Grant Insights: Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program (Round 2)

1. Community Charging and Fueling Program Grants (Community Program) 
2. Alternative Fuel Corridor Grants (Corridor Program) 

Applicants must provide at least 20% of the total project costs via non-federal matching contributions. 

Eligible Infrastructure: publicly accessible electric vehicle charging, hydrogen fueling, propane fueling, or natural gas-fueling infrastructure. Propane-fueling infrastructure is limited to infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.  
Community Program: grants are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to expand or fill gaps in access to charging or alternative-fueling infrastructure.

• Project Location: may be on any public road or in other publicly accessible locations including parking facilities at public buildings, schools, and parks; or publicly accessible parking facilities owned/managed by a private entity. 
  
• Eligible Costs: acquisition and installation of infrastructure; construction or reconstruction; development phase activities; contracting a private entity; and educational and community engagement activities. 

Corridor Program: grants are expected to support the build-out of charging or alternative-fueling infrastructure along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFC). 

• Project Location: must be along a designated AFC, on the condition that any affected Indian Tribes are consulted before designation. 
  
• Eligible Costs: contracting a private entity for acquisition and installation of eligible infrastructure and traffic control devices; operating assistance; and engineering, design, project development, and management related to the construction of a highway project. 
  

• State, Political Subdivision of a State, or Unit of Local Government 
  
• Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) 
  
• Special Purpose District or Public Authority with a transportation function, including a Port Authority 
  
• Indian Tribe or U.S. Territory 
  
• Authority, Agency or Instrumentality of, or an entity owned by, one or more entities listed above 
  
• Group of entities as listed above 
  
• Community Program ONLY: State or Local Authority with ownership of publicly accessible transportation facilities

*Corridor Program recipients must use funds to contract with a private entity. 
**Joint applicants must identify an eligible lead applicant to serve as the prime awardee. 

• If one eligible applicant is interested in applying for both Community and Corridor funding categories in a single application, they must clearly separate the proposed work, selection criteria, and budget requested for each category. 
  
• Both Community and Corridor Grant projects must be publicly accessible, address environmental justice, and be accessible and usable by individuals with disabilities. 
  
• Community Grants Funding Allocation: $350,000,000 
  
• Corridor Grants Funding Allocation: $350,000,000 
  
• Applicants for the Corridor Program should ensure their applications, as they relate to EV infrastructure, align with their State’s NEVI Deployment Plan. 
  
• Applicants are encouraged to propose projects that are scalable and identify scaled funding options in case insufficient funding is available to fund said project or a bundled project at the full requested amount. 

Community Grants applicants are encouraged to identify in their application one or more of the following categories, regarding the area(s) in which alternative fueling/charging access would expand:

• Neighborhood and Multi-Family Charging 
  
• Multi-Modal Hubs and Shared-Use Fleets and Services 
  
• Multi-Purpose Workplace and Destination Charging
• Community Fleets and Freight 

Corridor Grants applicants are encouraged to identify in their application one or more of the following focus areas their proposed project addresses and how the project contributes to the build-out of a national corridor network:

• Demonstrate Build-Out of AFCs 
  
• Zero-Emission Corridors for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles
• Long-Dwell Time Locations Along AFCs 

Agency: USDOT – FHWA Staff 
Email/Phone: CFIgrants@dot.gov; a TDD is available at (202) 366-3993 
FAQs: www.Grants.gov under Funding Opportunity Number: 693JJ324NF00017