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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)
USDOT / Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) National Scenic Byways Program
The National Scenic Byways Program funds roadside safety and accessibility improvements on the program's 184 designated roads in the U.S.
  • Bike/Ped
  • Roadway
USDOT / Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Program
The Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects (NSFLTP) program funds the construction and rehabilitation of nationally significant projects within, adjacent to, or accessing Federal and Tribal lands.
  • Bike/Ped
  • Bridge
  • Roadway
  • Transit
USDOT / Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant
The Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) program supports mitigating the risk profile of existing pipeline systems with pipes prone to leakage of methane, creating good-paying jobs.
  • Pipeline
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.
  • Air
  • Bike/Ped
  • Bridge
  • Maritime
  • Railway
  • Roadway
USDOT / Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) One Call Notification System Grants
The One-Call Grant program supports state agencies to increase damage prevention efforts, train and collect annual pipeline data, change state underground damage prevention laws, and educate the public to assist in reducing damages to underground pipelines ("do not dig").
  • Pipeline
USDOT / Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Passenger Ferry Grant Program
The Passenger Ferry Grant program (49 U.S.C. 5307[h]) provides competitive funding for projects that support passenger ferry systems in urbanized areas and those urban areas that also have service to rural areas.
  • Maritime
  • Transit
USDOT / Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning
The Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning funds the integration of land use and transportation planning, economic development, accessibility, and multimodal connectivity, and mixed-use development in new capital projects.
  • Bike/Ped
  • Roadway
  • Transit
USDOT / Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Pipeline Emergency Response Grant
The Pipeline Emergency Response Grant (PERG) program supports planning and training activities for pipeline emergency responders and their communities, especially in high consequence areas.
  • Pipeline
USDOT / Maritime Administration (MARAD) Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) Grants
The Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) funds projects that improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of loading and unloading goods and operating around or within ports, as well as environmental and emissions mitigation measures.
  • Maritime
  • Railway
  • Roadway
Other Federal Agencies / U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Port Security Grant Program
The Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) funds the development and implementation of security mitigation protocols at ports covered by Area Maritime Security Plans (AMSP).
  • Maritime

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