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

In one sentence

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
CITY OF LAS CRUCESNot stated$2,274,4872019
CITY OF BATTLE CREEKNot stated$2,271,5682024
CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$2,266,0002021
AK STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,264,0002025
TRANSPORTATION, VERMONT AGENCY OFNot stated$2,260,1232000
TRANSPORTATION, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$2,258,5172018
TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT COMMISSION OF HAMPTON ROADSNot stated$2,257,0062022
CITY OF PETERSBURGNot stated$2,249,8322024
TRANSPORTATION, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$2,248,8702000
CITY OF EVANSVILLENot stated$2,234,6022021
MEMPHIS AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$2,234,0132023
CITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$2,230,0002020
LAWRENCE COUNTY PORTNot stated$2,227,8912023
CITY OF PORT ARTHURNot stated$2,225,0002020
CITY OF SHARONNot stated$2,222,8182024
GARDENA MUNICIPAL BUS LINESNot stated$2,215,6472023
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$2,213,7912024
LAKE COUNTYNot stated$2,213,2192023
BERKSHIRE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$2,212,7472024
CITY OF SHEBOYGANNot stated$2,208,0002022
TWIN CITIES AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$2,205,1302023
CHARLESTON AREA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY INCNot stated$2,204,5562025
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,204,3682016
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,204,0762000
KING COUNTY METRO TRANSITNot stated$2,200,0002020
MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIONNot stated$2,200,0002022
TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF LEXINGTON-FAYETTE COUNTY URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENTNot stated$2,200,0002022
CITY OF LOVELANDNot stated$2,198,8742025
CITY OF OSHKOSHNot stated$2,195,806Not stated
SOUTH CENTRAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$2,193,3422020
BROWARD, COUNTY OFNot stated$2,184,6752020
LUZERNE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$2,180,2782024
SKAGIT TRANSITNot stated$2,179,4472022
SOUTH CENTRAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$2,171,4382021
CITY OF LAS CRUCESNot stated$2,170,2142023
REGIONAL METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF OMAHANot stated$2,170,0002024
MUNICIPIO DE VEGA BAJANot stated$2,164,8532024
OWENSBORO CITY BUILDINGNot stated$2,164,2332023
FRESNO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTSNot stated$2,162,8862024
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,161,6992022
MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIONNot stated$2,160,7302020
TOWN OF CHAPEL HILLNot stated$2,160,0002025
JEFFERSON PARISH GOVERNMENTNot stated$2,159,6802023
BOWLING GREEN, CITY OFNot stated$2,157,8552025
CITY OF PETERSBURGNot stated$2,151,9422025
NV DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,150,0002022
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,147,1042023
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY DEVELOPMENT COUNCILNot stated$2,146,8042023
SAINT JOHNS COUNTYNot stated$2,143,3382021
CITY OF VISALIANot stated$2,142,1782020
VALLEY REGIONAL TRANSITNot stated$2,140,0002022
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,139,721Not stated
BIDDEFORD-SACO-OLD ORCHARD BEACH TRANSITNot stated$2,135,1562025
LANE TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$2,126,8962019
NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,126,7802021
HARBOR TRANSIT MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMNot stated$2,125,8292022
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTNot stated$2,120,0002025
GULF COAST TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$2,112,3172025
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,112,2042024
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$2,108,8502025
FORT WORTH TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$2,103,8182024
MUNICIPALITY OF MAYAGUEZNot stated$2,103,7972022
MUNCIE INDIANA TRANSIT SYSTEMNot stated$2,103,5832019
COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE FOR SEACOAST TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,102,5282024
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,098,2682022
CITY OF BILLINGSNot stated$2,091,8242024
TRI-COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF OREGONNot stated$2,088,5792020
TRANSPORTATION, VERMONT AGENCY OFNot stated$2,079,9992020
COUNTY OF GWINNETTNot stated$2,063,3602000
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,063,1602024
CHARLESTON AREA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY INCNot stated$2,061,9792022
VICTOR VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$2,061,0742023
OHIO VALLEY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$2,059,1202019
MANCHESTER TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$2,056,7142020
OMNITRANSNot stated$2,055,8582025
CITY OF FRESNONot stated$2,054,8752024
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,051,4832018
WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,049,2552022
BIDDEFORD-SACO-OLD ORCHARD BEACH TRANSITNot stated$2,047,4072023
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,044,0102000
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,043,1852022
WHATCOM TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$2,040,3232020
BROOME COUNTYNot stated$2,040,0002019
GREENVILLE TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$2,040,0002021
CITY OF WILLIAMSPORTNot stated$2,039,739Not stated
ERIE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$2,031,5802022
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,030,1352021
CITY OF OSHKOSHNot stated$2,028,2562022
NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$2,025,2832020
CACHE VALLEY TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$2,022,4722022
TRANSIT AUTHORITY OFNot stated$2,016,1752021
RESEARCH TRIANGLE REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$2,015,4482024
TRANSPORTATION, DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$2,014,9002019
BLUE WATER AREA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONNot stated$2,010,0132018
CITY OF ANAHEIMNot stated$2,010,0002024
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,007,9522025
CITY OF MODESTONot stated$2,006,5142021
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$2,006,0372000
PINELLAS SUNCOAST TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$2,000,0002018
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$2,000,0002023

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.