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?
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program	New	Competitive	July 27, 2022 - Comments period on Notice of Intent closed	Yes
Description: Establishes a carbon capture technology program for the development of 6 facilities to demonstrate transformational technologies that will significantly improve the efficiency, effectiveness, cost, emissions reductions, and environmental performance of coal and natural gas use, including in manufacturing and industrial facilities Eligible Recipients: State and local governments Tribes, technology developers, industry, utilities, universities etc. Federal Cost Share: TBD
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Smart Grid Investment Matching Grant Program (s 40107)	New	Competitive	August 2022, Request for Information expected
Description: Investment in qualifying Smart Grid investments that allow buildings to engage in demand flexibility or Smart Grid functions. Eligible investments include metering, control and other devises, sensors, and software, communications and broadband technologies and so forth Eligible Recipients: Utilities Federal Cost Share: 50 per cent cost-share of total costs
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Hydropower Research, Development, and Demonstration (s 41006)	Existing	Competitive
Description: To fund research, development and demonstration activities to improve hydropower technologies Eligible Recipients: Industry partners and National Labs Federal Cost Share: N/A
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Energy Efficiency Materials Pilot Program	New	Competitive
Description: Provides grants to supply nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency materials Eligible Recipients: non-Profit Organizations Federal Cost Share: TBD
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	New Solar Research & Development (s. 41007 (c))	New	Competitive		Yes
Description: To award financial assistance to eligible entities for research, development, demonstration and commercialization projects to create innovative and practical approaches to advance new solar energy manufacturing technologies and techniques. Eligible Recipients: Federal, state, and local government, higher education. National Lab, related research agency in territory, Tribal energy development organization, a Tribe, a Tribal organization, Native Hawaiian community-based organization, non profit, industry, etc. Federal Cost Share: TBD
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Lithium-Ion Recycling Prize	New	Competitive
Description: To provide a prize for recycling of lithium ion batteries and to convene a task force on battery producer requirements Eligible Recipients: Prize dependent Federal Cost Share: N/A
	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
	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
	EPA	Electric Vehicles, Buses and Ferries	Clean School Bus Program	New	Competitive	August 19, 2022 - applications close for FY22 funding	Yes
Description: 50% of funds are for zero-emission school buses and 50% for alternative fuels and zero-emission fuel buses Eligible Recipients: States, local governments, eligible contractors, nonprofits etc. Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	DOI	Water	Water Recycling (Large scale water recycling)	Existing	Competitive	03/15/22 funding closed March 15, 2022. Additional program criteria for large projects to follow during 2022.
Description: Projects that reclaim and/or reuse municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastewater; or impaired ground and surface waters. Large Scale Water Recycling Program is defined in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as projects that reclaim and reuse municipal, industrial, domestic, or agricultural wastewater; or impaired groundwater or surface water with a total project cost of $500 million or more and located in a Reclamation State. Eligible Recipients: Open Federal Cost Share: 75% non-Federal, up to 25 %from Federal. Waivers are not available.
	DOI	Water	Water Desalination Projects	Existing	Competitive
Description: Water desalination projects support desalination of ocean or brackish water. Eligible Recipients: Open Federal Cost Share: 75% non-Federal, up to 25% from Federal. Waivers are not available.
	DOI	Water	Aging Infrastructure Account	New	Competitive	01/22 First Application period opened- closed January 31, 2022. There will be multiple application periods.
Description: The Aging Infrastructure/Extraordinary Maintenance authority is used to fund extraordinary maintenance needs of outdated water and energy projects across the West. Eligible Recipients: Transferred Works Operators and Reserved works Project beneficiaries (districts, power customers, cost share partners) Federal Cost Share: Per project cost allocations. Waivers are not available.
	DOI	Resilience	Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration and Protection Projects	New	Competitive	April 2023 - First round of funding expected to be announced
Description: This funding will support design, study and construction of aquatic ecosystem restoration and protection projects. Eligible Recipients: Open Federal Cost Share: 35% for construction. Waivers are not available.
	DOI	Water	WaterSMART Grants	Existing	Competitive	July 28, 2022 – Applications closed for WaterSmart Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for FY23	Yes
Description: This funding will be used for competitive grants through WaterSMART for water management improvements that contribute to water supply sustainability, increase drought resilience, and that have environmental benefits. Eligible Recipients: Open - meet criteria for Grant Opportunity Federal Cost Share: Varies, 50 percent, 25 percent, up to 65 percent for some projects.
	DOI	Water	Watershed Management Projects	New	Competitive		Yes
Description: Watershed management includes water conservation and efficiency projects that increase reliability for ecological value, improvements to mitigate drought-related impacts to ecological values, and projects that improve the condition of a natural feature or nature-based feature. Eligible Recipients: Open - must meet funding opportunity criteria Federal Cost Share: 50 percent for some projects. Waivers are not available.
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Solar Recycling Research & Development (s. 41007(c)(3))	New	Competitive	August 12, 2022 - Concept Paper due. Full applications submission deadline October 17, 2022	Yes
Description: To award financial assistance to eligible entities for research, development, demonstration and commercialization projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of solar energy technologies Eligible Recipients: Federal, state, and local government, higher education. National Lab, related research agency in territory, Tribal energy development organization, a Tribe, a Tribal organization, Native Hawaiian community-based organization, non profit, industry, etc. Federal Cost Share: TBD
	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
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Pumped Storage Hydropower Wind and Solar Integration and System Reliability Initiative	New	Competitive		Yes
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
	DOC - NOAA	Other	Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund	Existing	Competitive	March 2022 - Funding for FY22 closed	Yes
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.
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Extended Product System 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
Description: Provides rebates for qualified extended product systems (i.e. electric motor, electronic control, and driven load) Eligible Recipients: Purchaser of the qualified extended product system or manufacturer of commercial or industrial machinery or equipment that incorporates the qualified extended product system Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Pre-Commercial Direct Air Capture Prize Competitions	New	Competitive	February 2022 - Comment period in response to Request for Information closed
Description: Reauthorization of program to advance research, development, demonstration and commercial application of carbon capture technologies Eligible Recipients: Industry Partner Federal Cost Share: TBD
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Building Training, And Assessment Centers	New	Competitive		Yes	Yes
Description: To provide grants to institutions of higher education to establish building training and assessment centers to educate and train building technicians and engineers on implementing modern building technologies. Eligible Recipients: Institutions of Higher Education Federal Cost Share: TBD
	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
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
	USDOT-NHTSA	Safety	Crash data	Existing	Competitive and contracts		Yes
Description: Funding to improve crash data collections and analysis. Eligible Recipients: States, Secretary of the Interior for Tribes, DC, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Norther Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands; For contacts: businesses, non-profits Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal. Waivers not available.
	DOI	Water	Water & Groundwater Storage, And Conveyance (including Small Water Storage Program)	Existing	Competitive and formula	August 2022, Small Storage program expected to open
Description: Funds water storage, groundwater storage, and conveyance projects with existing feasibility study or construction authorization. Funding will be provided through a combination of internal formulation and competitive grant processes, and non-Federal project sponsors in Reclamation States, including Alaska and Hawaii are eligible. Eligible Recipients: State, Local governments Federal Cost Share: 50% for Federal owned, 75% for State. Waivers are not available.
	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
	DOC	Resilience	Research Supercomputing	No	Contract, Cooperative Agreement
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
	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
	EPA	Water	Geographic Programs - Lake Pontchartrain Restoration Program	No	Cooperative Agreement (Discretionary Grants)
Description: This program carries out the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Comprehensive Management Plan. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available.
	EPA	Water	Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound	No	Cooperative Agreement (Discretionary Grants)
Description: Supports the implementation of a comprehensive plan to protect and restore water quality, habitat, and living resources in Long Island Sound, working with State and local governments, the private sector, user groups, and the general public. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available.
	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:
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Civil Nuclear Credit Program	New	Credit	September 6, 2022 - application deadline extended for certification and sealed bids
Description: To establish a Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program to prevent premature retirements of existing commercial nuclear reactors due to economic factors. The CNC Program will certify nuclear reactors for program eligibility, establish a process to accept sealed bids for credits from certified nuclear reactors, allocate credits to certified nuclear reactors and conduct periodic audits. Eligible Recipients: Certified nuclear reactors Federal Cost Share: N/A
	USACE	Resilience	To Complete Or Initiate And Complete Studies That Were Authorized Prior To The Date Of This Act	Existing	Direct Federal		Yes
Description: Funds studies to determine the engineering, economic feasibility of potential solutions to water and related land resources problems as well as preconstruction engineering and design Eligible Recipients: In partnership with State, local, and Tribal governments, the Army Corps would use funding to carry out feasibility studies Federal Cost Share: In general, projects are cost shared 50% Federal, 50% non-Federal
	USACE	Resilience	Flood Plain Management Services	No	Direct Federal
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.
	USDA - Forest Service	Other	Recreation Sites	Existing	Direct Federal
Description: The recreation program administers recreation sites, including campgrounds and day-use areas, and special use authorizations, such as ski lodges, resorts, and outfitter guides. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: Varies. Waivers are not available.
	USACE	Resilience	Inland Flood Risk Management Projects	Existing	Direct Federal
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.
	USACE	Ports and Waterways	Mississippi River and Tributaries	Existing	Direct federal	The Army Corps will be issuing multiple contract awards during FY22
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.
	USACE	Ports and Waterways	Major Rehabilitation for Rivers and Harbors	Existing	Direct federal
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.
	USACE	Ports and Waterways	Corps of Engineers Operation and Maintenance	Existing	Direct Federal
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.
	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.