Cybersecurity for the Energy Sector Research, Development, and Demonstration Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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Cooperative Agreement /Contract / Lab CallsFunding Mechanism
ResilienceCategory
Department of EnergyAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To support development and deployment of advanced cyber applications, technologies, and threat collaboration efforts with the U.S. energy sector.
Eligible Uses Eligible uses include -- (A) to develop advanced cybersecurity applications and technologies for the energy sector; (B) to leverage electric grid architecture as a means to assess risks to the energy sector, including by implementing an all-hazards approach to communications infrastructure, control systems architecture, and power systems architecture; (C) to perform pilot demonstration projects with the energy sector to gain experience with new technologies; (D) to develop workforce development curricula for energy sector-related cybersecurity; and (E) to develop improved supply chain concepts for secure design of emerging digital components and power electronics.
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Cybersecurity

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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ContractFunding Mechanism
ResilienceCategory
Department of Homeland SecurityAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 5 year
Program Description This program 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 Uses Research supporting security testing capabilities relating to telecommunications equipment and industrial control systems.
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Cyber Response and Recovery Fund

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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Contract, Grant, Cooperative AgreementFunding Mechanism
ResilienceCategory
Department of Homeland SecurityAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 5 year
Program Description This fund is a provision of the Cyber Response and Recovery Act (Section 70601 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law). It is based on a Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommendation, and at a high level, is a cyber Stafford Act which also establishes a fund (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 Uses Coordinate asset response activities and engage in response and recovery activities, including grants or cooperative agreements in response to significant cyber incidents.
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Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Research

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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ContractFunding Mechanism
ResilienceCategory
Department of Homeland SecurityAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 5 Year
Program Description This program oversees activities performed under the Infrastructure Act and reports to Congress on the progress of Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Research program's research and development activities.
Eligible Uses Planning tools for special event risk assessments rating. Electromagnetic pulse and geo-magnetic disturbance resilience capabilities. Positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities. Public safety and violence prevention to evaluate "�soft target"� security, including countering improvised explosive device events and protection of U.S. critical infrastructure. Research supporting security testing capabilities relating to telecommunications equipment, industrial control systems, and open-source software.
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Countering Violent Extremism

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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ContractFunding Mechanism
ResilienceCategory
Department of Homeland SecurityAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Five Year
Program Description Acts of violence can pose a significant impact to American lives and Federal, State, local, and Tribal governments. This Program aims to conduct evidence-based research to meet the policy, operational, and public needs to improve effectiveness of public safety and violence prevention efforts implemented by Federal, State, territorial, Tribal, local, and non-governmental stakeholders.
Eligible Uses Public safety and violence prevention to evaluate "�soft target"� security, including countering improvised explosive device events and protection of U.S. critical infrastructure.
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Contracts And Agreements For Restoration On Federal Lands

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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Contracts and AgreementsFunding Mechanism
ResilienceCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Funding available until expended for total amount across entire Program ($905 million), but portions of the total are allocated to specific fiscal years, each with a different period of availability
Program 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 Uses Entering into contracts, including stewardship contracts or agreements, to restore ecological health on Federal land, including Indian forest land or rangeland and for salaries and expenses associated with preparing and executing those contracts.
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Continuing Authorities Program (Under Flood Control Act And River And Harbor Act)

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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Direct FederalFunding Mechanism
ResilienceCategory
Department of Defense - Army Corps of EngineersAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Funds eligible small Army Corps projects, including $115 million for restoring fish and wildlife passage.
Eligible Uses A variety of water resources projects which must meet program eligibility requirements, including a total Federal cost limit of ~$10 million.
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Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program For At-Risk Communities

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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GrantFunding Mechanism
ResilienceCategory
Department of AgricultureAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Each annual $100 million tranche has a 4-year period of availability
Program Description Provide grants to communities at risk from wildfire to develop or revise their community wildfire protection plans and carry out projects described within those plans. It will include a mix of formula and competitive funds.
Eligible Uses Under development
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Colorado River Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation Programs

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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Financial AssistanceFunding Mechanism
ResilienceCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program 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 Uses Endangered Species Act actions in Colorado River Basin
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Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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Financial AssistanceFunding Mechanism
ResilienceCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Plan aims to reduce the risk of Lake Mead and Lake Powell reaching critically low elevations. The DCP requires additional water savings contributions by Lower Basin States, allows for flexibility for water storage and recovery to incentivize conservation, requires Reclamation to implement programs designed to create or conserve additional water in the Lower Basin (subject to available appropriations), and provides for drought response operations and demand management in the Upper Basin.
Eligible Uses Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Plan actions
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Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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Direct Federal SpendingFunding Mechanism
ResilienceCategory
Department of AgricultureAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program uses collaborative, science-based approaches to enhance forest and watershed health, reduce risk from uncharacteristic wildfire, and provide benefits to rural economies.
Eligible Uses With its focused investment on priority landscapes, partner capacity, and community support, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program projects are expanding the pace and scale of treatments that reduce the risk of widespread, high-mortality fires.
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Coastal Zone Management

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

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 2 years for each annual tranche
Program Description The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office for Coastal Management will implement these funds through Coastal Zone Management competitive and noncompetitive grants. 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 Uses The Coastal Zone Management Act established a national system of State and territorial Coastal Zone Management Programs. These Programs work with coastal States and territories to address urgent coastal issues including climate change, ocean planning, and planning for energy facilities and development. This funding will enable approved coastal programs to protect and restore ecologically significant habitats, including conserving lands that play a critical role in helping communities become more resilient to natural hazards such as storms, flooding, inundation, erosion, tsunamis, sea level rise, and lake level changes.
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