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
GOLDEN EMPIRE TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$500,0002022
NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATIONNot stated$500,0002019
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$500,0002019
GREATER PEORIA MASS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$499,6742020
TOWN OF CHAPEL HILLNot stated$499,0552023
COUNTY OF HERNANDONot stated$498,2032022
BAY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATIONNot stated$496,9722021
CITY OF WACONot stated$496,2572024
CITY OF MIDDLETOWNNot stated$495,3622021
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$494,1842000
SARASOTA, COUNTY OFNot stated$493,2092020
BROOME COUNTYNot stated$492,8682019
SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$492,0642023
PASCO COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSNot stated$492,0392022
FT - JACKSON TRANSITNot stated$491,8142020
SHREVEPORT TRANSIT MANAGEMENT INCNot stated$490,0412020
CITY OF MONTGOMERYNot stated$489,121Not stated
CITY OF WICHITANot stated$488,2042017
PUERTO RICO HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$486,4752021
BAY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATIONNot stated$486,4202021
CITY OF MOORHEADNot stated$486,3182020
GREATER LAFAYETTE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$485,7602019
DENTON COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$484,6002024
COUNTY OF DUTCHESSNot stated$484,1362019
STARK AREA REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$482,7092019
DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSNot stated$482,493Not stated
SHREVEPORT TRANSIT MANAGEMENT INCNot stated$482,2312022
CITY OF VISALIANot stated$481,6962018
TOLEDO AREA REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$481,349Not stated
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$481,0222025
GREATER PEORIA MASS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$480,2122021
SUFFOLK, COUNTY OFNot stated$480,0002022
SUFFOLK, COUNTY OFNot stated$480,0002021
SUFFOLK, COUNTY OFNot stated$480,0002020
TRANSPORTATION, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$480,0002021
CITY OF KINGSPORTNot stated$479,0562000
ANCHORAGE, MUNICIPALITY OF (INC)Not stated$476,8052019
GOLD COAST TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$475,9702022
SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$475,3852020
CITY OF FREDERICKSBURGNot stated$475,1602022
CONCHO VALLEY TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$474,9502022
CAMUY MUNICIPALITYNot stated$472,1702023
TOWN OF CHAPEL HILLNot stated$471,1122018
WALKER RIVER PAIUTE TRIBENot stated$470,9022025
COUNTY OF CHEMUNGNot stated$469,9552021
HILL COUNTRY TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$469,9512024
HATILLO, MUNICIPALITY OFNot stated$465,1692025
COUNTY OF CHEMUNGNot stated$463,8282023
LYMO WACCAMAW REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$463,2602018
SARASOTA, COUNTY OFNot stated$460,2782022
LINCOLN CITY OFNot stated$459,1242024
COUNTY OF CHEMUNGNot stated$458,9172022
SHREVEPORT TRANSIT MANAGEMENT INCNot stated$456,8202020
CITY OF FARGONot stated$456,6722023
HILL COUNTRY TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$456,1782018
CITY OF TRACYNot stated$455,5522024
CC PUBLIC WORKSNot stated$455,0002021
SARASOTA, COUNTY OFNot stated$453,6502024
CITY OF TYLERNot stated$452,6172025
COUNTY OF HERNANDONot stated$449,9352020
SHREVEPORT TRANSIT MANAGEMENT INCNot stated$448,7412023
COUNTY OF DUTCHESSNot stated$444,5582020
CITY OF JOPLINNot stated$443,8742025
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTERNot stated$443,6552025
MURFREESBORO, CITY OFNot stated$443,1712024
SHREVEPORT TRANSIT MANAGEMENT INCNot stated$442,6872024
SARASOTA, COUNTY OFNot stated$441,1522023
TRANSIT AUTHORITY OFNot stated$440,2422017
PUERTO RICO HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$440,0852023
ROCK REGION METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$439,9202018
CITY OF VISALIANot stated$438,7402017
MONONGALIA COUNTY URBAN MASS TRANS AUTHORITYNot stated$438,4242020
CITY OF LAS CRUCESNot stated$438,2492022
ASHLAND, CITY OFNot stated$437,3242024
KITSAP TRANSITNot stated$436,6642025
ROCK REGION METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$436,3902000
COUNTY OF TOMPKINSNot stated$436,1672024
BAY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATIONNot stated$435,6082019
CHEROKEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSNot stated$434,0262018
THE TRI-STATE TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$430,0002021
CITY OF JOHNSON CITYNot stated$428,3572023
SHREVEPORT TRANSIT MANAGEMENT INCNot stated$428,2092023
COLUMBUS GEORGIA CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTNot stated$428,1272019
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$428,0002025
TOWN OF CHAPEL HILLNot stated$427,229Not stated
CITY OF MOORHEADNot stated$426,4592021
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$425,9442020
CITY OF RAPID CITYNot stated$425,7582024
CAPE COD REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHNot stated$424,9772022
TRANSIT AUTHORITY OFNot stated$424,1662022
COUNTY OF ULSTERNot stated$423,5102025
CITY OF TURLOCKNot stated$422,9132023
BUTTE COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTSNot stated$418,8622024
METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$417,8322024
RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONNot stated$417,6312023
ANTELOPE VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$417,2852023
SARASOTA, COUNTY OFNot stated$416,326Not stated
INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORPORATIONNot stated$415,1592019
THE TRI-STATE TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$412,5382023
COUNTY OF COLLIERNot stated$410,6092018

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.