Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- BIA-EMDP-2024-01
- Agency
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Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education
Department of the Interior
- Applications due
- Award size
- $10,000 to $1,500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Environment
- Eligible applicants
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- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP) administered by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education is seeking proposals from federally recognized tribal governments for technical assistance projects involving resource inventories, assessments, feasibility studies or other pre-development activities related to energy and mineral resources on tribal lands. Eligible resources and project activities include biomass, transportation fuels, hydroelectric, solar or wind generation, geothermal, district heating, distributed energy, oil, natural gas, minerals and more. Applicants must be federally recognized tribes and proposals will be evaluated based on technical merit, need, and administrative capability with awards announced by September 2024.
Funded projects can range from $10,000 to $1,500,000 and are intended to support work performed on tribal lands. The EMDP falls under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity Grants program which aims to provide tribes with funds to develop technical and managerial capacity for energy development and production. Proposals are due May 24, 2024.
Synopsis
DEMD administers the EMDP grant. This solicitation seeks proposals 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, and helium; sand and gravel, coal, precious minerals, and base minerals (lead, copper, zinc, etc.).EMDP projects may include, but are not limited to:Initial resource exploration;Defining potential targets for development;Performing a market analysis to establish production/demand for a commodity;Performing economic evaluation and analysis of the resource;Baseline studies related to energy and mineral projects; andOther pre-development studies or work necessary to promote the use and development of energy and mineral resources.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| EMDP Solicitation Final 2-22-2024.pdf |
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