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UTC Webinars: Register Now!

The UTC Program is not listing webinars at this time.  To study what the UTCs are doing, please go to the IIJA Centers and Grantees web page; select the individual UTC’s website; and look for an Event tab.  The various UTCs will often list webinars, symposia, and conferences, including recordings of previous events.  

2019 UTC Annual Report to Congress

The University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program is a federal grant program that funds university-based transportation centers to conduct research, education and workforce development, and technology transfer activities. Grants are administered and managed by the United States...

2020 Tier 1 Terms and Requirements

TERMS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR 2020 TIER 1 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS

For Grant Numbers: 69A3552047138 – 69A3552047141 July 2020 Version 1

2020 Tier 1 UTC NOFO

FY2020 NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH NEW TIER 1 UTCs

Opening Date: April 2, 2020 Letter of Intent Requested: May 4, 2020 Required Application Due: June 1, 2020 Grants.gov Opportunity No. UTCTIER1COMP2O2O Catalog of Notice Domestic Assistance Number 20.701 Office of the...

University Transportation Centers

DOT invests in the future of transportation through its University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program, which awards and administers grants to consortia of colleges and universities across the United States. The UTC Program advances the state-of-the-art in transportation research and technology, and develops the next generation of transportation professionals. The Congressionally-mandated program has been in place since 1987 to help address our Nation’s ever-growing need for the safe, efficient, and environmentally sound movement of people and goods.

Current Competition

2025 IIJA RECOMPETITION

In 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation selected through competition 35 University Transportation Centers Program grants authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 to receive funds from Federal Fiscal Years 2022-2026. Now five of...

Travelers’ Rationality in Anticipatory Online Emergency Response

An innovative project at the North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T), sponsored by the Center for Advanced Transportation Mobility (CATM), a Tier 1 UTC, is seeking to reduce the time needed for emergency response vehicles (ERVs) to respond to a sequence of...