Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) Grant Program
- Posted
- March 23, 2026
- Closed
- May 22, 2026
- Award ceiling
- $98,000,000
- Award floor
- $10,000
- Program funding
- $98,000,000
- Expected awards
- 200
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 20.708
- Category
- Disaster Prevention and Relief, Employment, Labor and Training, Energy, Environment, Health, Opportunity Zone Benefits, Transportation
- Archives
- June 21, 2026
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 20.708 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $587.2M
- FY2026 obligated
- −$64,220
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 149
A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.
Top recipients: City of Philadelphia, Richmond, City of, Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha, City Utilities of Springfield, City of Donaldsonville
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was signed into law on November 15, 2021. The law created the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) first ever infrastructure grant program. The Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) grant program is designated $200 million a year in grant funding with a total of $1 billion in grant funding over five years. The grant funding is to be made available to a municipality or community owned utility (not including for-profit entities) to repair, rehabilitate, or replace its natural gas distribution pipeline systems or portions thereof, or to acquire equipment to (1) reduce incidents and fatalities and (2) to avoid economic losses.
Who can apply
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Special district governments
Municipality or community owned utilities (not including for-profit entities or any pipeline asset(s) owned by a for-profit entity.)
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