FYs 2024 through 2026 - Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
Awards up to $60,000,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), special district governments, state governments, closing Oct 9, 2026.
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FYs 2024 through 2026 - Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity awards up to $60,000,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, native american…
- Program pool (total)
- $787,000,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $60,000,000There is no minimum or maximum award amount for PROTECT Competitive Grant awards.
- Award floor
- $1
- Typical award
- Not stated
- Deadline
- Oct 9, 2026
- Deadline type
- Fixed date
- Opens
- Aug 27, 2026
- Status
- Open
- Eligible entities
- City or township governments · County governments · Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Special district governments · State governments
- Geography
- Not stated
- Matching funds
- Not confirmed
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Use of funds
- improving resilience of surface transportation system including highways, public transportation, ports, and intercity passenger rail · protecting surface transportation assets by making them more resilient · protecting communities through resilience improvements and strategies for continued operation or rapid recovery of surface transportation systems · protecting coastal infrastructure · protecting and enhancing natural infrastructure that supports surface transportation assets
- Currency
- USD
How much money is available?
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Source wording: “There is no minimum or maximum award amount for PROTECT Competitive Grant awards.”
Who can apply?
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Source field: applicant size limitEligible applicants for the PROTECT Competitive Grant Program funding are States, metropolitan planning organizations (MPO), local governments, federally recognized Indian Tribes, public transportation agencies, port authorities, and Federal Land Managing Agencies (FLMA) when applying jointly with a State or group of States. Specific to At-Risk Coastal Infrastructure Grants, eligibility also includes U.S. territories, plus the same entities eligible for the broader program, but limited to coastal States and other specified entities within such States (see 23 U.S.C. § 176(d)(4)(C)(i)). Please refer to Section B.1 of the NOFO for more details. Eligibility varies by project type between "Planning, Resilience Improvement, and Community Resilience and Evacuation Route Grants" and "At-Risk Coastal Infrastructure Grants." NOTE: The information under “Award” on this page requires the specification of a minimum and a maximum dollar value for anticipated awards due to Grants.gov system requirements. However, as stated in Section C.4 of the NOFO: "There is no minimum or maximum award amount for PROTECT Competitive Grant awards. While the Department reserves the right to make smaller or larger awards, based on the FY22-23 NOFO, the anticipated award range for Resilience Improvement, Community Resilience and Evacuation Route Grants, and At-Risk Costal Infrastructure Grants, the anticipated award range is $500,000 to $60,000,000. For Planning Grants, the anticipated award range is $100,000 to $10,000,000."
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- How much can one applicant receive?
- Up to $60,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “There is no minimum or maximum award amount for PROTECT Competitive Grant awards.”.
- How much funding is available in total?
- $787,000,000 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?
- Oct 9, 2026.
- Who is eligible to apply?
- City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Special district governments, State governments.
- What can the funding be used for?
- improving resilience of surface transportation system including highways, public transportation, ports, and intercity passenger rail, protecting surface transportation assets by making them more resilient, protecting communities through resilience improvements and strategies for continued operation or rapid recovery of surface transportation systems, protecting coastal infrastructure, protecting and enhancing natural infrastructure that supports surface transportation assets, as classified by the source.
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