; (E) a research institution; (F) a person engaged in the production, transportation, blending, or storage of sustainable maritime fuel in the United States or feedstocks in the United States that may be used to produce sustainable maritime fuel; (G) a person engaged in the development, demonstration, or application of low-emission maritime technologies; and (H) a nonprofit entity or nonprofit consortium with experience in sustainable maritime fuels, low-emission maritime technologies, or other clean transportation research programs. (2) Establishment For fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, there are appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Energy an amount equal to 25 percent of the amounts collected pursuant to fees assessed under sections 5 and 6 during the previous calendar year to award competitive grants to eligible entities to carry out projects in the United States— (A) to produce, transport, blend, or store low-carbon maritime fuels; or (B) to develop, demonstrate, or apply low-emission maritime technologies. (3) Priority In awarding grants under the program established under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Energy shall give priority to projects that maximize— (A) the domestic production and deployment of sustainable maritime fuels or the use of low-emission maritime technologies in commercial maritime; (B) reductions in greenhouse gas emissions; (C) public health benefits from criteria air pollutant reductions; (D) water quality in ports and other bodies of water; (E) public health and environmental benefits from every dollar spent under that program