Closed · BIA-EMDP-2024-01 · CFDA 15.148 · Discretionary

Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Indian Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$10K-$1.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 24, 2024
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP) is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Indian Affairs that offered $10,000 -- $1,500,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 145 other opportunities from Bureau of Indian Affairs.

$10K-$1.5M
award range
Closed
application status
15.148
CFDA program
145
other opportunities from Bureau of Indian Affairs

Archived opportunity record

Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP) is closed (last close May 24, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of Indian Affairs still indexes 145 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed May 24, 2024

Posted Feb 22 Closes May 24

Instrument

Grant

Description

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.

Public-sector applicant lane · Bureau of Indian Affairs

Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP) (Federally recognized tribal governments). This is a public-sector corridor, not a general nonprofit open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Environment (ENV). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau of Indian Affairs book (87 peers, 60% of 146).

Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Jo Ann Metcalfe Jo.Metcalfe@bia.gov

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What to do next

Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP) is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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