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
RICHLAND COUNTY TRANSIT BOARDNot stated$900,0002020
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$896,5912025
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION OF WASHOE COUNTYNot stated$896,4742018
BRAZOS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$896,1202022
CITY OF CONROENot stated$896,0002023
BAY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATIONNot stated$895,5582023
CITY OF NORMANNot stated$894,9632024
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$894,0172018
BIRMINGHAM JEFFERSON COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$892,6382020
FORT BEND COUNTYNot stated$892,4702020
HARBOR TRANSIT MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMNot stated$891,2512018
SHREVEPORT TRANSIT MANAGEMENT INCNot stated$889,6002023
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION OF WASHOE COUNTYNot stated$888,2642025
REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$887,592Not stated
NV DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$885,7122018
KITSAP TRANSITNot stated$885,4762021
CITY OF SUFFOLKNot stated$884,5622024
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY METROPOLITAN MASS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$884,3822024
DES MOINES REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$883,3932018
CITY OF GLENS FALLSNot stated$880,0002022
CITY OF JONESBORONot stated$878,5842023
DENTON COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$876,898Not stated
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION OF WASHOE COUNTYNot stated$874,6752022
METROPOLITAN TULSA TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$873,7062018
TRANSPORTATION, HAWAII DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$872,9882023
TRANSPORTATION, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$872,4062019
COUNTY OF BALDWINNot stated$872,0002023
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION OF WASHOE COUNTYNot stated$871,9922025
LEHIGH & NORTHAMPTON TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$868,2372025
FORT WAYNE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORPNot stated$868,0002022
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$867,0662022
IMPERIAL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONNot stated$865,3002025
PASCO COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSNot stated$862,2562024
MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANSNot stated$857,7002019
VENTURA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMSSIONNot stated$857,015Not stated
COUNTY OF ULSTERNot stated$856,7762024
DES MOINES REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$856,0102020
FORT WAYNE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORPNot stated$856,0002020
JEFFERSON PARISH GOVERNMENTNot stated$855,2982024
COUNTY OF TOMPKINSNot stated$851,9652021
COUNTY OF ORANGENot stated$851,3482019
PACE, THE SUBURBAN BUS DIVISION OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$850,4592021
TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTNot stated$850,0002019
MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$849,6352021
GOLDEN EMPIRE TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$844,8072025
OZAUKEE COUNTYNot stated$844,6202019
BREVARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSNot stated$842,0312018
BIRMINGHAM JEFFERSON COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$841,7942020
CITY OF BILLINGSNot stated$840,0002021
TRANSPORTATION, VERMONT AGENCY OFNot stated$836,3552021
LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$836,222Not stated
BEN FRANKLIN TRANSITNot stated$835,4052022
BRAZOS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$830,5332020
BRAZOS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$825,9372024
GREATER LYNCHBURG TRANSIT CONot stated$824,9722023
TRANSPORTATION, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$822,1202022
GREATER PORTLAND TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$821,5262021
CITY OF NASHUANot stated$821,5002021
CITY OF NORMANNot stated$819,1792025
OZAUKEE COUNTYNot stated$819,1132018
SUSQUEHANNA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$813,7742025
SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISNot stated$811,4052024
SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$810,5722022
DES MOINES REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$810,0382025
ANTELOPE VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$809,2562022
CITY OF WINSTON-SALEMNot stated$806,6102018
CHATTANOOGA AREA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$805,6312017
CITY OF LUBBOCKNot stated$802,7672021
CITY OF SOUTH PORTLANDNot stated$802,6932022
LOWELL REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$800,0002021
MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$800,0002025
CITY UTILITIES OF SPRINGFIELDNot stated$798,7112022
CITY OF COLUMBIANot stated$798,1842017
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TRANSPORTATION & PARKING AUTHORITYNot stated$797,5502019
CITY OF JOHNSON CITYNot stated$795,734Not stated
HILL COUNTRY TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$793,7892024
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$793,6542020
TRANSPORTATION, VERMONT AGENCY OFNot stated$793,4202021
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$792,3132000
CITY OF TURLOCKNot stated$791,4202025
DES MOINES REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$791,1572024
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$787,5002022
CITY OF WATERTOWNNot stated$785,2642024
CITY OF SANTA MARIANot stated$784,0002022
ORANGE COUNTY NCNot stated$783,3762025
CITY OF FAYETTEVILLENot stated$782,0002019
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$780,5792018
CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SYSTEMNot stated$779,4042019
BEN FRANKLIN TRANSITNot stated$777,7662024
NORTHERN ARIZONA INTERGOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$775,5372021
LANE TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$771,7532024
STANISLAUS REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$766,4392025
MUNICIPALITY OF HUMACAONot stated$765,8372023
BRAZOS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$765,7242025
COUNTY OF GWINNETTNot stated$764,8422023
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TRANSPORTATION & PARKING AUTHORITYNot stated$761,8392019
VICTOR VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$760,0002025
COLORADO SPRINGS CITY GOVERNMENTNot stated$758,7852021
COUNTY OF LEENot stated$758,2882020
GOLD COAST TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$754,9222020

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.