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DOT Competitive Grants Dashboard

The DOT Competitive Grants Dashboard provides communities with an overview of competitive grant opportunities that can help meet their transportation infrastructure needs. Designed with all communities in mind, the Dashboard identifies grant programs with rural and Tribal set-asides or match waivers available. The Dashboard also includes Federal grant programs outside of DOT that may be of particular interest to rural communities. The Dashboard is updated weekly.

Additional Resource: The DOT Navigator is a resource to help communities understand the best ways to apply for grants, and to plan for and deliver transformative infrastructure projects and services.

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Agency/Office Program Name and Description Transportation Type(s)
Other Federal Agencies / Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) Catalyst Program
This program will prioritize funding for projects that demonstrate direct impacts on the region’s economy and communities across its 7 core funding areas. This program has a mandated focus on infrastructure, with 40% of available funds to be allocated to infrastructure projects.
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Other Federal Agencies / Delta Regional Authority (DRA) Local Development Districts Community Support Pilot Program
The Local Development Distracts Pilot Program is intended to build the capacity of the 45 Local Development Districts in the Mississippi River Delta Region and Alabama Black Belt.
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Other Federal Agencies / Delta Regional Authority (DRA) Strategic Planning Grant Program
The Strategic Planning Grant Program funds planning activities for delta regional communities.
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Other Federal Agencies / Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE)
The Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies Grant funds large-scale, regional economic transformation through multi-state collaborative economic development projects across Appalachia.
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Other Federal Agencies / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean School Bus Rebates Program (CSB)
The Clean School Bus Rebates program (CSB) supports the replacement of up to 25 existing school buses with clean and zero-emission (ZE) models, including electric vehicles (EV).
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Other Federal Agencies / U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Grants for Transportation in Highly Rural Areas
The Highly Rural Transportation Grant (HRTG) program funds transit for veterans to to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), VA Medical Centers (VAMC), or other VA-authorized health care facilities in highly rural areas.
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USDOT / Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) Innovative Finance and Asset Concession Grant Program
The Innovative Finance and Asset Concession Grant Program assists public entities in exploring innovative financing and delivery opportunities, including facilitation and evaluations of public-private partnerships for TIFIA-eligible projects.
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USDOT / Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) Tribal Transportation Safety Strategy Pilot Program (TTSSP)
The grant program is designed to develop a next-generation Tribal Transportation Strategic Safety Plan (TTSSP), identify ways to collect needed crash data for planning purposes, and produce publicly accessible safety tools and guidelines.
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USDOT / Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) Interdisciplinary Transportation Law and Policy Technology Training Development
The program objective is researching, prioritizing, and providing instructional materials on rapidly developing transportation technologies, specifically artificial intelligence (AI), automated vehicles (AV), and the digital infrastructure supporting automation.
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USDOT / Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Mobility, Access, & Transportation Insecurity: Creating Links to Opportunity Demonstration Research Program
The Mobility, Access, & Transportation Insecurity: Creating Links to Opportunity Demonstration Research Program funds the planning, deployment, and impact evaluation of strategies which mitigate transportation insecurity among communities.
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USDOT / Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Capital Investment Grants
The Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program supports fixed guideway investments, including new or expanded rapid, commuter, and light rail, streetcars, bus rapid transit or corridor-based busing, and ferries.
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USDOT / Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Research Program
The Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Research Program awards projects towards developing and prototyping innovative and widely deployable concepts intended to make existing and new buses safer for their operators and vulnerable road users, and safer and more accessible for their passengers.
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USDOT / Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)
The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) provides financial assistance to reduce the number and severity of crashes, injuries, and fatalities and hazardous material incidents involving commercial motor vehicles.
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USDOT / Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP)
The Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP) provides funding for highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on public roads that demonstrate cost savings by bundling multiple highway bridge projects.
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USDOT / Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Stopping Threats on Pedestrians Competitive Grant Program (Bollards)
The Stopping Threats on Pedestrian Competitive Grant Program (Bollards) provides funding for bollard installation projects designed to prevent pedestrian injuries and acts of terrorism in areas used by large numbers of pedestrians.
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Innovative Traffic Safety Enforcement (ITSE) Grant Program
ITSE grant program seeks to develop innovative traffic safety enforcement programs and ensure the traffic safety enforcement programs are repeatable and scalable for use by law enforcement throughout the United States.
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Disclaimer:
The Dashboard provides users with a high-level overview of relevant Federal discretionary grant programs. The information in the Dashboard is maintained as a secondary resource and may not be updated with the most recent changes to each program's primary guidance materials. Accordingly, please refer to the Federal grant-making agency for the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on a grant opportunity in the Dashboard.

Last updated: Monday, March 17, 2025