Fiscal Year 2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Low or No Emission Program

Award ceiling
Not stated
Closes
Sep 21, 2026
Last verified
2026-10-18

Per-recipient award not stated for city or township governments, county governments, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), state governments, closing Sep 21, 2026.

City or township governmentsCounty governmentsNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)State governmentsTransportation

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Fiscal Year 2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Low or No Emission Program does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to city or township governments, county governments, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), others (see text field entitled "additional information on…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$588,971,305
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
Not confirmed
Award floor
Not confirmed
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Sep 21, 2026
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Jul 27, 2026
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
City or township governments · County governments · Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) · State governments
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
Yes
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
purchase or lease of low-emission and zero-emission transit buses · acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities
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
$588,971,305
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
Not stated

Who can apply?

level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), State governments
Source field: entity types
industry
Source field: industries
use
acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities, purchase or lease of low-emission and zero-emission transit buses
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Eligible applicants for the Low- or No-Emission Program include designated recipients, States (including territories and Washington D.C.), local governmental authorities, and Indian Tribes. Except for projects proposed by Indian tribes,…

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

When does it close?

Sep 21, 2026ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

Proposals must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov website by 11:59 PM Eastern Time September 21, 2026.

What can the money be used for?

2 categorys
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
purchase or lease of low-emission and zero-emission transit busesacquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities

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 field
Effort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
Yes

Who has received this funding?

2932 awards
Awards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.

2932 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$444,450,1332025
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$430,036,3862023
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$428,529,8962024
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$422,724,4742022
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$350,576,3872019
PACE, THE SUBURBAN BUS DIVISION OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$176,770,3822022
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$150,067,9492020
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MINNESOTANot stated$147,498,1082024
LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$146,810,5532019
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADENot stated$146,091,9492022
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$132,000,0002022
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADENot stated$130,382,0112025
METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$118,185,6032023
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$116,000,0002023
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$116,000,0002023
GREATER CLEVELAND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$115,652,8692024
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADENot stated$113,812,3142024
GREATER DAYTON REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$110,166,6742021
LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$104,160,0002024
METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$103,579,6442024
DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT INCNot stated$103,000,0002025
PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INCNot stated$94,480,3242022
ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$86,873,7022025
CITY OF DETROITNot stated$86,753,7992024
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MINNESOTANot stated$85,840,8492025
PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INCNot stated$84,602,0682023
CENTRAL OHIO TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$81,066,1882024
CITY OF DETROITNot stated$80,418,3812023
PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INCNot stated$79,572,4392024
GREATER DAYTON REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$77,306,9452018
GREATER DAYTON REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$77,199,0742024
SUBURBAN MOBILITY AUTHORITY FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$74,088,8042022
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$74,005,3472023
INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORPORATIONNot stated$71,210,0132023
PACE, THE SUBURBAN BUS DIVISION OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$70,691,0002025
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONNECTICUTNot stated$69,690,4002025
MILWAUKEE COUNTYNot stated$63,369,1542025
PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INCNot stated$60,755,3372019
PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INCNot stated$60,154,6222020
SUBURBAN MOBILITY AUTHORITY FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$56,273,4972020
PACE, THE SUBURBAN BUS DIVISION OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$55,852,5362025
PIONEER VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$55,544,0002024
GREATER CLEVELAND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$55,172,4082025
MEMPHIS AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$54,000,0002025
GREATER CLEVELAND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$53,821,9172023
INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORPORATIONNot stated$52,040,3362025
TRANSPORTATION, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$51,852,5822024
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$51,685,6392025
ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$51,141,1592020
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$50,741,3942022
COUNTY OF FAIRFAX VIRGINIANot stated$50,591,2202025
RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$50,242,3282025
BROWARD, COUNTY OFNot stated$47,733,2922025
PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INCNot stated$46,172,3882021
TRANSPORTATION, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION DIVSIONNot stated$45,515,2662025
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MINNESOTANot stated$45,421,3232019
WORCESTER REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$45,302,7292023
HONOLULU, CITY & COUNTY OFNot stated$44,711,9002024
NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATIONNot stated$44,677,5002025
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$44,623,1282025
CITY OF MADISONNot stated$43,561,5172023
METRO REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$43,004,5882023
SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$42,896,9732021
NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATIONNot stated$42,894,727Not stated
PACE, THE SUBURBAN BUS DIVISION OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$42,346,6912021
PACE, THE SUBURBAN BUS DIVISION OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$41,191,577Not stated
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$40,478,0872023
METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTYNot stated$40,402,5482025
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$40,000,0002025
COUNTY OF PALM BEACHNot stated$39,988,1322024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$39,863,1562025
BROWARD, COUNTY OFNot stated$39,600,0192024
CITY OF LUBBOCKNot stated$39,600,0002023
BROWARD, COUNTY OFNot stated$39,188,3812024
TRI-COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF OREGONNot stated$39,000,0002025
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONNECTICUTNot stated$38,593,8742022
SACRAMENTO REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$38,574,7442019
GREATER CLEVELAND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$38,425,4842021
RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$38,136,3752023
METRO REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$37,808,1132024
ANN ARBOR AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$37,536,2402022
TRANSPORTATION, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$37,336,0952023
TRANSPORTATION, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$37,198,5732021
ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$37,055,0882022
KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$36,705,4602025
CENTRAL NEW YORK REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$35,301,3832024
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONNECTICUTNot stated$35,237,1202024
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$34,765,7372025
MILWAUKEE COUNTYNot stated$34,661,3202025
HONOLULU, CITY & COUNTY OFNot stated$33,880,9992023
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$33,570,7372021
KING COUNTY METRO TRANSITNot stated$33,552,6342025
SUSQUEHANNA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$33,386,4782025
METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$33,115,1472023
ROARING FORK TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$32,837,6642025
CENTRAL OHIO TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$32,101,7082023
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$32,011,3112023
CITY OF CHARLOTTENot stated$31,982,6062020
BROWARD, COUNTY OFNot stated$31,650,1512022
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$31,190,1012022

Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.

What comparable notices state

8 records
Stated 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.

Who has won this programme before?

2932 awards
Awards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.

2932 federal awards on file under assistance listing 20.526, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.

Every award under this programme

Common questions

6 questions
Every answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much funding is available in total?
$588,971,305 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?
Sep 21, 2026. Proposals must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov website by 11:59 PM Eastern Time September 21, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?
City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), State governments.
What can the funding be used for?
purchase or lease of low-emission and zero-emission transit buses, acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
Yes. This programme requires matching funds.
Has this programme funded anyone before?
2932 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by DOT - Federal Transit Administration. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-18
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-04
Assistance listing20.526

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.