Closed · DE-FOA-0003548 · CFDA 81.087 · Discretionary

Unleashing Tribal Energy Development

Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$250K-$7.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 24, 2026
Close date
40
Expected awards

The verdict

Unleashing Tribal Energy Development is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered $250,000 -- $7,500,000 across 40 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.

$250K-$7.5M
award range
Closed
application status
40
expected awards
81.087
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on July 24, 2026. CFDA 81.087 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $250,000 -- $7,500,000.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 24, 2026

Posted Mar 25 Closes Jul 24

Est. Total Funding

$50,000,000

Expected Awards

40

Instrument

Grant

Description

DE-FOA-0003548: Unleashing Tribal Energy Development Under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the DOE Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs is soliciting applications to advance affordable, reliable, and secure energy development of Tribal energy resources for the benefit of Tribes and their members. Projects funded under this NOFO are expected to advance Tribal sovereignty through Tribal energy development, efficiency, and use. Projects under Topic Area 1 are expected to serve the electric loads and support the energy needs of Tribes at the scale of a Tribal community or communities. These projects entail the construction of energy assets and projects. Projects under Topic Area 2 are expected to complete all pre-development activities necessary for the deployment of community scale energy projects. Projects under Topic Area 3 are expected to complete necessary pre-development activities for large scale commercial development of Tribal energy resources which lead to enhancement and strengthening of Tribal energy and economic infrastructure. DOE expects to make approximately $50 million of federal funding available for new awards under this NOFO. DOE may issue awards in one, multiple, or none of the Topic Areas. Please see full notification of funding opportunity at: https://ie-exchange.energy.gov

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for Unleashing Tribal Energy Development (Federally recognized tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Energy (EN). Only 16 other Golden Field Office listings share this exact eligibility-code string (2% of 840).

Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 11
Native American tribal organizations (other than 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

Daniel Kaim 240-981-0901 daniel.kaim@hq.doe.gov

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What to do next

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