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Driving a Cleaner Illinois (Umbrella)
Illinois EPASee programDeadline: Per-stream NOFOs (see notes)
Illinois EPA grant program for mobile-source electrification projects, braiding three funding sources — Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust, and the federal Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA). Each Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) names its source, eligible project types, cost-share rules, and application window.
Program details
- Agency
- Illinois EPA
- Level
- State
- Category
- Diesel Emission Reduction / Fleet Electrification / EV Charging
- Eligibility
- Public and private fleet operators in Illinois — diesel medium- and heavy-duty fleets, transit/school districts, drayage, delivery; EV charging operators (CEJA stream).
- Funding Amount
- Varies by stream — see CEJA, VW Trust, DERA entries
- Deadline
- Per-stream NOFOs (see notes)
- Status
- rolling
- Geographic Scope
- Illinois only
- Project Types
- ev_charging, fleet_electrification, transportation
- Client Types
- commercial
- Notes
- Currently open NOFOs (verified 2026-04-25): VW Round 9 — up to $18M for all-electric Class 4-8 Local Freight Trucks (open until depleted). CEJA EV Charging Round 3 — $20M for L2/L3 charging, currently CLOSED pending re-opening. DERA: no active state NOFO — federal-fiscal-year basis. Sign up for the Driving a Cleaner Illinois listserv to receive future NOFO notifications.
Source: Grantya research. Confirm current terms with the administering agency before applying.