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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) — Speed to Power through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Technology Upgrades (SPARK) deadline 2026

The current listed application deadline is May 19, 2026. Use this page to verify timing fast, then move into the full grant record for planning, comparison, and drafting.

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Agency
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Award range
$1 to $250,000,000
Total funding
$1,900,000,000
Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement
CFDA / ALN
81.254
Cost share
Yes

Application Countdown

08
Days
11
Hours
44
Minutes

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Quick facts

Opportunity number
Not listed
Last updated
April 1, 2026
Expected awards
Not listed

Deadline summary

Modification 000001: Issued to change the Informational Webinar posting date; modified NOFO Part 1, Section II.A.2 - Participant Limitations to clarify that Tennessee Valley Authority is eligible to apply as a subrecipient under all Topic Areas; Section III.F. - Topic Area 1:Grid Resilience (IIJA Section 40101(c)) to clarify the wording around applications that are not of interest; and Section IV.C - Concept Paper to delete the sentence "Each concept paper must be limited to a single concep...

Key dates

Posted
March 11, 2026
Deadline
May 19, 2026

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Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)See Section II.A of the Notice of Funding Opportunity for a full description of the eligibility requirements.

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