FAA Announces it will award nearly $300M for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Projects

Are you interested in making aviation greener? The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that will award nearly $300 million to help achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Fueling Aviation’s Sustainable Transition (FAST) grant program will make grants available to eligible entities for projects that support sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), to be termed FAST–SAF, and low-emission aviation technologies to be termed FAST-Tech.  

FAST-SAF, will provide $244.5 million in grants to support the build out of infrastructure projects related to SAF production, transportation, blending, and storage. While the low-emission technology portion of the program will provide $46.5 million in grants to develop and demonstrate new aviation technologies to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. Eligible entities include airports, air carriers, universities, aviation and aerospace companies, state and local governments and nonprofit organizations.

“We have a need for speed in this race… we have more resources than ever before to accelerate this critical work,” said FAA Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs and Environment, Laurence Wildgoose in a news release. “We look forward to receiving applications that can help accelerate the use of high-integrity SAF and the development of powerful low-emission aviation technologies.” 

FAA’s target for the first round of grant awards is set for mid-2024.

View the grant opportunity and download related documents at grants.gov.