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.

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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
COUNTY OF PLACERNot stated$192,0562025
CITY OF WICHITA FALLSNot stated$190,6512020
CHIPPEWA FALLS, CITY OFNot stated$190,3412021
ASHLAND, CITY OFNot stated$189,6512020
TOWN OF HUNTINGTONNot stated$188,7822020
PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBENot stated$188,7602021
CITY OF JOPLINNot stated$188,0722020
CITY OF WICHITA FALLSNot stated$187,0902023
GOLDEN CRESCENT REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONNot stated$186,6612023
LAKELAND AREA MASS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$186,6312019
CITY OF TYLERNot stated$186,5072024
COWLITZ INDIAN TRIBENot stated$185,3682023
MONTEREY-SALINAS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$184,1252023
CITY OF GLENS FALLSNot stated$184,0002020
CITY OF DELANONot stated$182,4582024
TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTNot stated$182,4292020
WEST VIRGINIA DIVISON OF PUBLIC TRANSITNot stated$182,4002019
CITY OF CONCORDNot stated$182,002Not stated
MUNICIPIO DE ANASCONot stated$181,7802024
SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCYNot stated$181,7432023
BROOME COUNTYNot stated$180,0002024
MENOMINEE INDIAN TRIBE OF WISCONSINNot stated$180,0002020
SOUTHWEST OHIO REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$180,0002019
NULATO TRIBAL COUNCILNot stated$179,8852020
AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY GOVERNMENTNot stated$179,3452023
CITY OF LONGVIEWNot stated$179,3222021
PINE BLUFF TRANSITNot stated$179,2252025
WESTERN PIEDMONT REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$178,5042022
SAGINAW TRANSIT AUTHORITY REGIONAL SERVICESNot stated$178,2852022
OZAUKEE COUNTYNot stated$177,9212021
CITY OF GADSDENNot stated$177,7042025
CITY OF LOVELANDNot stated$177,0842023
CITY OF RAPID CITYNot stated$175,7072022
VALLEY TRANSITNot stated$175,5612022
CITY OF WICHITA FALLSNot stated$175,2052025
CITY OF LAWTONNot stated$173,9262025
CITY OF JOPLINNot stated$173,7412018
GOLD COAST TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$173,5152022
COUNTY OF PLACERNot stated$173,0022025
SALISBURY CITY OF NORTH CARONot stated$172,6142024
OZARK REGIONAL TRANSIT, INCNot stated$172,5722019
CITY OF GREEN BAYNot stated$172,4042025
GOLDEN CRESCENT REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONNot stated$172,0432024
VALLEY TRANSITNot stated$172,0002019
EASTERN PANHANDLE TRANSIT AUTHORITY INCNot stated$171,9622022
LAKELAND AREA MASS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$171,7032018
MANCHESTER TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$171,2842025
CITY OF NORMANNot stated$171,0242025
COUNTY OF PLACERNot stated$170,7152024
WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBENot stated$170,4252020
GREENVILLE TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$170,1272018
OHKAY OWINGEH TRIBAL COUNCILNot stated$168,3242020
CITY OF SANTA FENot stated$166,9242024
LAKE COUNTYNot stated$166,8962025
CITY OF MIDLANDNot stated$166,2322023
CITY OF LAWTONNot stated$165,4582024
CITY OF WICHITA FALLSNot stated$164,7062025
SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$164,2412022
COUNTY OF PLACERNot stated$163,4922020
HILL COUNTRY TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$162,2842022
EASTERN PANHANDLE TRANSIT AUTHORITY INCNot stated$162,1352023
CITY OF MADERANot stated$161,3862020
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$160,6202021
WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBENot stated$160,0002020
CITY OF WICHITA FALLSNot stated$159,8662025
CITY OF SANTA FENot stated$159,5452025
GOLDEN CRESCENT REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONNot stated$159,5002025
CITY OF NORMANNot stated$157,8852024
TEXARKANA URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT INCNot stated$156,6642020
CITY OF BISMARCKNot stated$156,0002023
MONONGALIA COUNTY URBAN MASS TRANS AUTHORITYNot stated$153,5372024
CITY OF MADERANot stated$153,1702024
CITY OF EAST GRAND FORKSNot stated$153,1112022
BERKSHIRE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$152,0122024
CITY OF PORT ARTHURNot stated$151,7062019
BOWLING GREEN, CITY OFNot stated$151,2052019
CITY UTILITIES OF SPRINGFIELDNot stated$150,0002024
MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIONNot stated$148,4082021
EASTERN PANHANDLE TRANSIT AUTHORITY INCNot stated$148,0382020
MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIONNot stated$147,8942020
SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$147,1092022
CITY OF SANTA FENot stated$146,4022020
WILLIAMSBURG AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$146,2262023
NV DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$143,9982025
CITY OF RAPID CITYNot stated$143,5782025
TRANSIT AUTHORITY OFNot stated$142,8042025
COUNTY OF PLACERNot stated$142,0032020
OZARK REGIONAL TRANSIT, INCNot stated$141,9632024
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASNot stated$141,9632024
CITY OF PETERSBURGNot stated$140,9902021
CUMBERLAND DAUPHIN HARRISBURG TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$140,5182022
NEW RIVER TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$139,8542025
CITY OF LONGVIEWNot stated$139,2082021
TRANSIT JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY FOR MERCEDNot stated$138,9592022
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIANot stated$138,8002000
BAY METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$137,7292020
CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXASNot stated$137,4512022
FIRST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCYNot stated$136,8732021
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASNot stated$136,0912025
BOWLING GREEN, CITY OFNot stated$135,9772021

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.