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Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN)

General Grant Program Information

The ATTAIN Competitive Grant Program will provide funding to deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, mobility, efficiency, system performance, intermodal connectivity, and infrastructure return on investment.

Opportunity Status:
Open
Posted Date:
06/26/2026
Close Date:
07/27/2026
Eligible Applicants:
State Governments; Local Governments; Planning and Project Organizations; Transportation Providers and Operators; Academic and Research Institutions
Eligible Activities:
All
Transportation Type:
Air Bike/Ped Bridge Maritime Pipeline Railway Roadway Transit
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$120,000,000
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Match Waiver:
No
Rural Set-Aside:
Yes
Tribal Set-Aside:
No
Grant Opportunity ID:
FHWA-ATTI-26-001
Grant Opportunity Link:
Grants.gov Opportunity: FY25-FY26 Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN)
Links to Additional Information:
Agency:
USDOT / Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Eligibility Information

Eligible applicants for ATTAIN Competitive Grant Program funds are:

  • State or local governments;
  • Transit agencies;
  • Metropolitan planning organizations; 
  • Other political subdivisions of a State or local government (such as publicly owned toll or port authorities); 
  • Multijurisdictional groups; or 
  • Consortiums of research institutions or academic institutions

A grant recipient may use funds awarded under this program to deploy advanced transportation and congestion management technologies, including:

  1. Advanced traveler information systems;
  2. Advanced transportation management technologies;
  3. Advanced transportation technologies to improve emergency evacuation and response by federal, state, and local authorities;
  4. Infrastructure maintenance, monitoring, and condition assessment; 
  5. Advanced public transportation systems;
  6. Transportation system performance data collection, analysis, and dissemination systems; 
  7. Advanced safety systems, including vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, technologies associated with autonomous vehicles, and other collision avoidance technologies, including systems using cellular technology; 
  8. Integration of intelligent transportation systems with the smart grid and other energy distribution and charging systems; 
  9. Integrated corridor management systems; 
  10. Advanced parking reservation or variable pricing systems; 
  11. Electronic pricing, toll collection, and payment systems; 
  12. Technology that enhances high occupancy vehicle toll lanes, cordon pricing, or congestion pricing; 
  13. Integration of transportation service payment systems; 
  14. Advanced mobility, access, and on-demand transportation service technologies, such as dynamic ridesharing and other shared-use mobility applications and information systems to support human services for elderly and disabled individuals;
  15. Retrofitting dedicated short-range communications technology deployed as part of an existing pilot program to cellular vehicle-to-everything technology, subject to the condition that the retrofitted technology operates only within the existing spectrum allocations for connected vehicle systems; or advanced transportation technologies, in accordance with the research areas described in section 6503 of Title 49.

Funding Information

This NOFO will award up to $120 million, $60 million for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2025 and 2026.

The actual amount available to be awarded under this notice will be subject to the availability of funds.  

There is no minimum award for the ATTAIN Competitive Grant Program awards. The maximum amount awarded to a single recipient is limited to $12 million per FY that funds have been made available (23 United States Code (U.S.C.) 503(c)(4)(K)).

Contact Information

ATTAIN Program Inbox
ATTAIN@dot.gov 

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