Scout IIJA Competitive Grants Tracker

Municipalities and counties across the country have the opportunity to make transformative investments in their communities. To amplify those investments, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) has created competitive grant opportunities for local communities to seek additional funding. A searchable database of available IIJA grants is available below. To find out more about Scout's work to support and track innovative investments in our community and beyond, see our ARPA tracker, or visit us at our website.
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Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid

This new IIJA grant program supports activities that reduces the likelihood and consequence of electric grid impacts due to extreme weather, wildfire, or natural disaster.
Estimate Budget
$
5000000000
$1B+
5000000000
Department of Energy
Sector
Energy
Sub-sector
Grid infrastructure realiability and resilience
Eligibility

Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity

This new IIJA program provides grants and technical assistance to utilities to protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity threats.
Estimate Budget
$
250000000
$101M-$500M
250000000
Department of Energy
Sector
Energy
Sub-sector
Grid infrastructure realiability and resilience
Eligibility

Transmission Facilitation Program

This new IIJA program, funded by a revolving loan fund, allows the DOE to offer loans to and enter capacity contracts with transmission developers to fund eligible transmission projects, including new transmission lines or upgrades of existing lines.
Estimate Budget
$
2550000000
$1B+
2550000000
Department of Energy
Sector
Energy
Sub-sector
Grid infrastructure realiability and resilience
Eligibility

Battery Processing and Manufacturing

This new IIJA grant program seeks to ensure that the U.S. has a viable domestic manufacturing and recycling capability to support a North American battery supply chain.
Estimate Budget
$
3000000000
$1B+
3000000000
Department of Energy
Sector
Energy
Sub-sector
Supply Chains for Clean Energy
Eligibility

Operation and Maintenance (Army Corps)

Of IIJA’s total funds appropriated to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $4 billion is devoted to operations and maintenance activities.
Estimate Budget
$
4000000000
$1B+
4000000000
Department of the Army (Corps of Engineers)
Sector
Transportation
Sub-sector
Ports and Inland Waterways
Eligibility

Completion of Corps of Engineers Studies Previously Authorized

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is comprised of civilians and soldiers providing engineering services, and IIJA provides funds for the Corps to initiate or complete previously authorized infrastructure studies.
Estimate Budget
$
80000000
$51M-$100M
80000000
Department of the Army (Corps of Engineers)
Sector
Transportation
Sub-sector
Ports and Inland Waterways
Eligibility

Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance

The Western Area Power Administration is one of four power marketing administrations in the DOE, encompassing 15 states, that markets and transmits wholesale electricity from multi-use water projects. IIJA provides funds for construction, rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance within WAPA.
Estimate Budget
$
500000000
$101M-$500M
500000000
Department of Energy (Western Area Power Administration)
Sector
Energy
Sub-sector
Grid infrastructure realiability and resilience
Eligibility

Battery Processing and Manufacturing

This new IIJA program awards competitive grants to retailers that sell covered batteries or battery-containing products to establish and implement a system encouraging the acceptance and collection of these covered batteries and battery-containing products for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal.
Estimate Budget
$
20000000
$0-$50M
20000000
Department of Energy
Sector
Energy
Sub-sector
Supply Chains for Clean Energy
Eligibility

National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program

This program, through competitive grant programs and a national database, seeks to characterize, interpret, and disseminate accurate Earth framework models through geologic mapping and research to support responsible use of land, water, energy, and minerals and to mitigate the impact of geologic hazards on society. IIJA adds an abandoned mine land and waste geologic mapping component.
Estimate Budget
$
510000000
$501M-$1B
510000000
Department of the Interior (U.S. Geological Survey)
Sector
Energy
Sub-sector
Supply Chains for Clean Energy
Eligibility

Battery Processing and Manufacturing

This new IIJA program awards multiyear grants to eligible entities for research, development, and demonstration projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of batteries.
Estimate Budget
$
60000000
$51M-$100M
60000000
Department of Energy
Sector
Energy
Sub-sector
Supply Chains for Clean Energy
Eligibility