Upcoming Grant Deadlines

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) grant application deadlines as of 6/29/23.

Upcoming grant deadlines 

1. Rural Energy for America Program (IRA) 

  • Due date: June 30, 2023 (quarterly application, first round closing on this date) 
  • Eligible entities: Agricultural producers, rural small businesses 
  • Climate-aligned eligible projects: Install renewable energy systems or make energy-efficiency improvements in rural areas. 

2. Community-Based Energy Projects in Rural and Remote Areas (BIL) 

  • Due Date: July 13, 2023  
  • Eligible entities State and local governmental entities: Tribal nations, for- and non-profit entities, higher ed, or partnerships of any of the entities. 
  • Climate-aligned eligible projects: Projects that improve overall cost-effectiveness of transmission systems, reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy generation in rural or remote areas, improve electric generation facilities, develop microgrids, or increase energy efficiency. 

3. Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) and Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnership (CHP TAP) (BIL) 

  • Due Date: July 14th, 2023
  • Eligible entities: Small and medium-sized manufacturing firms 
  • Climate-aligned eligible projects: Improve energy efficiency to lower costs and reduce industrial emissions at manufacturing facilities. 

4. Transitioning Tribal Colleges and Universities to Clean Energy 

  • Due Date: July 27, 2023 
  • Eligible entities: Tribal colleges and universities 
  • Climate-aligned eligible projects: Clean energy projects and curriculum planning. 

5. Renew America’s Nonprofits (BIL) 

  • Due date: August 3, 2023 
  • Eligible entities: Tax-exempt entities 
  • Climate-aligned eligible projects: Projects that support the installation of materials to reduce energy or fuel use in buildings owned and operated by 501(c)(3) nonprofits. 

6. EDA Tech Hubs (Phase 1) (CHIPS) 

  • Due Date: August 15, 2023 
  • Eligible entities: Partnerships between entities including state and local governments, tribal nations, higher ed, industry groups, economic development organizations, and workforce training organizations. 
  • Climate-aligned eligible projects: Investments in regions to make them globally competitive within 10 years in next-generation technologies and industries.  

7. Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Program (BIL) 

  • Due Date: August 18, 2023 
  • Eligible entities: State and local governments, MPOs, Tribal Nations 
  • Climate-aligned eligible projects: Projects that improve the resilience of the surface transportation system, including highways, public transportation, ports, and intercity passenger rail.  

8. NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge (IRA)

  • Due Date: August 21st, 2023
  • Eligible entities: Coastal states, territories, or tribes, counties, cities, or other political subdivisions of a coastal State or territory, District of Columbia, institutions of higher education, non-profits,  
  • Climate aligned eligible projects: Projects that transform the resilience of U.S. coastal communities, ecosystems, and associated economies to weather and climate impacts. 

9. Clean School Bus Program Grants (BIL) 

  • Due Date: August 22, 2023 
  • Eligible entities: Local and state governments, Tribal nations, public charter schools, contractors, and non-profit transportation associations 
  • Climate-aligned eligible projects: Replacing school buses in high-need local educational agencies, rural school districts, or school districts on Indian land with clean buses. 

10. USDA Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program (IRA) 

  • Due Date: August 31, 2023 
  • Eligible entities: Member-owned electric co-ops 
  • Climate-aligned eligible projects: Flexible funding to make energy efficiency improvements to eligible generation and transmission systems; to purchase, build, or deploy renewable energy, zero-emission systems, carbon capture storage systems; or to purchase renewable energy.   

11. Solar for All (IRA) 

  • Due Date: September 26th, 2023 
  • Eligible Entities: States, territories, Tribal governments, municipalities, and eligible nonprofits.  
  • Climate-aligned eligible projects: Financing and technical assistance, such as workforce development, to enable low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy and benefit from residential solar. 

12. Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program (BIL)

  • Due Date: Application window opens August 14, 2023, and closes September 27, 2023 
  • Eligible Entities: City or township, county, or state government, Native American tribal governments. 
  • Climate-aligned eligible projects: Improve the organizational capacity of communities that may not have available resources to evaluate and develop infrastructure projects that qualify for federal funding and financing. 

13. USDA Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program (IRA) 

  • Due Date: September 29, 2023. 
  • Eligible entities: States, corporations, municipalities, utility districts, nonprofits, cooperatives, and others that generate electricity for resale to residents with at least 50%of the population served in communities with populations of 20,000 or fewer.  
  • Climate-aligned eligible projects: Projects that make clean energy more affordable for rural Americans.  

14. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Consumer Electronics Battery Recycling, Reprocessing, and Battery Collection (BIL) 

  • Due Date: November 29th 
  • Eligible entities: Individuals, Institutions of higher education, For-profit and non-profit, State and local government entities, and Tribal nations. 
  • Climate Eligible Projects: Support the recycling of consumer electronics batteries and battery-containing devices to bolster the domestic critical material supply chain for EV batteries. 

15. Weatherization Program Assistance (WAP) Enhancement & Innovation (BIL) 

  • Due Date: Concept Papers are due August 31, 2023. Full applications are due January 5, 2024. 
  • Eligible Entities: Current WAP Grantees and Subgrantees, as well as nonprofit entities (501(c) organizations).
  • Climate Eligible Projects: Expand the impact of DOE’s existing residential weatherization programs by utilizing leveraged resources and enhanced community partnerships to perform deep energy retrofits of low-income residential buildings and empower local community representation within the energy workforce. 

 

Check out the full list of federal grant opportunities using the Federal Funding Opportunities for Local Decarbonization (FFOLD) here.