How much funding is available in total?

$10,772,270 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

Is matching funding required?

Yes. This programme requires matching funds.

FederalClosedFixed dateMaritime Administration

Fiscal Year 2026 United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP)

Award ceiling: Not stated
Closes: Aug 31, 2026
Last verified: 2026-10-30

Per-recipient award not stated for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Aug 31, 2026.

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Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Transportation

In one sentence

Fiscal Year 2026 United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP) does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Aug 31, 2026.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $10,772,270
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): Not confirmed
Award ceiling read as $12,000,000, above the $10,772,270 stated for the whole program. Withheld pending a re-read of the source.
Award floor: $1
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Aug 31, 2026
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Jul 6, 2026
Status: Closed
Eligible entities: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: Yes
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: provide a coordinated and capable alternative to landside transportation · mitigate or relieve landside congestion · promote Marine Highway Transportation · use vessels documented under 46 U.S.C. chapter 121 · develop, expand, or promote Marine Highway Transportation · promote shipper use of Marine Highway Transportation
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

$10,772,270

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

Not stated

Source wording: “Award ceiling read as $12,000,000, above the $10,772,270 stated for the whole program. Withheld pending a re-read of the source.”

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Source field: entity types

industry

Transportation

Source field: industries

use

develop, expand, or promote Marine Highway Transportation, mitigate or relieve landside congestion, promote Marine Highway Transportation, promote shipper use of Marine Highway Transportation, provide a coordinated and capable alternative to landside transportation, use vessels documented under 46 U.S.C. chapter 121

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

a State, a political subdivision of a State or a local government; a United States metropolitan planning organization; a United States port authority; a Tribal government (as defined in Section B.5. of this notice of funding…

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Aug 31, 2026ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

6 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

provide a coordinated and capable alternative to landside transportationmitigate or relieve landside congestionpromote Marine Highway Transportationuse vessels documented under 46 U.S.C. chapter 121develop, expand, or promote Marine Highway Transportationpromote shipper use of Marine Highway Transportation

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: Yes

What comparable notices state

8 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Sample too small. 8 open records stored under Transportation state an award ceiling, and no figures are shown below 10. Three records do not have a middle, and a median drawn from them would be read as a benchmark.

Common questions

5 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much funding is available in total?: $10,772,270 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Aug 31, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
What can the funding be used for?: provide a coordinated and capable alternative to landside transportation, mitigate or relieve landside congestion, promote Marine Highway Transportation, use vessels documented under 46 U.S.C. chapter 121, develop, expand, or promote Marine Highway Transportation, promote shipper use of Marine Highway Transportation, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: Yes. This programme requires matching funds.

AI summary of the source text

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Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-10-30

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-18

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GrantTrove. Fiscal Year 2026 United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP). https://granttrove.com/grants/362478. Record last checked: 2026-10-30. Confirm the current application window and all requirements against the linked source notice.