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? |
Workforce Funding Eligible Use? |
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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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| 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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| DOI | Resilience | Wildfire Management - Fuels Management | No | Direct Federal spending, possibly Interagency Agreement(s), Cooperative Agreement(s), and Contract(s) | Yes | |||||
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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 |
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| USACE | Resilience | Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects | No | Direct Federal | Yes | |||||
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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. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund | No | Grant | September 20, 2022 - Request for Applications closes | |||||
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Description: To improve water quality and restore aquatic habitat (i.e. wetlands) in the San Francisco Bay and its watersheds. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| USDA | Resilience | Removal Of Vegetation For Biochar And Innovative Wood Products | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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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 |
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| USDA | Resilience | Post-Fire Restoration | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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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 |
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| DOI | Water | Central Utah Project | No | Direct Federal Spending | January 2022, Initial Spend Plan released | |||||
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Description: Funding will be used to continue construction of the Utah Lake System Pipeline. Eligible Recipients: Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission Federal Cost Share: |
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| USDA | Resilience | Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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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 |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Carbon Dioxide Capture Facilities Private Activity Bonds | New | Tax exemptions | ||||||
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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 |
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| TBD | Broadband | Private Activity Bonds for Qualified Broadband Projects | New | Tax exemptions | ||||||
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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 |
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| USDA | Resilience | Develop And Publish Every 5 Years A Map Depicting At-Risk Communities, Including Tribal Communities | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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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 |
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| Department of Agriculture | Resilience | Wildfire Detection And Monitoring Equipment | Yes | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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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 |
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| 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 | |||||
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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 |
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| 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). | ||||||
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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 |
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| USDA | Resilience | Agreement With National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration For Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellite Program | Yes | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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Description: Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| Department of the Interior | Resilience | Ecosystem - Lake Tahoe | No | Grant | July 19, 2022 - first round of funds allocated | Yes | ||||
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Description: To deploy strategies consistent with the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan to prevent the introduction or spread of aquatic invasive species in the Lake Tahoe region. Eligible Recipients: Open Federal Cost Share: Yes |
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| USDA | Resilience | Volunteer Fire Assistance | No | Grant, Financial Assistance, Technical Assistance | Only Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in Q3 2022 | |||||
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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. |
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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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| USDA | Resilience | Restore Native Vegetation On Federal/Non-Federal Land | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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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. |
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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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| USACE | Resilience | Flood Plain Management Services | No | Direct Federal | ||||||
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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. |
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| DOI | Resilience | Ecosystem - Sagebrush-Steppe | No | Grant, Cooperative Agreement, Direct Federal Spending | June 16, 2022 - FY2022 allocations made | |||||
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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 |
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| DOI | Resilience | Colorado River Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation Programs | No | Financial Assistance | First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in July 2022 | |||||
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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. |
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| DOI | Resilience | Direct Federal Spending (Or Other) For National Revegetation Strategy | Yes | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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Description: Funding to implement a national revegetation effort on private and public lands Eligible Recipients: Federal Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| USDA | Resilience | Revegetation Effort to Implement National Seed Strategy | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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Description: Guides ecological restoration across major landscapes, especially those lands damaged by rangeland fires, invasive species, severe storms, and drought. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| DOC | Resilience | Research Supercomputing | No | Contract, Cooperative Agreement | ||||||
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Description: Funds will be used to provide computational resources to support and advance environmental modeling crucial for understanding critical Earth systems. Eligible Recipients: Public Higher-Ed Institutions, Federal Partners, Businesses Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| USDA | Resilience | State Fire Assistance | No | Grant, Financial Assistance, Technical Assistance | Soliciting projects from States | |||||
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Description: Supports and assists State Foresters and local communities in building capacity for wildfire prevention, mitigation, control, and suppression on non-Federal lands. Eligible Recipients: Community And State (Primary Partners Including National Association of State Foresters And State Forestry Agencies) Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| USDA | Resilience | Capital Improvement And Maintenance - Construction And Maintenance Of Roads For Forest Restoration Projects That Reduce Wildfire Risk | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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Description: This program administers an extensive transportation network that is vital to the agency’s mission to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of national forest lands. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: Varies. Waivers are not available. |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Lake Champlain | No | Grant | ||||||
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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. |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Gulf of Mexico | No | Grant | ||||||
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Description: Founded to facilitate collaborative actions to protect, maintain, and restore the health and productivity of the Gulf of Mexico in ways consistent with the economic well-being of the Region. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Preventing Outages and Enhancing Resilience of the Electric Grid (section 40101) | New | Competitive | September 2022 - RFI expected | Yes | ||||
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Description: To make grants to eligible entities to prevent outages and enhance the resilience of the electricity grid Eligible Recipients: Electric grid operators, electricity storage operators, electricity generators, transmission owners and operators, distribution providers, fuel suppliers. Federal Cost Share: |
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| DOI | Resilience | Ecosystem - Fish Passage | No | Combination | Yes | |||||
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Description: For the removal of barriers and for technical assistance under the National Fish Passage Program. Eligible Recipients: Open, including Tribes Federal Cost Share: |
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| DOI | Resilience | Contracts and Agreements For Restoration on Federal Lands | New | Yes | ||||||
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Description: Contracts for ecological health restoration, to be enacted on no fewer than 10,000 acres of Federal land, including Indian forest land or rangeland Eligible Recipients: Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Non-governmental Organizations Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| EPA | Water | Underground Injection Control Grants: Class VI wells | New | Yes | ||||||
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Description: Funds agencies that oversee underground injection activities to prevent contamination of underground sources of drinking water from fluid injection practices. 7% set aside for Tribes. Eligible Recipients: States and Tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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