The Division of Energy and Mineral Development (DEMD), Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED), is soliciting grant proposals from federally recognized Indian Tribes to build Tribal capacity for energy resource regulation and management under the Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP).

Deadline: Applications will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time on December 2, 2020.

Background: The DEMD is soliciting grant proposals from Indian Tribes 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.).

Example Projects:

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; and
Other pre-development studies necessary to promote the use and development of energy and mineral resources.

Number of Projects Funded: DEMD anticipates 25 to 30 awards under this announcement ranging in value from approximately $10,000 to $2,500,000.

Cost Share Requirement: None

Additional Details: https://www.bia.gov/sites/bia.gov/files/assets/as-ia/ieed/demd/pdf/202009%20EMDP%20Grant%20Solicitation%20for%20grants.gov_.docx