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
SARASOTA, COUNTY OFNot stated$408,940Not stated
CITY OF LAREDONot stated$408,0682020
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$407,2122023
TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTNot stated$407,1562022
TRANSPORTATION, VERMONT AGENCY OFNot stated$407,0642020
CITY OF BISMARCKNot stated$403,7502023
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$402,9412024
DENTON COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$401,5222020
CITY OF LAREDONot stated$401,2612019
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY METROPOLITAN MASS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$401,1992023
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTSNot stated$400,4422017
CITY OF GLENS FALLSNot stated$400,0002019
LOWCOUNTRY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$400,0002022
PEE DEE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$400,0002022
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$400,0002021
SANTEE WATEREE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$399,9992022
CITY OF LUBBOCKNot stated$399,6532025
SARASOTA, COUNTY OFNot stated$399,4872018
MANATEE COUNTY AREA TRANSITNot stated$399,4612018
CONCHO VALLEY TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$399,2022020
CENTRAL MIDLANDS REGIONAL TRANSINot stated$399,0372018
CITY OF BANGOR CITY HALLNot stated$396,8002023
LUZERNE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$396,7572020
NV DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$396,0002023
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$395,3532022
LEHIGH & NORTHAMPTON TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$394,4002022
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$390,8972021
CITY OF MOORHEADNot stated$390,7942018
SAN LUIS OBISPO REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$390,0002022
CITY OF WICHITA FALLSNot stated$389,9142019
SARASOTA, COUNTY OFNot stated$389,590Not stated
FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH OFNot stated$389,4202021
CAMUY MUNICIPALITYNot stated$388,3922023
CAPE COD REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHNot stated$388,2502022
CITY OF RADFORDNot stated$387,1322021
TRANSIT JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY FOR MERCEDNot stated$384,7332025
METLAKATLA INDIAN COMMUNITYNot stated$384,0952024
ANTELOPE VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$384,0002024
TRANSPORTATION, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$384,0002023
CITY OF GLENS FALLSNot stated$382,0002023
CITY OF TRACYNot stated$381,8262024
CITY OF LAREDONot stated$381,2152022
CITY OF EAU CLAIRENot stated$380,0002021
JEFFERSON PARISH GOVERNMENTNot stated$380,0002000
CITY OF RIVERSIDENot stated$374,613Not stated
CITY OF LUBBOCKNot stated$373,7892023
CITY OF NASHUANot stated$373,7772025
FAYETTEVILLE, CITY OFNot stated$372,7982024
MERRIMACK VALLEY REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$371,2802020
AK STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$368,6582018
LINK TRANSITNot stated$368,1012024
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTERNot stated$368,0002019
BAY METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$366,9032022
LINCOLN CITY OFNot stated$365,5092024
MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIONNot stated$365,0192025
CITY OF SIMI VALLEYNot stated$364,5372023
CITY OF JOPLINNot stated$363,3952021
CITY OF CLEMSONNot stated$363,3202023
FAYETTEVILLE, CITY OFNot stated$363,2982025
THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIPNot stated$360,1242021
CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SYSTEMNot stated$360,0002022
CITY OF LAREDONot stated$359,9392024
CITY OF SOUTH PORTLANDNot stated$359,5502022
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY DEVELOPMENT COUNCILNot stated$357,6942023
CITY OF MONROENot stated$356,9662023
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$356,7762022
CITY OF RACINENot stated$356,1672018
CITY OF LOMPOCNot stated$355,4902023
CITY OF RACINENot stated$354,4522019
CITY OF JOPLINNot stated$353,8352024
THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIPNot stated$352,9452024
CITY OF MOBILENot stated$350,7372020
CITY OF SAINT JOSEPHNot stated$350,2842022
CITY OF SIMI VALLEYNot stated$350,2512022
CITY OF ALEXANDRIANot stated$350,2002019
THE BI STATE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE MO IL METRO DISTNot stated$350,0002022
TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTNot stated$349,7612025
CITY OF BANGOR CITY HALLNot stated$349,4982022
MUNICIPIO DE ANASCONot stated$348,0892022
CC PUBLIC WORKSNot stated$347,9282025
MUNICIPALITY OF MAYAGUEZNot stated$346,3432019
KITSAP TRANSITNot stated$346,1222020
CITY OF JOPLINNot stated$344,2502018
GREATER ROANOKE TRANSIT CONot stated$344,1572000
BROOME COUNTYNot stated$343,0272022
CITY OF TALLAHASSEENot stated$339,8762000
TRANSIT JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY FOR MERCEDNot stated$337,0802023
TRANSIT JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY FOR MERCEDNot stated$337,0632023
SALEM AREA MASS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$336,8242021
CITY OF SIMI VALLEYNot stated$335,9892024
CITY OF JONESBORONot stated$335,8682025
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$334,618Not stated
TEXARKANA URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$334,3572025
TRANSIT JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY FOR MERCEDNot stated$334,2802025
BERKSHIRE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$333,7322021
CITY OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPINot stated$333,5802018
MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIONNot stated$333,3122023
ASHEVILLE, CITY OFNot stated$332,9822025
CITY OF NASHUANot stated$332,2802021
COLUMBUS GEORGIA CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTNot stated$331,3522023

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.