Capital Improvement and Maintenance for Dams

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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Direct Federal SpendingFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of AgricultureAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Each annual tranche has a 4-yr period of availability
Program 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 Uses Dams on National Forest System lands in need of maintenance
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Building, Training, And Assessment Centers

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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Cooperative AgreementFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program 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 Uses (1) To identify opportunities for optimizing energy efficiency and environmental performance in buildings; (2) to promote the application of emerging concepts and technologies in commercial and institutional buildings; (3) to train engineers, architects, building scientists, building energy permitting and enforcement officials, and building technicians in energy-efficient design and operation; (4) to assist institutions of higher education and Tribal Colleges or Universities in training building technicians; (5) to promote research and development for the use of alternative energy sources and distributed generation to supply heat and power for buildings, particularly energy-intensive buildings; and (6) to coordinate with and assist State-accredited technical training centers, community colleges, Tribal Colleges or Universities, and local offices of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and ensure appropriate services are provided under this section to each region of the United States.
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Battery and Critical Mineral Recycling

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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GrantsFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To award grants for research, development, and demonstration projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of batteries.
Eligible Uses Research, development, and demonstration to address (i) recycling activities; (ii) the development of methods to promote the design and production of batteries that take into full account and facilitate the dismantling, reuse, recovery, and recycling of battery components and materials; (iii) strategies to increase consumer acceptance of, and participation in, the recycling of batteries; (iv) the extraction or recovery of critical minerals from batteries that are recycled; (v) the integration of increased quantities of recycled critical minerals in batteries and other products to develop markets for recycled battery materials and critical minerals; (vi) safe disposal of waste materials and components recovered during the recycling process; (vii) the protection of the health and safety of all persons involved in, or in proximity to, recycling and reprocessing activities, including communities located near recycling and materials reprocessing facilities; (viii) mitigation of environmental impacts that arise from recycling batteries, including disposal of toxic reagents and byproducts related to recycling processes; (ix) protection of data privacy associated with collected covered battery-containing products; (x) the optimization of the value of material derived from recycling batteries; and (xi) the cost-effectiveness and benefits of the reuse and recycling of batteries and critical minerals.
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Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies Grant Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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GrantFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To provide grants to Federal agencies that they can leverage with private capital to make energy and water efficiency upgrades to Federal buildings.
Eligible Uses To aid Federal agencies in meeting energy and water use requirements to improve sustainability.
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Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grants

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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GrantFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To provide grants to small- and medium-sized manufacturers to enable them to build new 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 Uses To re-equip, expand, or establish a manufacturing or recycling facility for the production or recycling of advanced energy technologies (including clean electricity, industrial decarbonization, clean transportation, clean fuels, etc.); or to re-equip an industrial of manufacturing facility with equipment designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of that facility.
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Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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GrantFunding Mechanism
BroadbandCategory
Department of CommerceAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program provides grants for broadband infrastructure deployment; affordable broadband programs; distance learning, telehealth, digital inclusion efforts; and broadband adoption activities. The program was initially authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Division N, Title IX, Section 905, Public Law 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides an additional $2 billion to the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.
Eligible Uses Planning (e.g. feasibility), broadband infrastructure deployment (e.g. construction), broadband adoption/digital literacy/tech support, digital skills training (e.g. science, technology, engineering, arts and math, Workforce Development), Devices/equipment (e.g. laptops, hotspots), public connectivity/computer access, research and/or evaluation, data and/or mapping, smart communities/cities/regions, telehealth
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State Digital Equity Planning Grant

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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GrantFunding Mechanism
BroadbandCategory
Department of CommerceAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description As part of the Digital Equity Act programs, $2.75 billion was dedicated to establish three grant programs that promote digital inclusion and equity to ensure that all individuals and communities have the skills, technology, and capacity needed to reap the full benefits of our digital economy. The goal of these programs is to promote the meaningful adoption and use of broadband services across the targeted populations in the Act, including low-income households, aging populations, incarcerated individuals, veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals with a language barrier, racial and ethnic minorities, and rural inhabitants. The State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program is a $60 million formula grant program for States and territories to develop digital equity plans.
Eligible Uses Planning (e.g. feasibility).
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State Digital Equity Competitive Grant

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
BroadbandCategory
Department of CommerceAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description As part of the Digital Equity Act programs, $2.75 billion was dedicated to establish three grant programs that promote digital inclusion and equity to ensure that all individuals and communities have the skills, technology, and capacity needed to reap the full benefits of our digital economy. The goal of these programs is to promote the meaningful adoption and use of broadband services across the targeted populations in the Act, including low-income households, aging populations, incarcerated individuals, veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals with a language barrier, racial and ethnic minorities, and rural inhabitants. The Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program is a $1.25 billion discretionary grant program distributed via annual grant programs over five years to implement digital equity projects. Eligible applicants include specific types of political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of a State; Tribal governments; nonprofit entities; community anchor institutions; local educational agencies; and entities that carry out workforce development programs.
Eligible Uses Broadband adoption/digital literacy/tech support, digital equity programs
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State Digital Equity Capacity Grant

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
BroadbandCategory
Department of CommerceAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description As part of the Digital Equity Act programs, $2.75 billion was dedicated to establish three grant programs that promote digital inclusion and equity to ensure that all individuals and communities have the skills, technology, and capacity needed to reap the full benefits of our digital economy. The goal of these programs is to promote the meaningful adoption and use of broadband services across the targeted populations in the Act, including low-income households, aging populations, incarcerated individuals, veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals with a language barrier, racial and ethnic minorities, and rural inhabitants. The State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program dedicates a $1.44 billion formula grant program for States, Territories, Tribal governments, Alaska Native entities, Native Hawaiian organizations distributed via annual grant programs over five years to implement digital equity projects and support the implementation of digital equity plans.
Eligible Uses Planning (e.g. feasibility), broadband adoption/digital literacy/tech support
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Middle Mile Grant Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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GrantFunding Mechanism
BroadbandCategory
Department of CommerceAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability fiscal years 2022-2026
Program Description Establishes and funds a $1 billion program for the construction, improvement or acquisition of middle mile infrastructure. The purpose of the grant program is to expand and extend middle mile infrastructure to reduce the cost of connecting unserved and underserved areas to the internet backbone. Eligible applicants include States, political subdivisions of a State, Tribal governments, technology companies, electric utilities, utility cooperatives, public utility districts, telecommunications companies, telecommunications cooperatives, nonprofit foundations, nonprofit corporations, nonprofit institutions, nonprofit associations, regional planning councils, Native entities, or economic development authorities.
Eligible Uses Broadband infrastructure deployment (e.g. construction)
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Distance Learning, Telemedicine, And Broadband Program: Reconnect Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct Loan/Grant/ComboFunding Mechanism
BroadbandCategory
Department of AgricultureAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The ReConnect Program offers loans, grants, and loan-grant combinations to build infrastructure and install equipment that provides modern, reliable, high-speed Internet service in rural America.
Eligible Uses ReConnect Program funds can be used to fund the costs of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide broadband service capable of delivering 100 Mbps symmetrical service and the acquisition of an existing system not currently providing sufficient access to broadband service, under certain circumstances, and with restrictions. Up to five percent of the award may be used for pre-application expenses.
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Distance Learning, Telemedicine, And Broadband Program: Broadband Loans

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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Direct LoanFunding Mechanism
BroadbandCategory
Department of AgricultureAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program (Broadband Program) makes loans and loan guarantees to finance construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide high speed broadband service in eligible rural areas.
Eligible Uses Broadband infrastructure: broadband loans provide funding on a technology-neutral basis for financing: the construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities required to provide broadband service, including facilities required for providing other services through the same facilities; the cost of leasing facilities required to provide service at the broadband lending speed if such lease qualifies as a capital lease under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; and the acquisition of such facilities, under certain circumstances and with restrictions. For additional detail see 7 CFR 1738
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