OtherUnverifiedUSDA-RBCS

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program

Awards $1,500 – $500,000 per recipient for agricultural producers, business, native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), other legal entity, small businesses, tribal government, closing Not stated.

In one sentence

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program awards $1,500 – $500,000 per recipient, open to agricultural producers, business, native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), other legal entity, small businesses, tribal government.

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$35,400,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$500,000
Award floor
$1,500
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Not stated
Deadline type
unknown
Opens
Oct 30, 2018
Status
Unverified
Eligible entities
Agricultural Producers · Business · Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) · Other Legal Entity · Small businesses · Tribal Government
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
Yes
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$35,400,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$500,000

Who can apply?

industry

Agriculture, Business and Commerce, Energy

Source field: industries
use

Energy Efficiency Improvements, Renewable Energy Systems

Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

See text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Not statedunknown deadline

What can the money be used for?

Renewable Energy SystemsEnergy Efficiency Improvements

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
Yes
Cost sharing required

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

Every answer below is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?
$1,500 – $500,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?
$35,400,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Who is eligible to apply?
Agricultural Producers, Business, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Other Legal Entity, Small businesses, Tribal Government.
What can the funding be used for?
Renewable Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency Improvements, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
Yes. This programme requires matching funds. Cost sharing required
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-08-31
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-08-31

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.