land port of entry construction, modernization and sustainment Eligible Recipients: GSA, Public Buildings Service, Federal Buildings Fund which will contract out the design and construction services Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| USDA - Forest Service | Other | Landscape Scale Restoration Water Quality and Fish Passage | Existing | Direct Federal | ||||||
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Description: This program improves fish and wildlife habitat connectivity and helps to recover Endangered Species Act-listed or Endangered Species Act candidate species that depend on National Forest System lands. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: Varies. Waivers are not available. |
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| USDA - Office of the Secretary | Other | Bioproduct Pilot Program | New | Competitive | August 31, 2022 - Applications close | |||||
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Description: Determine the economic, social, and environmental benefits of using materials derived from agricultural commodities (bioproducts) in the development and manufacturing of construction or consumer products. Eligible Recipients: Bioproduct Research Facilities funded in part by a state with other restrictions Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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