Funding Opportunity: Rural Business Development Grant

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Funding Opportunity: Rural Business Development Grant

tlmorri3 January 22, 2025

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Funding Opportunity: Rural Business Development Grant

On January 6, 2025, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, a USDA agency, issued a notice inviting applications for grants to provide technical assistance for passenger Rural Transportation (RT) systems under the Rural Business Development Grant (RDBG) program. Grant funds will support RT systems, including designated funds for RT systems operating within Tribal lands of Federally Recognized tribes. The Program aims to improve the economic conditions of rural areas by providing technical assistance that will enhance the operation of rural transportation systems.

Estimated Funding for FY25: $750,000

Award Amounts: The Agency will award a maximum of $500,000 for RT systems and $250,000 for FRNAT RT projects.

Anticipated Award Date: Prior to September 30, 2025

Performance Period: October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026

The agency will select successful funding applications and subsequently award them to the extent that funding may ultimately be made available through appropriations. All applicants are responsible for any expenses incurred in developing their applications.

Due Date/Time: No later than 4:30 p.m. (local time) on April 7, 2025

Completed applications may be submitted in paper or electronic format to the USDA RD State Office contact.

Supplementary Information: This can be found here.

For Further Information:

Contact Cindy Mason, Business Loan and Grant Analyst, Program Management Division

cindy.mason@usda.gov

RBCS, USDA

1400 Independence Avenue SW

Mail Stop 3226

Room 5160-South

Washington, DC 20250-3226

(202) 720-1400

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January 22, 2025

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Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants applications opening February 2025

tlmorri3 — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:51:55 +0000

Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants applications opening February 2025

tlmorri3 January 7, 2025

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Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants applications opening February 2025

On December 17, 2024, the Department of Energy Grid Deployment Office announced an amendment to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) – Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid Formula Grants to States and Indian Tribes that will provide access to Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 formula grant allocations starting in February 2025.

The BIL will grow a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable economy by enhancing U.S. competitiveness, creating good-paying union jobs, and ensuring access to economic, environmental, and other benefits for disadvantaged communities. The BIL appropriates more than $62 billion to DOE to invest in American manufacturing and workers, expand access to energy efficiency, deliver reliable, clean, and affordable power to more Americans, and deploy the technologies of tomorrow through clean energy demonstrations.

The program will distribute funding to states, territories, and federally recognized Indian tribes, including Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Alaska Native Village Corporations, over five years based on a formula that includes factors such as population size, land area, probability and severity of disruptive events, and a locality’s historical expenditures on mitigation efforts. The states, territories, and Indian tribes will then award these funds to a diverse set of projects, prioritizing efforts that generate the greatest community benefit by providing clean, affordable, and reliable energy.

The forthcoming amendment will allow applications for the FY25 formula grant allocations to be submitted. For more information about funding allocations, application resources, and other related topics, please visit this site.

For more information regarding the application process for new and existing grant applicants, please see the Federal Register notice here.

Tribal Applicant Point of Contact

DOE Grid Deployment Office GDOTribalAssistance@hq.doe.gov

Requests for Information

Requests for more information should be addressed by email to Cory Felder, Senior Project Manager, at cory.felder@hq.doe.gov.

For Further Information

Please contact Cory Felder, (240) 597-8694, cory.felder@hq.doe.gov.

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January 7, 2025

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