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
COUNTY OF TOMPKINSNot stated$1,215,7762025
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$1,215,6922023
CITY OF DAVENPORTNot stated$1,211,5012022
CITY OF SHARONNot stated$1,210,9962020
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,210,0102024
CITY OF BISMARCKNot stated$1,208,9842025
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARIZONANot stated$1,207,1852022
STANISLAUS REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$1,206,7032022
CITY OF FAIRFIELDNot stated$1,206,5182021
CITY OF NORWALKNot stated$1,206,5182019
ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$1,206,5182021
CAPITAL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$1,206,2272018
CITY OF MONROENot stated$1,203,673Not stated
CITY OF COLUMBUS POLICE DEPARTMENTNot stated$1,202,8962018
BEN FRANKLIN TRANSITNot stated$1,200,0002021
CITY OF FOND DU LACNot stated$1,200,0002022
CITY OF HIGH POINTNot stated$1,200,0002025
CITY OF OSHKOSHNot stated$1,200,0002018
CLARKSVILLE TRANSIT SYSTEMSNot stated$1,200,0002025
COUNTY OF CAPE MAYNot stated$1,200,0002021
GREATER LAFAYETTE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,200,0002023
LOWCOUNTRY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$1,200,0002021
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,199,9992018
WASHINGTON ST DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,197,8722020
MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIONNot stated$1,192,3372023
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,190,8722025
CITY OF WINCHESTERNot stated$1,189,9792025
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,186,4002023
WILLIAMSBURG AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$1,183,3612025
NORTHERN ARIZONA INTERGOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$1,180,0812024
COUNTY OF ESCAMBIANot stated$1,178,6522024
CITY OF CHARLOTTENot stated$1,176,4792018
TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF LEXINGTON-FAYETTE COUNTY URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENTNot stated$1,173,3792022
LONG BEACH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANYNot stated$1,172,8672018
RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$1,169,5682018
WAUSAU CITY TRANSITNot stated$1,169,4292020
MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,167,0132024
LACKAWANNA COUNTY TRANSIT SYSTEMNot stated$1,164,7522022
COUNTY OF ORANGENot stated$1,163,5612025
CITY OF ALBUQUERQUENot stated$1,161,1002024
CAPITAL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$1,160,0002019
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,154,4642025
TRANSPORTATION, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$1,148,8972024
COUNTY OF MESANot stated$1,145,8552025
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,138,2452024
FT - JACKSON TRANSITNot stated$1,138,2172021
LINCOLN CITY OFNot stated$1,136,5292024
CITY OF LAS CRUCESNot stated$1,134,750Not stated
COUNTY OF VOLUSIANot stated$1,132,7012024
CITY OF VISALIANot stated$1,122,8502024
DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSNot stated$1,121,5042024
CITY OF DELANONot stated$1,118,4742020
CITY OF SAINT JOSEPHNot stated$1,117,3342025
ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBENot stated$1,117,1542022
HARBOR TRANSIT MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMNot stated$1,117,0262019
CHATHAM AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$1,115,6942024
OHIO VALLEY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$1,113,7222022
CITY OF ALBUQUERQUENot stated$1,112,0092000
REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$1,111,0902024
CHATTANOOGA AREA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$1,110,2252024
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,108,6002025
CITY OF NILESNot stated$1,104,5812025
CUMBERLAND DAUPHIN HARRISBURG TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$1,104,0002020
EASTERN PANHANDLE TRANSIT AUTHORITY INCNot stated$1,103,6402024
PUERTO RICO HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$1,101,049Not stated
MID-OHIO VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY INCNot stated$1,100,0002024
CLARKSVILLE TRANSIT SYSTEMSNot stated$1,099,3832000
CITY OF MONROENot stated$1,096,5012023
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,093,9002018
NAPA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$1,092,2502018
BROOME COUNTYNot stated$1,092,2112025
VALLEY REGIONAL TRANSITNot stated$1,092,0002023
REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$1,089,3882024
ROCKFORD MASS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$1,088,6772019
OLD DOMINION TRANSIT MANAGEMENT CONot stated$1,088,0692020
CITY OF MONROENot stated$1,086,9512025
CITY OF BATTLE CREEKNot stated$1,086,7732020
GOLDEN CRESCENT REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONNot stated$1,084,1922019
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,081,3492016
CITY OF NASHUANot stated$1,080,0002019
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,080,0002023
CITY OF EAU CLAIRENot stated$1,073,9682018
CITY OF DUBUQUENot stated$1,073,0002023
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,067,7742023
COUNTY OF BALDWINNot stated$1,066,0002024
CITY OF VISALIANot stated$1,064,2002022
NAPA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$1,063,8142018
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$1,063,5002021
COUNTY OF DUTCHESSNot stated$1,059,6552025
CITY OF TRACYNot stated$1,059,1492019
SPOKANE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT ARNot stated$1,057,9032021
CITY OF COLUMBUS POLICE DEPARTMENTNot stated$1,055,8932000
CAPE FEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$1,055,7352023
CITY OF NORWALKNot stated$1,055,3652024
CITY OF MONROENot stated$1,055,0102023
SALEM AREA MASS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$1,054,2402022
CITY OF EVERETTNot stated$1,053,1712022
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TRANSPORTATION & PARKING AUTHORITYNot stated$1,052,1072021
MISSOULA URBAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTNot stated$1,051,7482021
COUNTY OF MESANot stated$1,049,0132024

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.