Joint Office Funding Resources

The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office) encourages applicable candidates to apply for funding for zero-emission transportation options and electric vehicle (EV) charging and refueling infrastructure. Teams, individuals, and collaborative partnerships from transit agencies, school districts, state and local governments, Tribal governments, and others specified can apply. Many opportunities encourage collaborative partnerships among industry; universities; national laboratories; federal, state, and local governments; and non-governmental organizations and advocacy groups.

How to Find Funding Opportunities

Funding opportunities supported by the Joint Office can be searched using the funding programs search tool, which provides filtering by keywords, agency, eligible party, potential use cases and more. Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) are also listed on Grants.gov, the portal for numerous grant programs administered by federal government agencies, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) eXCHANGE for all EERE FOAs.

Other federal agency funding opportunities can be found on these pages:

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Grants

• Alternative Fuels Data Center Tax Credits for Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure

• U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Key Programs

• DOE Open Funding Opportunities

Tips for Creating Your Application

Check out the resources here that align with your funding opportunity to help you complete your application:

• DOE EERE funding opportunities overview

• DOE Vehicle Technologies Office FOA Information Session Series

  • Opportunity Basics

  • Application Components

  • Tips for a Strong Application

• DOE Clean Energy Infrastructure Community Benefit Plans

• Tribal Funding Webinars and Presentations:

  • Tribal Transportation Program: Grant Writing

  • Tribal Transportation Program: Finance and Innovative Financing

• Federal Transit Administration: Low or No Emission Grant and Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Program

• EPA Resources for Applicants:

  • Solicitation Clauses

  • Indirect Cost Rate Proposal Information

  • Grant Competition Dispute Resolution Procedures

• EPA Resources for Recipients:

  • General Terms and Conditions

  • Consultant Cap Salary and Wage Schedule

  • Quality Assurance

• DOT Navigator

• DOT Grant Application Toolkit

Communications Resources for Promoting a Funding Award

Tell your community members, leaders, and other relevant stakeholders about your award. See the Joint Office Communications Toolkit for FOA Selectees/Awardees for best practices and tips for sharing information about your project and how the Joint Office can support.

Additional Information

• Use the funding programs search tool for zero-emission vehicle and EV charging and refueling infrastructure opportunities.

• Sign up for regular Joint Office email updates, including our biweekly newsletter Powering Progress.

• Join the EERE email list to get notified of new funding opportunities across EERE.