IIJA Programs Archive

Showing 50 of 236 Results UPDATED April 15

Program	Description	Category	Agency / Bureau	Funding	Eligible Recipients	Apply
Wind Energy Technology Program	To fund research, development, demonstration, and commercialization activities to improve wind energy technologies.	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	$60,000,000	States/Territories, Tribes, Non-Profit Agencies, Higher Education Insitutions, Private Sector Businesses, Other Entities	Pending (TBD)
Wind Energy Tech Recycling Research & Development	To award financial assistance to eligible entities for research, development, and demonstration, and commercialization projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of wind energy technologies.	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	$40,000,000	States/Territories, Tribes, Non-Profit Agencies, Higher Education Insitutions, Private Sector Businesses, Other Entities	Pending (TBD)
Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program	The Wildlife Crossings Pilot program will support projects that seek to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions, and in carrying out that purpose, improve habitat connectivity.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$350,000,000	States/Territories, MPOs, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Special Districts, Transit Agencies, Other Entities	Pending (2024/Q2)
Wildfire Management – Fuels Management	To protect vulnerable communities from wildfire while preparing our communities and natural landscapes for a changing climate, through hazardous fuels management strategies, including mechanical thinning, precommercial thinning in young stands, timber harvesting, prescribed fire, and installation of control locations such as fuel breaks.	Climate, Energy & Environment Resilience	Department of the Interior Office of Wildland Fire	$878,000,000	Federal Agencies, States/Territories, Tribes	Pending (TBD)
Wildfire	These funds will be used to support wildfire prediction, detection, observation, modeling, and forecasting. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will also engage the broader wildland fire weather community and stakeholders through grants, workshops, and a few Fire Weather Testbed.	Climate, Energy & Environment Resilience	Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	$50,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Special Districts, Non-Profit Agencies, Higher Education Insitutions	Not applicable
Weatherization Assistance Program	To increase the energy efficiency of dwellings owned or occupied by low-income persons , reduce their total residential energy expenditures, and improve their health and safety, especially low-income persons who are particularly vulnerable such as the elderly, the handicapped, and children.	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	$3,500,000,000	States/Territories, Tribes	Pending (2024/Q3)
Watershed And Flood Prevention Operations	Provides planning, design and construction of measures that address resource concerns in a watershed.	Climate, Energy & Environment Resilience	Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service	$500,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Other Entities	Pending (TBD)
Water-Related Environmental Infrastructure Assistance	The program funds engineering and construction of authorized environmental infrastructure projects which provides safe water supply, waste disposal and pollution control to cities and towns to protect human health and safeguard the environment	Climate, Energy & Environment Resilience	Department of Defense – Army Corps of Engineers Construction	$200,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, To Be Determined	Not applicable
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account	Federal credit program to provide credit assistance to creditworthy borrowers for projects to maintain, upgrade and repair dams identified in the National Inventory of Dams owned by non-federal entities	Climate, Energy & Environment Resilience	Department of Defense – Army Corps of Engineers Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation	$75,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Private Sector Businesses, Other Entities	Pending (TBD)
Water & Groundwater Storage, And Conveyance	Water Storage, Groundwater Storage, and Conveyance projects with existing feasibility study or construction authorization are eligible for funding. The project must be found feasible and with benefits proportionate to federal investment. Small Water Storage and Groundwater Storage Projects are defined in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as projects that have storage capacity between 2,000 acre-feet and 30,000 acre-feet and increase surface water or groundwater storage or convey water, directly or indirectly, to or from surface water or groundwater storage. 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.	Climate, Energy & Environment Water	Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation	$1,150,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities	Pending (TBD)
Vehicle Safety and Behavioral Research	To provide supplemental funding to accelerate vehicle and behavioral safety research.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	$1,590,839,751	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Special Districts, Transit Agencies, Non-Profit Agencies, Higher Education Insitutions, Private Sector Businesses	Pending (TBD)
University Transportation Centers Program	No detailed description available.	Transportation Other	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$500,000,000	Higher Education Insitutions	Pending (TBD)
Transportation Resilience and Adaptation Centers of Excellence	No detailed description available.	Transportation Resilience	Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary	$500,000,000	To Be Determined	Pending (TBD)
Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act	The Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program provides Federal credit assistance to eligible surface transportation projects.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$1,250,000,000	Cities, Counties, Private Sector Businesses, States/Territories, Transit Agencies	Apply Now
Transmission Facilitation Program	To facilitate the construction of electric power transmission lines and related facilities to enable greater clean energy growth and provide low-cost clean energy to more Americans.	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Energy Electricity	$2,500,000,000	Private Sector Businesses, Other Entities	Not available
Training & Education	The Training and Education Program provides resources for the development and delivery of technical assistance, training, professional development, and education programs to improve the professional capacity of the workforce that manages, develops and maintains the Nations highway system.	Transportation Other	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$127,500,000	To Be Determined	Pending (TBD)
To Complete Or Initiate And Complete Studies That Were Authorized Prior To The Date Of This Act	Funds studies to determine the engineering, econ feasibility of potential solutions to water and related land resources problems as well as preconstruction engineering and design	Other Resilience	Department of Defense – Army Corps of Engineers Investigations	$45,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, To Be Determined	Not applicable
Surface Transportation Block Grant Program	The Surface Transportation Block Grant Program promotes flexibility in state and local transportation decisions and provides flexible funding to best address state and local transportation needs.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$72,000,000,000	States/Territories	Not applicable
Superfund Remedial	Environmental Protection Agencys Superfund program is responsible for cleaning up some of the nations most contaminated land. To protect public health and the environment the Superfund program focuses on making a visible and lasting difference in communities, ensuring that people can live and work in healthy, vibrant places.	Climate, Energy & Environment Environmental Remediation	Environmental Protection Agency Hazardous Substance Superfund	$3,500,000,000	Federal Agencies, States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Special Districts, Private Sector Businesses	Pending (TBD)
Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants	The purpose of the SMART Grants Program is to conduct demonstration projects focused on advanced smart city or community technologies and systems in a variety of communities to improve transportation efficiency and safety. The program funds projects that are focused on using technology interventions to solve real-world challenges and build data and technology capacity and expertise in the public sector.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary	$1,000,000,000	States/Territories, MPOs, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Transit Agencies, Other Entities	Pending (2024/Q3)
Stopping Threats on Pedestrians	No detailed description available.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary	$25,000,000	To Be Determined	Pending (TBD)
State Energy Program	To provide funding to states to support electric transmission and distribution planning as well as planning activities and programs that help reduce carbon emissions in all sectors of the economy, including the transportation sector and accelerate the use of alternative transportation fuels and vehicle electrification.	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	$500,000,000	States/Territories	Not applicable
State Digital Equity Planning Grant	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.	Broadband & Cybersecurity Broadband	Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration	$60,000,000	States/Territories	Not applicable
State Digital Equity Competitive Grant	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 vial 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.	Broadband & Cybersecurity Broadband	Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration	$1,250,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Non-Profit Agencies, Higher Education Insitutions, Other Entities	Pending (TBD)
State Digital Equity Capacity Grant	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 $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.	Broadband & Cybersecurity Broadband	Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration	$1,440,000,000	States/Territories	Pending (TBD)
State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program	The State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program makes available federal funds to state, local, and Tribal governments to address cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats to information systems that they own or operate.	Broadband & Cybersecurity Cybersecurity	Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency	$1,000,000,000	States/Territories, Tribes	Pending (TBD)
Southeast Crescent Regional Commission Funding	The Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC) is engaged in planning for the allocation of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law appropriations. SCRC states are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.	Other Agency Funding	Southeast Crescent Regional Commission Southeast Crescent Regional Commission	$5,000,000	Federal Agencies, Other Entities	Not applicable
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Infrastructure Grants	Communities across the country are burdened by pollution impacts from inefficient waste management systems. This historic investment will transform recycling and solid waste management across the country while creating jobs.	Climate, Energy & Environment Other	Environmental Protection Agency State and Tribal Assistance Grants	$275,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes	Pending (TBD)
Solar Recycling Research & Development	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.	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	$20,000,000	States/Territories, Tribes, Non-Profit Agencies, Higher Education Insitutions, Private Sector Businesses, Other Entities	Pending (2024/Q3)
Solar Improvement Research & Development	To fund research, development, demonstration, and commercialization activities to improve solar energy technologies.	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	$40,000,000	Higher Education Insitutions, Non-Profit Agencies, Private Sector Businesses, States/Territories, Tribes, Other Entities	Pending (TBD)
Sector Risk Management Agencies	The requested funding will allow the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to sustain coordinated support for Sector Risk Management Agencies across the federal government, cultivating sector-specific expertise within the agency.	Other Resilience	Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency	$35,000,000	Federal Agencies, Other Entities	Not applicable
Section 118 Of Water Resources Development Act of 2020	Pilot program to carry out feasibility studies for flood risk management and hurricane and storm damage risk reduction projects that incorporate natural features or nature-based features for rural communities and economically disadvantaged communities	Climate, Energy & Environment Resilience	Department of Defense – Army Corps of Engineers Investigations	$30,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, To Be Determined	Not applicable
Safety-Related Activities (Set-aside)	This set-aside is for transportation safety outreach, training, and education.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$17,500,000	States/Territories	Pending (TBD)
Safe Streets and Roads for All	The Office of the Secretary's Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant program provides supplemental funding to support local initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets, commonly referred to as Vision Zero or Toward Zero Deaths initiatives.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary	$6,000,000,000	Cities, Counties, MPOs, Special Districts, Transit Agencies, Tribes	Apply Now
Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program	Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program will support projects to improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas to increase connectivity, improve the safety and reliability of the movement of people and freight, and generate regional economic growth and improve quality of life.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary	$2,000,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Other Entities	Apply Now
Rural And Municipal Utility Advances Cybersecurity Grant And Technical Assistance Program	To provide grants and technical assistance to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, eligible entities to protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity threats.	Broadband & Cybersecurity Cybersecurity	Department of Energy Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response	$250,000,000	States/Territories, Cities, Utilities, Private Sector Businesses	Pending (TBD)
Restoration & Enhancement Grant Program	To provide operating assistance to initiate, restore, or enhance intercity passenger rail service. Key Changes: New priority to applications for routes selected under the Corridor Identification and Development Program and operated by Amtrak. Grants may provide operating assistance for up to six years, and may not exceed: 90 percent of the projected net operating costs for the first year of service; 80 percent of the projected net operating costs for the second year of service; 70 percent of the projected net operating costs for the third year of service; 60 percent of the projected net operating costs for the fourth year of service; 50 percent of the projected net operating costs for the fifth year of service; and 30 percent of the projected net operating costs for the sixth year of service.	Transportation Passenger and Freight Rail	Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration	$500,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Amtrak, Transit Agencies, Private Sector Businesses	Pending (TBD)
Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams	The Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams Grant Program makes available federal funds to eligible states for pass through to non-federal governmental organizations or nonprofit organizations for the rehabilitation of dams that fail to meet m	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Homeland Security—Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Assistance	$585,000,000	States/Territories	Pending (TBD)
Regulatory Program	Provides funds to administer the laws and regulations pertaining to activities affecting U.S. waters, including wetlands, in accordance with the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, the Clean Water Act of 1972, and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. Additionally, it reviews and processes permit applications, ensure compliance on permitted sites, and protect important aquatic resources	Climate, Energy & Environment Resilience	Department of Defense – Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program	$160,000,000	Federal Agencies, To Be Determined	Not applicable
Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs	To support the development of at least 4 regional clean hydrogen hubs to improve clean hydrogen production, processing, delivery, storage, and end use.	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations	$8,000,000,000	Federal Agencies, Non-Profit Agencies, Private Sector Businesses, Utilities, Other Entities	Pending (TBD)
Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program	Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program will restore community connectivity by removing, retrofitting, or mitigating highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity, including to mobility, access, or economic development.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$1,000,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Transit Agencies	Pending (2024/Q3)
Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity / Local and Regional Project Assistance Grants (RAISE)	The RAISE Discretionary Grant program provides an opportunity for the DOT to invest in road, rail, transit and port projects that promise to achieve national objectives. The program has previously been known as the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) and Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grants programs.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary	$15,000,000,000		Pending (2024/Q4)
Rare Earth Security Activities	To conduct a program of research and development to improve the security of rare earth elements.	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Energy Fossil Energy and Carbon Management	$127,000,000	Private Sector Businesses	Not applicable
Rare Earth Elements Demonstration Facility	To demonstrate the feasibility of a full-scale integrated rare earth element extraction and separation facility and refinery.	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Energy Fossil Energy and Carbon Management	$140,000,000	Private Sector Businesses	Not applicable
Railway-Highway Crossings Program	The Railway-Highway Crossings program supports projects with the goal of reducing the number of fatalities, injuries, and crashes at public railway-highway grade crossings.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$1,225,000,000	States/Territories	Not applicable
Railroad Crossing Elimination Program	The purpose of the RCE Program is to fund highway-rail or pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects that focus on improving the safety and mobility of people and goods. It provides a funding opportunity to improve American rail infrastructure to enhance rail safety, improve the health and safety of communities, eliminate highway-rail and pathway-rail grade crossings that are frequently blocked by trains, and reduce the impacts that freight movement and railroad operations may have on underserved communities.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration	$5,500,000,000	States/Territories, MPOs, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Other Entities	Pending (2024/Q2)
Pumped Storage Hydropower Wind and Solar Integration and System Reliability Initiative	To provide financial assistance to eligible entities 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 electricity.	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	$10,000,000	States/Territories, Tribes, Utilities, Higher Education Insitutions, Private Sector Businesses	Not applicable
Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) – Formula	The PROTECT Formula Program will support planning, resilience improvements, community resilience and evacuation routes, and at-risk coastal infrastructure.	Transportation Resilience	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$7,299,999,998	States/Territories	Not applicable
Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) – Discretionary	PROTECT Grants will support planning, resilience improvements, community resilience and evacuation routes, and at-risk coastal infrastructure.	Transportation Resilience	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$1,400,000,000	Federal Agencies, States/Territories, MPOs, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Transit Agencies, Other Entities	Pending (2024/Q2)
Program Upgrading Our Electric Grid and Ensuring Reliability and Resiliency (Innovative Grid Resilience Program – IIJA Section 40103(b) / GRIP Program)	To provide federal financial assistance to demonstrate innovative approaches to transmission, storage, and distribution infrastructure to harden and enhance resilience and reliability; and to demonstrate new approaches to enhance regional grid resilience.	Climate, Energy & Environment Clean Energy and Power	Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations	$5,000,000,000		Apply Now