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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Category Name
Stormwater infrastructure technology
This new IIJA program provides grants to state, local, and tribal governments for stormwater infrastructure projects that involve new and emerging technologies, with priority going to small, rural, and disadvantaged communities with municipal combined storm and sanitary systems.
Estimate Budget
$
50000000
$0-$50M
50000000
Environmental Protection Agency
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Clean Water
Eligibility
Hazardous Substance Superfund
IIJA provides additional funding to clean up pollution through Superfund (CERCLA), a program that allows EPA to clean up contaminated sites and forces polluters to either perform the cleanup activities or reimburse EPA for them.
Estimate Budget
$
3500000000
$1B+
3500000000
Environmental Protection Agency
Sector
Other environmental programs
Sub-sector
Waste
Eligibility
Water-related environmental infrastructure assistance
IIJA provides additional funding to the Army Corps of Engineers for construction addressing water-related environmental infrastructure assistance needs.
Estimate Budget
$
200000000
$101M-$500M
200000000
Department of the Army (Corps of Engineers)
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Other water
Eligibility
Clean Watersheds Needs Survey
IIJA directs the EPA to conduct an assessment of capital improvement needs for all projects eligible under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program at least every four years.
Estimate Budget
$
10000000
$0-$50M
10000000
Environmental Protection Agency
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Clean Water
Eligibility
Middle Mile Deployment
This program expands and extends middle mile broadband infrastructure, in order to reduce costs of connecting unserved and underserved areas to backbone broadband infrastructure.
Estimate Budget
$
1000000000
$501M-$1B
1000000000
Department of Commerce
Sector
Broadband
Sub-sector
Deployment
Eligibility
Wildfire management
IIJA provides funds to address a range of wildfire risk reduction and ecosystem restoration activities, including technology to rapidly detect and report wildfire starts, the development of a distinct “wildland firefighter” occupational series through OPM, the establishment of a collaborative forest landscape restoration program and a community wildfire defense grant program.
Estimate Budget
$
7140000000
$1B+
7140000000
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Sector
Other environmental programs
Sub-sector
Forestry
Eligibility
Comprehensive plans for development, utilization, and conservation of water and related resources
IIJA appropriates funds to the Corps of Engineers and state, regional, and other eligible entities to prepare these comprehensive plans as authorized in accordance with section 22 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 and to submit reports and recommendations regarding Federal participation in carrying out these plans.
Estimate Budget
$
30000000
$0-$50M
30000000
Department of the Army (Corps of Engineers)
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Other water
Eligibility
Forest Service Legacy Road and Trail Remediation Program
IIJA amends the Forest Roads and Trails Act to establish this program, through which the Forest Service must—taking into account foreseeable changes in weather and hydrology—perform critical maintenance and urgent repairs and improvements on National Forest System’s roads, trails, and bridges to primarily improve public safety, water quality, wildlife habitats, and recreational access.
Estimate Budget
$
250000000
$101M-$500M
250000000
Department of Agriculture
Sector
Other environmental programs
Sub-sector
Forestry
Eligibility
Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program
IIJA codifies, and authorizes funding for, this program to improve the health and resilience of forest landscapes across National Forest Service land as well as state, tribal, and private land.
Estimate Budget
$
180000000
$101M-$500M
180000000
Department of Agriculture
Sector
Other environmental programs
Sub-sector
Forestry
Eligibility
Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund
IIJA establishes this new fund within the Treasury of the U.S., with deposited funds used by the Secretary of the Interior to transfer resources to any enacted Indian water rights settlement enacted prior to November 15, 2021.
Estimate Budget
$
2500000000
$1B+
2500000000
Department of the Interior
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Other water
Eligibility