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)
- $588,971,305Total 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
$588,971,305Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
Not statedWho 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 typesindustry
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 fundssize limit
Not confirmed
Source field: applicant size limitclause 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 categorysThe 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 fieldEffort, 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 awardsAwards 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.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,702,540 | 2018 |
| MILWAUKEE COUNTY | Not stated | $1,700,000 | 2020 |
| CITY OF JACKSON | Not stated | $1,697,323 | 2019 |
| GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS | Not stated | $1,696,405 | Not stated |
| NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT | Not stated | $1,694,283 | 2019 |
| BEN FRANKLIN TRANSIT | Not stated | $1,691,990 | 2023 |
| HILLSBOROUGH TRANSIT AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,691,139 | 2025 |
| REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,687,728 | 2022 |
| EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY, INC. | Not stated | $1,685,320 | 2025 |
| NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,684,887 | 2020 |
| UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,680,800 | 2025 |
| CITY OF ROCHESTER | Not stated | $1,680,000 | 2020 |
| CLARKSVILLE TRANSIT SYSTEMS | Not stated | $1,680,000 | 2023 |
| BOWLING GREEN, CITY OF | Not stated | $1,662,873 | 2023 |
| WHATCOM TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,662,866 | 2025 |
| CITY OF AMES | Not stated | $1,660,180 | 2021 |
| WEST VIRGINIA DIVISON OF PUBLIC TRANSIT | Not stated | $1,657,990 | 2022 |
| REDDING AREA BUS AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,657,391 | 2020 |
| OWENSBORO CITY BUILDING | Not stated | $1,642,822 | 2023 |
| GARY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORP | Not stated | $1,642,367 | 2000 |
| CITY OF CHARLOTTE | Not stated | $1,640,365 | 2018 |
| OHIO VALLEY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,630,522 | 2025 |
| OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,628,927 | 2025 |
| NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,627,206 | 2020 |
| COUNTY OF VOLUSIA | Not stated | $1,625,564 | 2025 |
| COLORADO SPRINGS CITY GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $1,618,525 | 2021 |
| CITY OF WAUKESHA | Not stated | $1,616,447 | 2023 |
| PRAIRIE ISLAND INDIAN COMMUNITY | Not stated | $1,616,426 | 2024 |
| STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,615,000 | 2025 |
| WAUSAU CITY TRANSIT | Not stated | $1,613,502 | 2022 |
| NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,612,326 | 2024 |
| MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION | Not stated | $1,611,853 | 2020 |
| NASHVILLE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,611,322 | 2022 |
| GOLDEN EMPIRE TRANSIT DISTRICT | Not stated | $1,609,492 | 2021 |
| GREATER ATTLEBORO-TAUNTON REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,605,760 | 2018 |
| CITY OF CONCORD | Not stated | $1,602,610 | 2025 |
| CITY OF OSHKOSH | Not stated | $1,600,000 | 2023 |
| KENAITZE INDIAN TRIBE | Not stated | $1,600,000 | 2023 |
| SUFFOLK, COUNTY OF | Not stated | $1,600,000 | 2022 |
| CITY OF EL PASO | Not stated | $1,599,108 | 2022 |
| OZAUKEE COUNTY | Not stated | $1,598,041 | 2022 |
| CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE | Not stated | $1,596,963 | 2024 |
| RIVERSIDE TRANSIT AGENCY | Not stated | $1,594,364 | 2023 |
| CLARK COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT AREA | Not stated | $1,589,159 | 2025 |
| TRANSPORTATION, HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $1,582,900 | 2000 |
| CITY OF EL PASO | Not stated | $1,581,369 | 2024 |
| CITY OF BATTLE CREEK | Not stated | $1,576,553 | Not stated |
| CITY OF JACKSON | Not stated | $1,574,843 | 2018 |
| MACATAWA AREA EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,571,499 | 2019 |
| COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,570,073 | 2022 |
| OWENSBORO CITY BUILDING | Not stated | $1,569,649 | 2021 |
| NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,562,307 | 2024 |
| JEFFERSON PARISH GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $1,562,144 | 2025 |
| OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,560,594 | 2023 |
| CITY OF LONGVIEW | Not stated | $1,560,000 | 2023 |
| WESTERN PIEDMONT REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,557,820 | 2023 |
| MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION | Not stated | $1,557,417 | 2019 |
| NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,554,553 | 2021 |
| CITY OF JACKSON | Not stated | $1,551,017 | 2020 |
| CLARK COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT AREA | Not stated | $1,550,532 | 2022 |
| STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,547,957 | 2021 |
| NV DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,544,000 | 2022 |
| STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,541,046 | 2018 |
| CITY OF WAUKESHA | Not stated | $1,540,191 | 2024 |
| SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,539,994 | 2022 |
| CITY OF EL PASO | Not stated | $1,534,916 | 2024 |
| NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,532,792 | 2023 |
| COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,531,580 | 2019 |
| NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,529,790 | 2025 |
| LUZERNE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,529,266 | Not stated |
| OHIO VALLEY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,524,000 | 2024 |
| CITY OF JEFFERSON | Not stated | $1,520,651 | 2022 |
| CITY OF FORT COLLINS | Not stated | $1,520,344 | 2020 |
| BROOME COUNTY | Not stated | $1,518,005 | 2024 |
| COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER | Not stated | $1,513,444 | 2020 |
| MACATAWA AREA EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,504,284 | Not stated |
| BLUE WATER AREA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION | Not stated | $1,500,000 | 2019 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Not stated | $1,500,000 | 2020 |
| MISSOULA URBAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT | Not stated | $1,500,000 | 2021 |
| NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION | Not stated | $1,500,000 | 2020 |
| SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,500,000 | 2019 |
| EASTERN CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,499,232 | 2024 |
| MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION | Not stated | $1,498,000 | 2025 |
| CITY UTILITIES OF SPRINGFIELD | Not stated | $1,496,329 | 2020 |
| CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,494,561 | 2021 |
| SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCY | Not stated | $1,494,356 | 2025 |
| NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,491,321 | 2023 |
| MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,488,250 | 2021 |
| CITY OF EL PASO | Not stated | $1,487,617 | 2025 |
| STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,482,849 | 2018 |
| ROCKFORD MASS TRANSIT DISTRICT | Not stated | $1,472,660 | 2023 |
| SALEM AREA MASS TRANSIT DISTRICT | Not stated | $1,469,387 | 2024 |
| CAMUY MUNICIPALITY | Not stated | $1,468,059 | 2023 |
| ERIE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,466,250 | 2022 |
| MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,456,970 | 2024 |
| COUNTY OF CHEMUNG | Not stated | $1,453,421 | 2024 |
| OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Not stated | $1,452,544 | 2022 |
| NORTHWESTERN INDIANA REGIONAL PLANNING C | Not stated | $1,450,647 | 2022 |
| MUNICIPIO DE PONCE | Not stated | $1,450,200 | 2024 |
| BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM | Not stated | $1,450,000 | 2020 |
Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.
What comparable notices state
8 recordsStated 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 awardsAwards 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.
- $444,450,133CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITYIL · FY2025
- $430,036,386CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITYIL · FY2023
- $428,529,896CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITYIL · FY2024
- $422,724,474CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITYIL · FY2022
- $350,576,387MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYMA · FY2019
Common questions
6 questionsEvery 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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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.