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?
	USDOT-FRA	Passenger and freight rail	Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail	Existing	Competitive	October 2022, NOFO expected for FY22	Yes
Description: To fund capital projects that reduce the State of good repair backlog, improve performance, or expand or establish new intercity passenger rail service ,including privately operated intercity passenger rail service if an eligible applicant is involved. Eligible Recipients: States/group of states, local governments, Federally recognized tribe, D.C., public agencies, Amtrak. Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal. Waivers are not available.
	USDOT-FMCSA	Safety	Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs	Existing	Direct federal funding
Description: Provides resources to support program and administrative activities to provide salaries and benefits for motor carrier safety personnel. Eligible Recipients: N/A Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	USDOT-FMCSA	Safety	Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Training & Support Grant Program	New	Competitive		No	Yes
Description: New program to train non-federal government employees who conduct Commercial Motor Vehicle enforcement activities and to develop related training materials. Eligible Recipients: Nonprofits Federal Cost Share: Federal share is 100%
	USDOT-FMCSA	Safety	High Priority Activities Program	Existing	Competitive	March 31, 2022 - applications closed for FY22 funding round for Innovative Technology Deployment and Commercial Motor Vehicle programs	Yes
Description: A discretionary grant program designed to provide federal financial assistance to enhance States’ commercial vehicle safety plan activities, including commercial vehicle inspections, traffic enforcement, and outreach while supporting innovative technology development and/or new project(s) not included in the commercial vehicle safety plan that will have a positive impact on commercial vehicle safety. Eligible Recipients: States, local governments, Federally recognized Tribes etc. Federal Cost Share: Federal share at least 85%
	USDOT-FMCSA	Electric Vehicles, Buses and Ferries	Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators Grant Program	Existing	Competitive	March 31, 2022 – applications closed for FY22 funding round	Yes	Yes
Description: Awards grants to a variety of education institutions that provide commercial truck and bus driving training. Eligible Recipients: Accredited public or private colleges, universities, vocational-technical schools, post-secondary educational institutions, truck driver training schools, associations, and state and local governments, federally recognized Tribal governments. Federal Cost Share: Federal share is at least 85%
	USDOT-FHWA	Other	Technology and Innovation Deployment Program	Existing
Description: The Technology & Innovation Deployment Program turns research products into proven technologies that address emerging needs, invest in the Nation’s infrastructure, and promote rapid adoption of proven, market-ready technologies and innovations. Eligible Recipients: FHWA Research, Technology, and Education Program Federal Cost Share: 80% Federal / 20% non-Federal. Waivers are available if there is substantial public interest/benefit.
	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	Electric Vehicles, Buses and Ferries	Low or No Emission Vehicle Component Assessment Program	Existing
Description: FTA to provide funds to two qualified institutions of higher education to conduct testing, evaluation and analysis of low or no emission components intended for use in low and zero emission buses used to provide public transportation. Eligible Recipients: Qualified institutions of higher education Federal Cost Share: 50% federal share/50% non-federal share
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	Intelligent Transportation Systems Program	Existing
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
	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 (Funding for U.S. Fish & Wildlife 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	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-FRA	Passenger and freight rail	Interstate Rail Compacts Grant Program	New	Competitive
Description: Funding for interstate rail compacts' administrative costs and to conduct railroad system planning, promotion of intercity passenger rail operations, and the preparation of grant applications Eligible Recipients: An existing entity (e.g., a commission) established by member states to implement an interstate rail compact. Federal Cost Share:
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Preventing Outages and Enhancing Resilience of the Electric Grid (section 40101)	New	Competitive	September 2022 - RFI expected	Yes
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:
	USDOT-FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	Bridge Investment Program	New	Competitive	August 9, 2022 - Large Bridge Project applications due; September 8, Bridge Project applications due	Yes
Description: Competitive program to support projects to improve bridge and culvert condition, safety, efficiency and reliability. Eligible Recipients: States, local governments, Tribal government, certain MPOs, certain SPDs or public authorities. Federal Cost Share: 50% Federal/50% non-Federal for large projects and 80% Federal/20% non-Federal for any other eligible project. Rules around non-Federal share.
	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.