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?	Cybersecurity An Eligible Use?
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Purchase of Power and Transmission Services	Existing	Federal expenditure at discretion of Western Area Power Administration Administrator
Description: For the Western Area Power Administration to purchase power and transmission services Eligible Recipients: Power Generation and Wheeling Providers Federal Cost Share: N/A
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Industrial Emission Demonstration Projects	New	Competitive
Description: To fund demonstration projects that test and validate technologies that reduce industrial emissions, including for iron, steel, aluminum, cement, concrete, glass pulp paper, industrial ceramics and chemical production processes Eligible Recipients: State and local governments Tribes, technology developers, industry, utilities, universities etc. Federal Cost Share: TBD
	DOE	Clean Energy and Power	Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program	New	Formula and competitive	June 29, 2022 - allocation formulas released	Yes
Description: To assist states, local governments and tribes to reduce energy use, reduce fossil fuel emissions, and improve energy efficiency. Eligible Recipients: State/Local Government/Tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	DOE	Environmental Remediation	Clean Energy Demonstration Program on Current and Former Mine Land	New	Competitive	September 6, 2022 – Submissions in response to Request for Information due	Yes
Description: To demonstrate the technical and economic viability of carrying out clean energy projects on current and former mine land. Up to five 5 clean energy projects are to be carried out in geographically diverse regions, at least 2 of which shall be solar projects. Eligible Recipients: Will be stipulated in competitive solicitation Federal Cost Share:
	DOI	Resilience	Contracts and Agreements For Restoration on Federal Lands	New			Yes
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
	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
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
	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
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
	DOI	Resilience	Ecosystem - Delaware River Basin Conservation Act	No	Grant	First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in September 2022
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
	DOI	Resilience	Direct Federal Spending For Resilient Recreation Sites	Yes	Direct Federal Spending	First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in May 2022
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
	DOI	Resilience	Ecosystem - Sagebrush-Steppe	No	Grant, Cooperative Agreement, Direct Federal Spending	June 16, 2022 - FY2022 allocations made
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
	DOI	Resilience	Colorado River Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation Programs	No	Financial Assistance	First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in July 2022
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.
	DOI	Resilience	Direct Federal Spending (Or Other) For National Revegetation Strategy	Yes	Direct Federal Spending
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
	DOI	Environmental Remediation	Tribal Orphaned Well Grant Program (Set-aside)	New			Yes
Description: Funding to plus, cap, and remediate orhpan oil and gas wells on Tribal lands Eligible Recipients: Tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	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:
	DOI	Resilience	Department of Interior Wildfire Management - Burned Area and Rehabilitation	Existing			Yes
Description: To mitigate the damaging effects of wildfires and set landscapes on a path towards natural recovery and climate resilience through post-fire restoration and rehabilitation activities. Eligible Recipients: Federal Agencies, Tribal Governments, and Businesses 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.
	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
	DOI	Water	Central Utah Project	No	Direct Federal Spending	January 2022, Initial Spend Plan released
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:
	DOI	Water	Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund	No	Discretionary		Yes
Description: To satisfy Federal obligations under Indian water rights settlement enacted as of November 15, 2021. Eligible Recipients: Tribal Governments (Federally recognized) Federal Cost Share:
	DOI	Resilience	Working Capital Fund	New			Yes
Description: Working Capital Fund in support of contracts to restore ecological health on Federal lands Eligible Recipients: Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Non-Governmental Organization Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	DOI	Resilience	Ecosystem - Fish Passage	No	Combination		Yes
Description: For the removal of barriers and for technical assistance under the National Fish Passage Program. Eligible Recipients: Open, including Tribes Federal Cost Share:
	DOI	Water	Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund	Existing	Discretionary		Yes
Description: To satisfy Federal obligations under Indian water rights settlement enacted as of November 15, 2021. Eligible Recipients: Tribal Governments (Federally recognized) Federal Cost Share:
	DOI	Resilience	Ecosystem - Fish Passage	Existing	Combination		Yes
Description: For the removal of barriers and for technical assistance under the National Fish Passage Program. Eligible Recipients: Open, including Tribes Federal Cost Share:
	DOI	Resilience	Direct Federal Spending for Invasives	New	Grant, Direct Federal Spending		Yes
Description: Funding for invasive species detection, prevention, and eradication on private or public lands. Eligible Recipients: State, Tribal Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	DOI	Environmental Remediation	Tribal Orphaned Well Grant Program (Set-aside)	New			Yes
Description: Funding to plus, cap, and remediate orhpan oil and gas wells on Tribal lands Eligible Recipients: Tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	DOI	Clean Energy and Power	Earth Mapping Resources Initiative	Existing	Direct Federal Spending/Cooperative agreement	A portion of FY22 funding allocated
Description: To accelerate the U.S. Geological Survey mapping mission by providing integrated topographic, geologic, geochemical, and geophysical mapping, accelerating the integration and consolidation of geospatial and resource data, and providing an interpretation of both critical mineral resources still in the ground and critical mineral resources that may be reprocessed from mine wastes. Eligible Recipients: State Geological Surveys, Private Entities Federal Cost Share: No non-federal share required
	DOI	Environmental Remediation	Direct Federal Spending for Revegetation of Mined Lands	New	Direct Federal Spending	Mat 2022 - First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in May 2022
Description: Funding to restore native vegetation and mitigate environmental hazards on mined public or private lands. Eligible Recipients: Federal Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	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
	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
	DOI	Resilience	Tribal Climate Resilience - Adaptation Planning	Existing		July 6, 2022 - Applications closed for Tribal Climate Resilience and Ocean and Coastal Management Planning program for FY22	Yes
Description: Provide support for climate resilient planning to help sustain Tribal ecosystems and natural and cultural resources, economies, infrastructure, human health, and safety. Eligible Recipients: Tribal Governments - recognized Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	DOI	Resilience	Tribal Climate Resilience - Community Relocation	New		July 6, 2022 - Applications closed for Tribal Climate Resilience and Ocean and Coastal Management Planning program for FY22	Yes
Description: Implementation of Community Relocation, Managed Retreat, or Protect-in-Place Actions to increase climate resilience. Eligible Recipients: Tribal Governments - recognized Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share
	DOI	Electric Vehicles, Buses and Ferries	Energy and Minerals Research Facility	Existing
Description: For design, construction, and tenant build out of a facility to support energy and minerals research and associated structures with an academic partner. This will establish a center of excellence in minerals and energy science. Eligible Recipients: State Academic Institutions Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share
	DOI	Water	Safety of Dams, Water Sanitation, And Other Facilities	Existing			Yes
Description: Aims to reduce the potential loss of human life and property damage caused by dam failure by making Bureau of Indian Affairs dams as safe as practically possible. Eligible Recipients: Tribal Governments (recognized) Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share
	DOI	Water	Dam Safety Program	Existing	Direct Federal Funding
Description: Reclamation's Dam Safety Program is in place to ensure reclamation dams do not present unreasonable risk to people, property, and the environment. Eligible Recipients: State and local Federal Cost Share: 85% Federal, 15% non-Federal, in lieu of project specific statute. Waivers are not available.
	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	Rural Water Projects	Existing			Yes
Description: Funding for Rural Water will support the seven rural water projects that have been authorized by Congress. Eligible Recipients: For existing authorized projects only - Tribal and local Federal Cost Share: Cost share applies to E. New Mex project, but matching is not required. 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.