Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grants (Community Charging)

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Competitive GrantFunding Mechanism
Electric Vehicles, Buses and FerriesCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$1,250,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 4 year
Program Description Program funds will be made available each fiscal year for Community Grants, to install electric vehicle charging and alternative fuel in locations on public roads, schools, parks, and in publicly accessible parking facilities. These grants will be prioritized for rural areas, low-and moderate-income neighborhoods, and communities with low ratios of private parking, or high ratios of multiunit dwellings.
Eligible Uses Acquisition and installation of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging or alternative fueling infrastructure, operating assistance (for the first 5 years after installation), acquisition and installation of traffic control devices.

Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grants (Corridor Charging)

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Competitive GrantFunding Mechanism
Electric Vehicles, Buses and FerriesCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$1,250,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 4 year
Program Description Deploy electric vehicle charging and hydrogen/propane/natural gas fueling infrastructure along designated alternative fuel corridors and in communities.
Eligible Uses Acquisition and installation of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging or alternative fueling infrastructure, operating assistance (for the first 5 years after installation), acquisition and installation of traffic control devices.

Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators Grant Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Competitive GrantFunding Mechanism
Electric Vehicles, Buses and FerriesCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$16,500,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Year of award + two years
Program Description The Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training grant program awards grants to a variety of educational institutions that provide commercial truck and bus driving training, including accredited public or private colleges, universities, vocational-technical schools, post-secondary educational institutions, truck driver training schools, associations, and State and local governments, including Federally recognized Tribal governments.
Eligible Uses The purpose of this discretionary grant program is to train individuals in the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles and prioritize grant applications for programs to train former members of the armed forces and eligible family members.

Electric Drive Vehicle Battery Recycling And 2nd Life Apps

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Cooperative AgreementFunding Mechanism
Electric Vehicles, Buses and FerriesCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$200,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To expand an existing program at the Department of Energy for research, development, and demonstration of electric vehicle battery recycling and second-life applications for vehicle batteries.
Eligible Uses (i) To conduct research, development, testing, evaluation of solutions to increase the rate and productivity of electric drive vehicle battery recycling; and(ii) for research, development, and demonstration projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the recycling and second-use of electric drive vehicle batteries.

Electric or Low-Emitting Ferry Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
Electric Vehicles, Buses and FerriesCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$250,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability To be determined
Program Description The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, establishes an Electric or Low-Emitting Ferry Pilot Program that makes Federal funding available to support the transition of passenger ferries to low or zero emission technologies.
Eligible Uses Capital

Low or No Emission Vehicle Component Assessment Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Cooperative Agreement, Contract, GrantFunding Mechanism
Electric Vehicles, Buses and FerriesCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$26,169,974.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability To be determined
Program Description The Federal Transit Administration will provide funds to two qualified institutions of higher education to conduct testing, evaluation, and analysis of low or no emission components intended for use in low- and zero emission buses used to provide public transportation. The Low and No-Emission Component Assessment Program (LoNO-CAP) is intended to test items that are separately installed in and removable from a low- or no-emission transit bus.
Eligible Uses To conduct testing, evaluation, and analysis of low- or no-emission vehicle and to conduct testing, evaluation, and analysis of low- or no-emission vehicle components, and new and emerging technology components intended for use in low- or no-emission vehicles; and to conduct directed technology research, as well as operations, maintenance, testing, and evaluation.

Safety-Related Activities (Set-aside)

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Competitive GrantFunding Mechanism
Electric Vehicles, Buses and FerriesCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$17,500,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 4 year
Program Description This set-aside is for transportation safety outreach, training, and education.
Eligible Uses Eligible activities includes: Operation Lifesaver, the Public Road Safety Clearinghouse, Work Zone Safety Grants, the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse, and guardrail training