The Biden-Harris Administration has set a goal of building a convenient, affordable, reliable, equitable, and Made-in-America electric vehicle (EV) charging network along the Nation's highways and within our communities. In alignment with this goal, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ("Bipartisan Infrastructure Law" or "BIL"), included the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program as the first major Federal funding program that focuses on a nationwide deployment of EV charging infrastructure.
Ten percent of the NEVI Formula Program is set-aside for the Secretary of Transportation "to make grants to States and localities that require additional assistance to strategically deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure." Reflecting the need to make our current EV charging network more reliable, the first round of funding made available in this set-aside from the NEVI program will focus on repairing or replacing non-operational EV chargers.
Eligible applicants include State departments of transportation and local governments. States and localities are encouraged to coordinate to the extent possible to address broken and non-operational chargers.
The Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator is making up to $100 million available for this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on November 13, 2023 (the "application deadline"). Applicants are encouraged to submit applications in advance of the application deadline; however, applications will not be evaluated, and awards will not be made, until after the application deadline.
Applicants must register and use the system to submit applications electronically. Applicants are encouraged to register in advance of the submission deadline and to register to receive notifications of updates/amendments to this NOFO. Approval of user registrations for the site may take multiple weeks. It is the Applicant's responsibility to monitor Grants.gov for any updates to this Notice.
This FHWA website DOES NOT accept any applications.
The Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator NOFO is available on grants.gov.
The application submission deadline for the Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator is November 13, 2023.
Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
Date: September 21, 2023
Time: 3:00 to 4:00 PM (EST)
