Block Grant 2401TXLIEI

LIEI-2026 LIHEAP Infrastructure Supplement Award Summary The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Community Services awarded $4.37M to the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP, CFDA 93.568) Infrastructure Supplement (LIEI-2026) block grant. The award, obligated on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2027, supports infrastructure...

NEVI Program Engineering Assistance Formula Grant Award Summary The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) received a $4.5 million Formula Grant award dated July 11, 2025, from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). This grant funds consultant-provided project management, construction inspection, and administration support for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure sites awarded through IDOT's National Electric...

This Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) provides $866,704.00 in funding to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain a publicly accessible Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) station at 97 Red Bud Ln Suite B in Vienna, Illinois. The project involves the installation of a NEVI-compliant, four-dispenser DCFC station at the Miles Brothers Food location in Vienna....

This $1,618,515 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205), provides funding to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) station located in Utica, Illinois. The project, titled "NEVI - LOVES LOCATION 28", is authorized for complete design-build operation, but...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Illinois Department of Transportation received a $1,254,843 formula grant award dated March 17, 2026, from the Federal Highway Administration under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program (CFDA 20.277). This award supports the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) station at 921 Maple Hill Road, Bloomington, Illinois 61705. The project encompasses complete...

This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction program), supports the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) station at a Love's Travel Stop location in Illinois. The $1,488,265.00 grant, awarded on January 31, 2025, will fund the installation of a NEVI-compliant, six-dispenser DCFC station at the Love's Travel Stop, Store #583 in New...

EIT USA, Inc. received a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I award of $306,508 on September 4, 2025, from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286). The project, concluding August 31, 2026, focuses on developing an artificial intelligence-enabled point-of-care diagnostic device utilizing electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to detect and...

Electroflow Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Lit) received a $305,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) on October 1, 2025. The project, with a completion date of March 31, 2026, will deliver research and feasibility assessments focused on developing an electrochemical process to extract and convert lithium from low-concentration brine into...

This $1,526,937 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) provides funding to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) station located at 400 Steward Rd in Rochelle, Illinois. The project, titled "NEVI - LOVES LOCATION 31," is authorized for complete design-build operation,...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,120,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) on July 1, 2024. The goal of this three-year project is to develop a prototype 1 kWh rechargeable solid-state lithium-air battery (RSS-LAB) with a gravimetric energy density over 1,000 Wh/kg and a volumetric energy density over 1,000 Wh/L, as well as a 100-cycle life. The project also aims to produce a detailed design for a...