Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants: Program Guide (2026)
The DOE Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program — created by IRA Section 50143 with $2 billion in funding — closed to new applicants in 2024 after committing $1.7 billion to 11 auto-manufacturing facilities in 8 states. None of that money has been rescinded by Congress; the Trump administration is instead renegotiating several of the largest 2024 awards toward hybrid production. Need manufacturing funding today? The matcher below finds what's actually open.
⚠ Program status: closed to new applicants since 2024 — $1.7B+ already awarded, under active renegotiation as of May 2026
Updated July 18, 2026 — every figure below re-verified against energy.gov, netl.doe.gov, grants.gov, and primary reporting on the program's 2025–2026 status.
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See your grants — free →What the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program Actually Funds
Section 50143 of the Inflation Reduction Act appropriated $2 billion to the Department of Energy to fund the conversion of domestic manufacturing facilities toward producing hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery-electric, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles and their components. DOE runs it through the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) as a cost-shared grant — DOE covers up to 50% of an eligible project's cost, and the applicant funds the rest.
DOE published the program's main funding opportunity (FOA-3106) in 2023 after a public-comment process. Applications for that main round closed before DOE announced its selections. DOE picked its first and largest round — 11 facilities, $1.7 billion — on July 11, 2024. A second, formula-based track for small and medium manufacturers followed in November 2024, adding $50 million across five states. Congress made the $2 billion available for commitment through September 30, 2031, but that only means DOE can still legally disburse already-committed funds through that date — it does not mean new applications are being accepted. Both application windows are closed as of this writing.
Who Qualified for the 2024 Awards
Eligible applicants were domestic manufacturers — mostly large automakers and their suppliers — proposing to convert an existing, at-risk, or recently shuttered facility into one producing qualifying electrified-vehicle products: efficient hybrids, plug-in hybrids, battery-electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, or their components (batteries, electric drivetrains, and similar parts). Every award carried conditions beyond simply retooling a plant: DOE required applicants to commit to labor protections and community-benefit agreements, and every selection remained subject to completing DOE's environmental review before funds were finalized. That is why Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's own July 2024 announcement described the picks as "subject to negotiations to meet commitments to workers and communities" — a selection was not, for any single recipient, an immediately signed and fully obligated contract.
The 11 Facilities and $1.7 Billion in July 2024 Awards
DOE's announcement covered 9 corporate recipients across 11 facilities in 8 states. Eight of those awards are corroborated across multiple independent reports and sum to the commonly cited $1.7 billion; a ninth, to Mercedes-Benz, is reported separately and with less certainty (see the note below the table).
| Company | Facility | Amount | What it converts to |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Motors | Lansing, MI | $500M | EV assembly at Lansing Grand River |
| Stellantis (Fiat Chrysler) | Belvidere, IL | $335M | EV assembly complex conversion |
| Stellantis (Fiat Chrysler) | Kokomo, IN | $250M | Electric drive-module production |
| Volvo Group (Mack & Volvo) | Macungie, PA / Dublin, VA / Hagerstown, MD | $208M | Zero-emission heavy-duty trucks |
| ZF North America (reported) | Marysville, MI | ~$158M | E-mobility components |
| Harley-Davidson | York, PA | $89M | Electric motorcycle production |
| Blue Bird | Fort Valley, GA | $80M | Electric school buses |
| Cummins (reported) | Indiana | ~$75M | Zero-emission powertrain components |
| Mercedes-Benz (reported separately) | Ladson, SC | ~$285M | Electric Sprinter van production |
Matching requirements and total project scale
DOE's funding opportunity capped the federal grant share at up to 50% of an eligible project's total cost, meaning every applicant had to bring at least a comparable amount from private capital, corporate balance sheets, or other non-federal sources — the $1.7 billion in federal money was designed to leverage a similar or larger sum in matched investment across the 11 facilities. DOE's own July 2024 figures projected the selected projects would collectively create more than 2,900 new manufacturing jobs and retain roughly 15,000 existing union positions. Those job figures were DOE's projections at selection, not a guarantee independent of whether every award closed on its original terms — which, as the renegotiation below shows, they did not.
The smaller round most people miss: $50 million to five states
Beyond the 11-facility headline round, DOE ran a separate, formula-based track for small and medium manufacturers (SMMs) — the State Partnerships round. Eligible state governments applied non-competitively, by formula, to make sub-awards to smaller auto-supply-chain manufacturers converting toward EV, hybrid, or fuel-cell production. DOE selected five states for a combined $50 million in November 2024. That funding opportunity (DE-FOA-0003412) went through three amendments, and its application period closed October 30, 2024. This is the track most likely to have actually touched a genuinely small manufacturer — and, like the main round, it is closed to new applicants.
Is the Program Still Accepting Applications? No — Here's the Exact Status
No. Both the main $1.7B funding opportunity and the $50M small/medium-manufacturer round finished their application windows in 2024. DOE reported in January 2025 that roughly 94% of the $2 billion authorized under §50143 had already been committed to specific states and projects. As of July 2026, there is no open funding opportunity under this program — and DOE's own dedicated program page (energy.gov/mesc/domestic-manufacturing-conversion-grant-program) returned a 404 when checked while researching this guide, consistent with a program that is no longer actively soliciting applicants.
What replaced the original EV-only design: the 2025–2026 renegotiation
The 2024 selections did not survive the change in administration unchanged. A January 2025 executive order paused disbursement of IRA funds broadly, and DOE spent 2025 conducting what it called an "individualized and thorough review" of Biden-era financial awards across its portfolio. By May 2026, the most recent reporting available shows DOE in active negotiations with the largest §50143 recipients — Stellantis (a combined $584.8M across its two facilities), General Motors ($500M), Mercedes-Benz (~$285M), and Volvo ($208M) — to restructure the grants so the retooled plants produce more hybrid vehicles and other "advanced" technology, like regenerative-braking systems, instead of EVs exclusively. A senior DOE official framed the change bluntly: 2023–2024 applications assumed EV demand that, in the administration's view, "didn't materialize." DOE has stated publicly that of roughly 2,200 financial awards reviewed department-wide, about 1,950 (worth nearly $24 billion) were restored to proceed — and as of the most recent reporting, no §50143 auto-conversion award has been confirmed outright canceled; the live process is renegotiation of vehicle mix, not rescission of dollars.
Worth separating out: in October 2025, DOE canceled roughly $720 million in a DIFFERENT set of manufacturing grants — Ascend Elements, Anovion, and LuxWall — citing missed milestones. Those awards were funded through the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, for battery-recycling and critical-minerals manufacturing, not through IRA Section 50143. It is an easy program to conflate with the one on this page, but it is a different law, a different funding pot, and a different set of recipients.
Did OBBBA Rescind This Program? The Honest Answer
No — not directly, and this is the single most common point of confusion about this program. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, Pub. L. 119-21, signed July 2025) explicitly repealed IRA Section 50142 — a related but DIFFERENT DOE program — and rescinded its unobligated funds. Section 50143, the grant program covered on this page, is not on the public OBBBA rescission lists reviewed for this guide.
Section 50142 is the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program: DOE loans, not grants, originally created in 2007 and topped up with $3 billion in IRA-era credit subsidy. OBBBA's Section 50402(a) repealed IRA §50142 and rescinded its unobligated funding as part of the bill's broader ~$8.4 billion cut to DOE's Loan Programs Office. Section 50143 — the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion GRANT program this page covers — is a separate legal authority. Its money was already committed via the July and November 2024 selections, months before OBBBA passed in mid-2025, which would place it outside the "unobligated funds" rescission mechanism Congress used elsewhere in the bill even if lawmakers had targeted it. What is happening to the §50143 awards instead is an executive-branch renegotiation of vehicle mix — a real and consequential action, but a different kind of action than a congressional rescission, and one that in principle could still change again.
Live Manufacturing Programs Worth Applying to Instead
If you're not one of the nine companies above, real manufacturing funding still exists — just not a dedicated automotive-conversion grant. GrantCompass's catalog of 665 programs includes more than 80 manufacturing-relevant federal and state programs. For general questions about technology, workforce, or facility upgrades, the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (see our full state-by-state MEP center guide) is the best single starting point in any state. For capital, SBA's Made in America Loan Guarantee and International Trade Loan each go up to $5 million, and its Manufacturing in America (Empower to Grow) grant offers $5 million outright for domestic capacity expansion. For a deeper, industry-by-industry view, see our full manufacturing grants hub.
| Program | Amount | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing USA Institute Project Calls | $1M–$12M+ | R&D consortium projects (e.g. America Makes) |
| OSD ManTech Advanced Manufacturing | $150K–$8.8M | Defense-related manufacturing R&D |
| SBA Manufacturing in America (E2G) | $5,000,000 | Domestic capacity expansion, any product |
| SBA Made in America Loan Guarantee | Up to $5,000,000 | Reshoring or expanding domestic production |
| SBA International Trade Loan | Up to $5,000,000 | Manufacturers competing with imports or exporting |
| DOE AMMTO Critical Minerals Accelerator | $1M–$3M | Clean-energy materials R&D |
| RISE PA Small Award Track | Up to $500,000 | Small manufacturers (Pennsylvania) |
| DOE ITAC Implementation Grant | Up to $300,000 | Small/medium manufacturer energy efficiency — between intakes |
If you're specifically searching for a federal program to convert a plant to EV or hybrid production the way the 2024 round did, there is no open equivalent in July 2026 — the closest live tools (NIST MEP, SBA's manufacturing loan programs, DOE's smaller technical-assistance grants) are general-purpose, not automotive-conversion-specific, and none of them approach the $75M–$500M scale of the 2024 awards. Stop searching for an "apply now" link for the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program itself — there isn't one, and no reopening date has been announced. Use the matcher above to find what's actually funding your specific product and need today.
Don't assume this program was "canceled by Trump" or "killed by OBBBA" in searches you repeat elsewhere — neither is precisely accurate. The awards are being renegotiated toward a different vehicle mix, and Congress rescinded a related but different loan program (§50142), not this one.
Frequently Asked Questions About Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants
What is the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program?
It's a $2 billion Department of Energy grant program created by Section 50143 of the Inflation Reduction Act to help domestic manufacturing facilities convert to producing hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery-electric, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles and components. DOE cost-shares up to 50% of an eligible conversion project. DOE selected its main round of 11 facilities for a combined $1.7 billion on July 11, 2024, and added a separate $50 million small/medium-manufacturer round across five states that November.
Is the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program still accepting applications?
No. Both the main funding opportunity and the small/medium-manufacturer state-partnership round closed their application windows in 2024 (the SMM round closed October 30, 2024). DOE reported in January 2025 that roughly 94% of the $2 billion authorized had already been committed. As of July 2026 there is no open funding opportunity under this program, and DOE's dedicated program page returned a 404 when checked for this guide.
Who received Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants in 2024?
DOE's July 11, 2024 announcement selected 11 facilities in 8 states for a combined $1.7 billion: General Motors ($500M, Lansing, MI), Stellantis ($335M, Belvidere, IL and $250M, Kokomo, IN), Volvo Group ($208M, Pennsylvania/Virginia/Maryland), ZF North America (reported ~$158M, Marysville, MI), Harley-Davidson ($89M, York, PA), Blue Bird ($80M, Fort Valley, GA), and Cummins (reported ~$75M, Indiana). Separate reporting also ties a roughly $285 million award to Mercedes-Benz, for electric Sprinter van production in Ladson, South Carolina, to the same authority.
Did OBBBA cancel the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants?
No -- not directly. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, Pub. L. 119-21, July 2025) explicitly repealed a different, related program -- IRA Section 50142, the $3 billion Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan credit subsidy -- and rescinded its unobligated funds. Section 50143, the grant program on this page, does not appear on the public OBBBA rescission lists reviewed for this guide, and its funds were already committed before OBBBA passed. What IS happening to the 50143 awards is an executive-branch renegotiation toward hybrid production, not a congressional rescission.
What's the difference between IRA Section 50142 and Section 50143?
Section 50142 is the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program -- DOE loans you repay, topped up with $3 billion in IRA credit subsidy, which OBBBA repealed and rescinded in July 2025. Section 50143 is the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion GRANT Program covered on this page -- $2 billion in non-repayable, cost-shared grants, mostly already awarded in 2024, and not named in OBBBA's rescissions. Both fund vehicle-manufacturing conversion, which is why they're easy to conflate, but they are different legal authorities with different 2025-2026 fates.
What manufacturing grants are open right now if this one is closed?
Plenty, just not automotive-conversion-specific. The NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership offers free-to-low-cost consulting in every state for almost any need. SBA's Manufacturing in America (Empower to Grow) grant offers $5 million for domestic-capacity expansion, and its Made in America and International Trade Loan programs guarantee up to $5 million each. DOE's AMMTO Critical Minerals Accelerator funds $1-3 million clean-energy-materials R&D awards. Use the manufacturing funding matcher on this page to filter by what you make and what you need.