Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program ROUND 2 | 693JJ324NF00017

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The Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program Round 2 is a U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) competitive grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 693JJ324NF00017; CFDA 20.205) created under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The central goal is to solicit applications to plan for and deploy publicly accessible charging and fueling infrastructure, with a major emphasis on electric vehicle charging. This round also makes available funding from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program 10 percent set-aside (often referred to as "NEVI 10"), meaning some awards under this same solicitation will draw from that dedicated set-aside in addition to the core CFI discretionary funds. Exact funding sources by fiscal year and the total amounts available are provided in the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) posted in the Related Documents.

This Round 2 NOFO also signals FHWA's intent to make additional awards related to applications submitted under the FY 2022/2023 CFI Round 1 solicitation (693JJ323NF00004, issued March 14, 2023). In other words, FHWA is not only running a new competitive round, but is also keeping the door open to revisit and potentially fund more projects from the earlier Round 1 pool, consistent with the guidance laid out in the NOFO and the associated reconsideration materials.

Eligible applicants are primarily public sector entities and public-purpose authorities involved in transportation, including states and political subdivisions of states, metropolitan planning organizations, units of local government (such as cities and counties), special purpose districts or public authorities with a transportation function (including port authorities), federally recognized Indian tribes, and U.S. territories. The program also allows applications from authorities, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities owned by one or more of the eligible public entities, as well as groups or coalitions of eligible entities applying together. Additionally, for the Community Grants portion specifically, a state or local authority that owns publicly accessible transportation facilities is also eligible, which is meant to widen participation for entities that control public facilities where charging infrastructure could be installed and accessed by the general public.

Key administrative details included in the posting are the timeline and the official materials supporting applicants. The full NOFO was posted on May 30, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern, and FHWA held two public informational webinars (registration required) to walk applicants through the opportunity and the reconsideration process for Round 1: an overview webinar on June 6, 2024, and a Round 1 reconsideration-focused webinar on June 11, 2024. Slides and recordings for both sessions were later added to the Related Documents tab (Round 2 overview materials added June 12, 2024; Round 1 reconsideration materials added June 17, 2024). The application deadline listed for this opportunity is August 28, 2024.

At a high level, applicants should read this as a competitive federal funding opportunity intended to accelerate buildout of convenient, publicly accessible charging and fueling options through infrastructure projects led by public entities (or public-led partnerships). The authoritative requirements, selection criteria, eligible cost details, cost share or match rules if applicable, project types and categories (including any distinctions such as corridor versus community-focused investments), and the exact amount of funding available by fiscal year are all governed by the full NOFO referenced in the Related Documents.

• The DOT Federal Highway Administration in the iij sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program ROUND 2" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.205.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-05-30.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-08-28. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Others.

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