Infrastructure Law Grants
Middle Mile Grant Program ($980M)
Sep 30 2022
- Description: NTIA will make grants through this five year funding (FY2022 – 2026) on a technology-neutral, competitive basis to 7 eligible entities for the construction, improvement, or acquisition of middle mile infrastructure.
- Eligible Applicants: A State, political subdivision of a State, Tribal government, technology company, electric utility, utility cooperative, public utility district, telecommunications company, telecommunications cooperative, nonprofit foundation, nonprofit corporation, nonprofit institution, nonprofit association, regional planning council, Native entity, or economic development authority; or a partnership of any two or more of these.
- Application Deadline: September 30, 2022
- Apply or Learn More: To apply for funding or to learn more about the program, CLICK HERE.
Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program
Jul 18 2022
- Description: NTIA issues this NOFO to describe the requirements under which it will award grants for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program (Program), authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, The BEAD Program provides new federal funding for NTIA to grant to all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (States), as well as American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands (Territories), and in certain circumstances political subdivisions of these States and Territories, for broadband planning, deployment, mapping, equity, and adoption activities. Funding is distributed primarily based on the relative number of “unserved” locations (i.e., broadband-serviceable locations that lack access to Reliable Broadband Service at speeds of at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream and latency levels low enough to support real-time, interactive applications) in each State and Territory. Each State is eligible to receive a minimum of $100,000,000 and each Territory is eligible to receive a minimum of $25,000,000. See Section I of this NOFO for the full Program Description.
- Eligible Applicants: TBDApplication Deadline: July 18, 2022
- Apply or Learn More: To apply for funding or to learn more about the program, CLICK HERE.
State Digital Equity Planning Grants ($53.4M)
Jul 12 2022
- Description: Under the State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information (Assistant Secretary) will award grants to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (the States) for the purpose of developing State Digital Equity Plans. Through these Plans, each State will, among other things, identify barriers to digital equity in the State and strategies for overcoming those barriers. Further, U.S. territories and possessions (other than Puerto Rico), Indian Tribes, Alaska Native entities, and Native Hawaiian organizations may also seek grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to develop their own digital equity plans and, in the case of Tribal entities, to provide input into the digital equity plans of the States in which they are located.
- Eligible Applicants: State Entities
- Application Deadline: July 12, 2022
- Apply or Learn More: TBD
- Description: PCSRF competitive grants fund habitat restoration projects for Endangered Species Act listed salmon stocks in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, as well as federally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and the Pacific Coast (including Alaska).
- Eligible Applicants: non-profit 501(c) organizations, state and territorial government agencies, local governments, municipal governments, Tribal governments and organizations, educational institutions, or commercial (for-profit) organizations. Tribal governments include all Native American tribal governments (both federally recognized tribes and those tribes that are not federally recognized).
- Application Deadline: March 21, 2022
- Apply or Learn More: To apply for funding or to learn more about the program, CLICK HERE
NOAA Regional Ocean Partnerships (ROPs) ($56M)
Jan 01 2000
- Description: The ROPs coordinate the interstate and intertribal management of ocean, Great Lakes, and coastal resources. This funding would allow the ROPs to implement their priority actions via financial assistance.
- Eligible Applicants: All state, local, territory and tribal governments, institutions of higher learning, non-profit and for-profit organizations that may receive and expend Federal funds as legal entities are eligible to apply.
- Application Deadline: TBD
- Apply or Learn More: TBD
- Description: The competitive grant funds are available to entities working on 29 coastal sites designated to protect and study estuarine systems. NOAA provides funding and national guidance, and each site is managed daily by a lead state agency or university with input from local partners.
- Eligible Applicants: NERRs lead state agencies or universities designed to receive NERRs operations funding through a Memorandum of Understanding with NOAA in the coastal states and territories including the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes
- Application Deadline: TBD
- Apply or Learn More: TBD
- Description: NOAA National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) is a competitive grant program administered through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation that prioritizes awards based on matching fund. This program funds natural infrastructure needed to protect coastal communities while also enhancing habitat for fish and wildlife.
- Eligible Applicants: non-profit 501(c) organizations, state and territorial government agencies, local governments, municipal governments, Tribal governments and organizations, educational institutions, or commercial 8 (for-profit) organizations. Tribal governments include all Native American tribal governments (both federally recognized tribes and those tribes that are not federally recognized).
- Application Deadline: TBD
- Apply or Learn More: TBD
- Description: This funding will support competitive grants for coastal restoration projects across multiple NOAA programs. Funds will be used to enable communities, Tribes and states to respond and adapt to climate change impacts.
- Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, non-profits, commercial (for profit) organizations, U.S. territories, and state, local, and Native American tribal governments.
- Application Deadline: TBD
- Apply or Learn More: To apply for funding or to learn more about the program, CLICK HERE
- Description: This funding would provide critical upgrades to the nation’s buoy and ocean observation network. These upgrades include support a number of priorities including funds for installation and implementation of high-frequency radar systems to close key gaps in the surface current mapping system (oil spill response, harmful algal blooms, and climate research), underwater gliders to ensure safe navigation, and innovation in ocean technology and modeling.
- Eligible Applicants: TBD
- Application Deadline: TBD
- Apply or Learn More: To apply for funding or to learn more about the program, CLICK HERE
- Description: This funding will allow NOAA to increase technical assistance and grants to advance projects that address wetlands, coastal hazards, public access, marine debris, cumulative and secondary impacts, special area management plans, ocean and Great Lakes resources, energy and government facility siting, and aquaculture.
- Eligible Applicants: TBD
- Application Deadline: TBD
- Apply or Learn More: TBD
- Description: The Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program will accelerate the adoption of broadband through digital literacy training, workforce development, devices access programs, and other digital inclusion measures.
- Eligible Applicants: Political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of a state, including an agency of a state that is responsible for administering or supervising adult education and literacy activities, or for providing public housing; an Indian Tribe, an Alaska Native entity, or a Native Hawaiian organization; a foundation, corporation, institution, or association that is a not-for-profit entity and not a school; a community anchor institution; a local educational agency; an entity that carries out a workforce development program; and partnership between any of the above entities.
- Application Deadline: TBD
- Apply or Learn More: TBD
- Description: The competitive grants distributed by the NOAA Marine Debris Program fund projects that remove trash and other ocean, habitat restoration as well as emergency response and research.
- Eligible Applicants: State, local, tribal, and territory governments whose activities affect research or regulation of marine debris. Equally eligible are any institution of higher education, nonprofit organization, or commercial (for-profit) organization with expertise in a field related to marine debris.
- Application Deadline: TBD
- Apply or Learn More: TBD
- Description: Competitive grants administered through this program will support projects that restore fish passage through the removal of in-stream barriers such as culverts, small dams, dikes and other infrastructure. Funding also supports communities by providing technical assistance for project planning and permitting needs.
- Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, non-profits, commercial (for profit) organizations, U.S. territories, and state, local, and tribal governments.
- Application Deadline: TBD
- Apply or Learn More: To apply for funding or to learn more about the program, CLICK HERE.
