Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP)
Agency: Bureau of Indian Affairs
- 15.038 -- Minerals and Mining on Indian Lands
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT, YOU MUST GO TO THE RELATED DOCUMENTS TAB TO RETRIEVE THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT PACKAGE. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY AS IT CONTAINS INFORMATION HOW TO APPLY.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs, through IEED, is soliciting proposals from Indian Tribes, as described in Section IV of this notice, for projects that conduct resource inventories and assessments, feasibility studies, or other pre-development studies necessary to process, use and develop energy and mineral resources. These resources and their uses include, but are not limited to, biomass (woody and waste) for heat or electricity; transportation fuels; hydroelectric, solar, or wind generation; geothermal heating or electricity production; district heating; other forms of distributed energy generation; oil, natural gas, geothermal, and helium; sand and gravel, coal, precious minerals, and base minerals (lead, copper, zinc, etc.).
The Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED), through its Division of Energy and Mineral Development (DEMD), is soliciting grant proposals from Tribes and Tribal Energy Development Organizations for technical assistance funding to hire consultants to identify, evaluate or assess the market for energy or mineral resources that a Tribe will process, use, or develop.
Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time on December 02, 2020.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Government
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
Additional information
Grantor contact information
Description
Deputy Division Chief
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| EMDP_Grant_Solicitation_for_grants.gov.docx | FULL ANNOUNCEMENT | Sep 9, 2020 09:25 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
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Archived: January 1, 2021
Award
$2,500,000
Program Funding
30
Expected awards
$10,000
Award Minimum
$2,500,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
BIA-EMDP-2020
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Category of Funding Activity:
Energy
Category Explanation:
History
Version:
1
Posted date:
September 9, 2020
Archive date:
January 1, 2021
