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.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Viewing X of X projects
Category Name
Research, investigations, training, and information (EPA)
IIJA provides funds for clean water research, investigations, training, and information, which includes grants to state water pollution control agencies, grants to nonprofits for technical assistance, and grants to eligible entities for training projects.
Estimate Budget
$
380000000
$101M-$500M
380000000
Environmental Protection Agency
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Clean Water
Eligibility
Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
IIJA directs a portion of this program’s funding to address emerging contaminants within the framework of eligible CWSRF activities.
Estimate Budget
$
1000000000
$501M-$1B
1000000000
Environmental Protection Agency
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Clean Water
Eligibility
Connection to Publicly Owned Treatment Works
This new IIJA program awards competitive grants to eligible entities to help cover the costs of connecting low-income individuals to publicly owned treatment works.
Estimate Budget
$
200000000
$101M-$500M
200000000
Environmental Protection Agency
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Clean Water
Eligibility
Small and Medium Publicly Owned Treatment Works Circuit Rider Program
This new IIJA program awards grants to qualified nonprofit entities to assist small and medium publicly owned treatment works to carry out certain activities.
Estimate Budget
$
50000000
$0-$50M
50000000
Environmental Protection Agency
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Clean Water
Eligibility
Advanced Drinking Water Technology Program
IIJA creates a grant program for water systems serving 100,000 or fewer people or small and disadvantaged water systems to identify and/or deploy new or emerging drinking water infrastructure technology to enhance various aspects of drinking water. IIJA also requires a study within one year of IIJA’s enactment to examine the state of existing and emerging technologies to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities, enhance various aspects of the water of public water systems.
Estimate Budget
$
50000000
$0-$50M
50000000
Environmental Protection Agency
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Drinking Water
Eligibility
Pilot Program for Alternative Water Source Projects
This pilot program provides grants to eligible entities for the engineering, design, construction, and final testing of alternative water source projects to meet critical water supply needs. IIJA amends the program’s eligible project types to include stormwater.
Estimate Budget
$
130000000
$101M-$500M
130000000
Environmental Protection Agency
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Clean Water
Eligibility
Water infrastructure and workforce investment (EPA)
The Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development program provides grants to build the water workforce and connect individuals to careers in the drinking water and wastewater utility sector. IIJA amends the program by expanding grant use to include diversity recruitment and promotion, training, and retention within the water sector, among other changes.
Estimate Budget
$
30000000
$0-$50M
30000000
Environmental Protection Agency
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Clean Water
Eligibility
Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
This program leverages federal-state partnerships to provide communities low-cost financing for water quality infrastructure projects. The program provides capitalization grants to states, part of which is used to provide principal forgiveness and/or grants.
Estimate Budget
$
11710000000
$1B+
11710000000
Environmental Protection Agency
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Clean Water
Eligibility
Dam safety grants to states
IIJA provides operations and support funds to implement activities under the National Dam Safety Program Act, including providing grants and financial assistance to states to establish, maintain, and improve dam safety programs and rehabilitate eligible high hazard potential dams.
Estimate Budget
$
730000000
$501M-$1B
730000000
Department of Homeland Security (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Sector
Watersheds and coastlines
Sub-sector
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Eligibility
Operational Sustainability of Small Public Water Systems
This new IIJA program awards grants to eligible entities to improve the operational sustainability of one or more small public water systems.
Estimate Budget
$
250000000
$101M-$500M
250000000
Environmental Protection Agency
Sector
Water
Sub-sector
Drinking Water
Eligibility