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
COUNTY OF ULSTERNot stated$752,4032022
CITY OF JONESBORONot stated$752,0002024
COUNTY OF CHEMUNGNot stated$751,6122018
BROCKTON AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$750,0002022
METROWEST REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$750,0002021
SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCYNot stated$747,7602024
MISSISSIPPI COAST TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$744,0002021
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$743,3932019
LEHIGH & NORTHAMPTON TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$742,8642021
CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SYSTEMNot stated$740,3712021
COUNTY OF BALDWINNot stated$740,0002025
BOIS FORTE RESERVATION TRIBAL COUNCILNot stated$739,5002025
VENTURA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMSSIONNot stated$739,1362025
EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY, INC.Not stated$736,8212021
CITY OF LUBBOCKNot stated$734,3972020
EASTERN PANHANDLE TRANSIT AUTHORITY INCNot stated$732,8002025
CITY OF BILLINGSNot stated$728,6632022
VICTOR VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$728,0002021
CITY OF LUBBOCKNot stated$726,6612024
METROPOLITAN TULSA TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$724,3742025
BEN FRANKLIN TRANSITNot stated$722,9142020
SHOSHONE BANNOCK TRIBESNot stated$722,4002025
CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SYSTEMNot stated$720,8122019
EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY, INC.Not stated$716,4372023
COUNTY OF LEENot stated$714,7312018
BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC TRANSIT CONot stated$712,3292020
SALEM AREA MASS TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$711,6032023
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TRANSPORTATION & PARKING AUTHORITYNot stated$711,2552021
ANDROSCOGGIN VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTSNot stated$710,4152018
CITY OF HUNTSVILLENot stated$709,5522000
WEST VIRGINIA DIVISON OF PUBLIC TRANSITNot stated$708,487Not stated
CONCHO VALLEY TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$707,3032025
CITY OF SAINT JOSEPHNot stated$701,7042023
WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$700,8592022
COUNTY OF HERNANDONot stated$700,2612024
CITY OF COLUMBIANot stated$694,7192022
THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIPNot stated$693,9142022
COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE FOR SEACOAST TRANSPORTATIONNot stated$693,4732025
CITY OF MOBILENot stated$692,0322022
THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIPNot stated$690,2162025
TOWN OF CARYNot stated$686,0922022
CITY OF KNOXVILLENot stated$685,7362023
TULARE COUNTY REGIONALTRANSIT AGENCYNot stated$681,8752023
CONFEDERATED SALISH & KOOTENAI TRIBESNot stated$681,4502019
COUNTY OF ULSTERNot stated$681,3052024
FORT WAYNE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORPNot stated$680,4342000
PUTNAM COUNTYNot stated$680,0002025
PUTNAM COUNTYNot stated$680,0002024
VALLEY REGIONAL TRANSITNot stated$680,0002025
CITY OF NORMANNot stated$678,7122022
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTSNot stated$677,0182023
CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SYSTEMNot stated$676,7162023
CAPE COD REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHNot stated$676,5502023
GREATER ROANOKE TRANSIT CONot stated$674,5422018
LEHIGH & NORTHAMPTON TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$674,1932023
CITY OF FAIRFIELDNot stated$673,0802023
COUNTY OF LEENot stated$673,0132019
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTSNot stated$672,8272024
MEDINA, COUNTY OFNot stated$671,5652024
SAN LUIS OBISPO REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$669,3842023
GULF COAST TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$666,9532025
CORPUS CHRISTI REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$665,0542025
MISSISSIPPI COAST TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$661,7952025
CITY OF MOORHEADNot stated$661,6342023
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY DEVELOPMENT COUNCILNot stated$661,3422019
CITRUS COUNTY FLORIDANot stated$659,1832024
CITY OF ROSEVILLENot stated$658,3532022
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY PARKING & TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$657,5712023
MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIONNot stated$656,8612022
SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISNot stated$653,7782021
CITY OF AMARILLONot stated$652,5602023
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION OF WASHOE COUNTYNot stated$647,8572017
METROPOLITAN TULSA TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$645,9862017
CITY OF FORT COLLINSNot stated$645,2212019
STANISLAUS REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$644,8652024
METROPOLITAN TULSA TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$642,1932017
GOLD COAST TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$642,1842025
COUNTY OF VOLUSIANot stated$640,1172023
CITY OF MANTECANot stated$640,0002020
SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITYNot stated$639,5662021
SUSQUEHANNA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNot stated$638,4002025
CITY OF FREDERICKSBURGNot stated$637,0002025
CITY OF LAWTONNot stated$636,8152000
SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISNot stated$636,7492021
OMNITRANSNot stated$632,8492018
MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIONNot stated$631,7212018
CHEROKEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSNot stated$629,1642024
KITSAP TRANSITNot stated$628,9802024
CAPE COD REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHNot stated$628,7772025
CHARLESTON AREA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY INCNot stated$628,3572025
GULF COAST TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$627,0072025
COUNTY OF VOLUSIANot stated$626,7692025
CITY OF BATTLE CREEKNot stated$626,6922020
CENTRAL MIDLANDS REGIONAL TRANSINot stated$626,2712023
GOLD COAST TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$625,6612024
SARASOTA, COUNTY OFNot stated$625,1022025
CITY OF ALEXANDRIANot stated$624,7502021
SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISNot stated$623,4012022
GOLD COAST TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$622,6122024
SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCYNot stated$622,1402020

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.