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? | Cybersecurity An Eligible Use? | ||
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DOI | Environmental Remediation | Orphaned Well Site Plugging, Remediation and Restoration program | New | Formula, competitive, technical assistance | May 13, 2022 – Funding opportunity closed for Large Scale Initial Planning Grants | Yes | ||||
Description: Funding to administer a program for plugging wells on Federal land, and for issuing grants to States and Tribes on State, private, and Tribal land. Grants to States are available through three separate programs. Initial Grants: Either $5 million or up to $25 million to each qualifying State that applies before May 14, 2022. Funding unobligated after 1 year must be returned. Formula Grants: $2 billion in total funding available to States that submitted a Notice of Intent to the Department of the Interior by December 30, 2021. The amount each State is eligible for under this program is determined by formula. Funding unobligated after 5 years must be returned. Performance Grants: $1.5 billion in discretionary grants to States that increase their own spending on well plugging, remediation, and reclamation, or improve the regulation of oil and gas wells within the State. Eligible Recipients: Federal, states, tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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DOI | Environmental Remediation | Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund | Existing | Formula | July 21, 2022 - Final Guidance released | Yes | ||||
Description: Funding to administer a program to provide grants to eligible States and Tribes to clean up abandoned coal mine sites and related problems. Eligible Recipients: Eligible states and tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grants | New | Competitive | September 16, 2022 - Comments due in response to Request for Information | |||||
Description: Offers grants to small and medium-sized manufacturers to enable them to build or retrofit existing manufacturing and industrial facilities to produce or recycle advanced energy products in communities where coal mines or coal power plants have closed Eligible Recipients: Manufacturing firm—subject to size limitations Federal Cost Share: Not specified |
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DRC | Other | Delta Regional Authority | Existing | Yes | Yes | |||||
Description: Focus on public infrastructure improvements, workforce development, and business development. Eligible Recipients: States, local, Tribal Governments (Federally recognized), public high edu, non profits Federal Cost Share: Maximum Delta Regional Authority share is 100 percent for infrastructure projects in a distressed area or 10 percent for workforce development or business development projects in distressed or non-distressed areas. Delta Regional Authority participation can increase the allowable Federal share up to 100 percent in a grant. Waivers are available in some circumstances. |
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DOI | Resilience | Tribal Irrigation and Power Systems | Existing | Yes | ||||||
Description: The program addresses deferred maintenance needs at 17 congressionally authorized irrigation projects located on Indian reservations across the Rocky Mountain, Northwest, Southwest, Navajo and Western Regions. Eligible Recipients: Tribal Governments - recognized Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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USDOT - FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds (set-aside) | Existing | Competitive | September 15, 2022 – Applications close for FHWA’s 2022 Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund | Yes | ||||
Description: To reduce deaths or serious injuries in transportation-related crashes in Tribal Areas Eligible Recipients: Federally recognized Tribe Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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EPA | Environmental Remediation | Superfund Remedial | Existing | Contract, Cooperative Agreement, Interagency Agreements | Ongoing | Yes | ||||
Description: Responsible for cleaning up some of the nation’s most contaminated land. Eligible Recipients: States, Local, tribal, Federal, industry partners, Special Districts Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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FCC-WCB | Broadband | Broadband Deployment Locations Map | New | Direct federal spending | ||||||
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 | ||||||
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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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 | ||||
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 | |||||||
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 | ||||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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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EPA | Other | Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan | New | Competitive | June 2022 - funding allocation released | |||||
Description: In the short-term, aims to reduce nutrient-loading to the Gulf of Mexico from the basin by 20% by 2025 In the long-term, the goal is to limit the Gulf hypoxic zone to an average annual size of less than 5,000 square kilometers by 2035. Eligible Recipients: 12 State Members of Gulf Hypoxia Task Force (Along Mississippi Corridor/Gulf of Mexico) Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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EPA | Water | Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Small and Underserved Communities Emerging Contaminants Grant Program | Existing | Competitive | August 15, 2022 – Letter of Intent closed for FY2022 | Yes | ||||
Description: Provides grants to public water systems in small and underserved/disadvantaged communities that are unable to finance activities needed to comply with drinking water regulations. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law prioritizes the funding to focus on small and disadvantaged communities in addressing emerging contaminants, including PFAS. Eligible Recipients: States initially receive funding, then provide funds through grants to water utilities and other eligible entities in small and/or underserved/disadvantaged communities. Tribes and territories are also eligible to receive funds under this program. Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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EPA | Environmental Remediation | Brownfield State and Tribal Response Programs | Existing | June 3, 2022 – Requests for FY22 EPA State and Tribal Brownfield Response Program closed | Yes | |||||
Description: This funding is intended for States and Tribes that have the required management and administrative capacity within their government to administer a Federal grant. Eligible Recipients: States, Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized) Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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EPA | Environmental Remediation | Brownfield Projects | Existing | Competitive | Yes | |||||
Description: Provides funds to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. Eligible Recipients: States, Counties, Cities/Townships, Tribal (Federally Recognized), Indian Housing Authorities, Nonprofits, Public Housing Authorities Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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EPA | Resilience | Front-End and Design Program Out Activities Under Carbon Capture Tech program 962 of Environmental Protection Agency | New | Competitive | ||||||
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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EPA | Resilience | Pollution Prevention Grants | Existing | Competitive | April 11, 2022 Applications close for FY2022 NOFO | Yes | ||||
Description: Grantees deliver technical assistance to businesses – including those communities with environmental justice concerns – to identify and adopt source reduction practices and technologies that benefit businesses, communities, and local economies. Eligible Recipients: States, Tribes, state-sponsored institutions, Tribal Institutions Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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EPA | Water | Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Existing | Loans and grants | Yes | |||||
Description: Financial assistance program to help water systems and States to achieve health protection objectives. States are required to give priority for the use of Drinking Water State Revolving Fund project funds to: Address the most serious risks to human health and assist systems most in need on a per household basis according to State affordability criteria. Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 49 percent of funds shall be eligible to be grants or 100 percent principal forgiveness loans. Eligible Recipients: States initially receive funding, then provide funds to Water Utilities and/or Municipal and Other Eligible Entities. Tribes and Territories are also eligible to receive a portion of State Revolving Fund funds. Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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EPA | Water | Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Existing | Loan | Yes | |||||
Description: Provides communities low-cost financing for a wide range of water quality infrastructure projects. Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 49 percent of Clean Water State Revolving Fund funds shall be eligible to be grants or 100 percent principal forgiveness loans. Eligible Recipients: States initially receive funding, then provide funds to Water Utilities and/or Municipal and Other Eligible Entities. Tribes and Territories are also eligible to receive a portion of State Revolving Fund funds. Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share |
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EPA | Water | Clean Water State Revolving Fund - Emerging Contaminants | Existing | Loan | Yes | |||||
Description: Eligible projects limited to those that address emerging contaminants, such as PFAS. Eligible Recipients: States initially receive funding, then provide funds to Water Utilities and/or Municipal and Other Eligible Entities. Tribes and Territories are also eligible to receive a portion of State Revolving Fund funds. Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share |
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EPA | Water | Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Emerging Contaminants | Existing | Loan | Yes | |||||
Description: Eligible projects limited to those that address emerging contaminants, such as PFAS. Eligible Recipients: States initially receive funding, then provide funds to Water Utilities and/or Municipal and Other Eligible Entities. Tribes and Territories are also eligible to receive a portion of State Revolving Fund funds. Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share |
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USDOT-FHWA | Electric Vehicles, Buses and Ferries | National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program | New | Formula | August 1, 2022 - states must submit EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan to receive FY22 funds | No | Yes - provided they are directly related to the charging of an electric vehicle. | Cybersecurity must be addressed in NEVI plans | ||
Description: Funds the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure along corridors and interstates to establish an interconnected network. 10% of funding is for discretionary grants to states and local governments that require additional assistance. Eligible Recipients: States, D.C., P.R. Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal. Waivers are not available. |
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USDOT-Maritime | Ports and Waterways | Port Infrastructure Development Program | Existing | Competitive | May 16, 2022 - NOFO for FY2022 closed | Yes | Yes | |||
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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DHS | Resilience | State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program | New | Competitive | August 2022, Notice of Funding Opportunity expected shortly | Yes | Yes | |||
Description: Makes available Federal funds to State, local, and Tribal governments to address cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats to information systems that they own or operate. The Department of Homeland Security is also separately administering the statutory Tribal set-aside funding as its own Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program under this authority. Eligible Recipients: States, territories, Tribal governments, and multi entity groups of two or more Federal Cost Share: Fiscal year 2022 for individual recipients: 90 percent Federal; 10 percent Non-Federal; for multi-entity groups: 100 percent Federal fiscal year 2023 for individual recipients: 80 percent Federal; 20 percent Non-Federal; for multi-entity groups: 90 percent Federal; 10 percent Non-Federal fiscal year 2024 for individual recipients: 70 percent Federal; 30 percent Non-Federal; for multi-entity groups: 80 percent Federal; 20 percent Non-Federal fiscal year 2025 for individual recipients: 60 percent Federal; 40 percent Non-Federal; for multi-entity groups: 70 percent Federal; 30 percent Non-Federal. Waivers are available. |
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DOI | Resilience | Department of Interior Wildfire Management - Preparedness | Existing | Competitive, direct federal spending | Yes | Yes | ||||
Description: Funds a range of actions that helps the Federal government prepare to respond to wildland fire. These include hiring people, training them, tracking their qualifications, and planning our wildland fire response ahead of time. It also provides for the purchasing of equipment for early wildfire detection, real-time monitoring and radios to support interoperability with interagency partners; financial assistance to local communities to purchase slip-on tanks; and increases in firefighter pay and other firefighter workforce reforms. Eligible Recipients: Federal, State, local, Tribal Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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DOE | Resilience | Advanced Energy Security Program | New | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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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DHS | Resilience | Cyber Response and Recovery | New | Funding triggered by Secretary's determination of a Significant incident | Yes | Yes | ||||
Description: Establishes the Cyber Response and Recovery Fund that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency can tap into in the event of a significant cyber incident when other resources are insufficient. Eligible Recipients: Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial, public and private entities Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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DHS | Resilience | Network & System Security & Investment | Existing | Competitive | Yes | |||||
Description: This program produces the technologies needed to secure information and software that resides on the networks and systems that make up the Internet. It provides analytic tools for the law enforcement community to investigate crimes committed in cyberspace. Eligible Recipients: Academia, Industry, National lands, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Federal Cost Share: |
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DHS | Resilience | Sector Risk management Agencies | Existing | Direct federal spending | Yes | |||||
Description: The requested funding will allow the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to sustain coordinated support for Sector Risk Management Agencies across the Federal government, cultivating sector-specific expertise within the agency. Eligible Recipients: Federal (DHS/CISA) Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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DHS | Resilience | Cybersecurity | Existing | Competitive | Yes | |||||
Description: Researches, analyzes, and develops technologies to strengthen defensive cybersecurity capabilities in a spectrum of strategic technical areas to mitigate risk to the Nation’s critical infrastructure, Federal departments and agencies, as well as State, territorial, Tribal and local organizations. Eligible Recipients: National labs, federally funded research, development centers, academia, industry, etc. Federal Cost Share: |
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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 | ||||
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 | Clean Energy and Power | Industrial Research and Assessment Center Implementation Grants | New | Competitive | Yes | |||||
Description: To fund upgrades for eligible small and medium sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency, material efficacy, cybersecurity, or productivity, or reduce waste production, greenhouse gas emissions or non-greenhouse gas pollution Eligible Recipients: Small- and Medium-Sized Manufacturers Federal Cost Share: 50% |
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DOE | Resilience | Rural And Municipal Utility Advances Cybersecurity Grant And Technical Assistance Program | New | Yes | Yes | |||||
Description: To provide grants and technical assistance to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, eligible entities to protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity threats. Eligible Recipients: Rural Electric Cooperatives, Municipally-Owned Electric Utilities, Other State-Owned Utilities, Small Investor-Owned Utilities Federal Cost Share: |
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DOC - NTIA | Broadband | Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) | New | Formula | August 15, 2022 - Initial Planning Funds application due | Yes | Yes | |||
Description: For broadband planning, deployment, and adoption projects. Each State, D.C, and P.R. will receive an allocation of at least $100 million and the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands will each receive $25 million. Each State will receive initial funding of $5 million and each territory will receive initial funding of $1.25 million to support broadband planning efforts including building capacity in State broadband offices and outreach with local communities. Following submission of 5-year Action Plans, the remaining funding will be distributed based on a formula that considers the number of unserved and high-cost locations in the State, based on the maps to be published by the FCC. Eligible Recipients: States, territories, D.C. Federal Cost Share: 25% federal/75% non-federal. Waivers are available. |